If you know anything about me or the show you know that the first set during Oktoberfest is going to be all polka. Of course starting with the Wetspots and a song that should be played at the end of every Oktoberfest celebration, as it mentions Kitchener and Walter Ostenak and has the chorus EI EI O. After that I played the Rheostatics as not only were they playing that night at the Bombshelter on campus, but Dave Bidini was doing a talk about his book "On a Cold Road". The book is part diary of when the Rheostatics opened on a Tragically Hip cross country tour, part of a history of the Rheostatics, and part recollections of other Canadian musicians and their musical experiences. During each of the announce break I read a few selections from the book, it's quite good and I recommend it to anyone interested in the Canadian music scene. There was also the Friday the 13th set, which is a preview of this week's show: the very scary Halloween show. Michelle and I will play the music of warewolves and demons and hell to get you into the spirit of the season. Send along any suggestions you have for the show. And a couple of glaring omissions from the show, first off Steven F. mentioned that however cliche it is Neil Young's harvest moon would have been appropriate. He spent the night sitting "in a friend's hot tub, smoking cigars, enjoying a cold beer while starting at the moon". And as it got up to 19 degrees that day (for confirmation check out: weather.uwaterloo.ca/data.htm) I was thinking about playing Beat Happening's "Indian Summer". Missed oportunities. But as the scheduled temperature is 20 tomorrow maybe I'm still in luck. Fireball XL5 Setlist Oct 13/ 2000 TALK-Theme The Wetspots - Blitzkrieg Polka (C) Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Polka Polka The Romaniacs - Estacy of the Martyr (C) Polkacide - Favorite Polka The Dutchmasters - Fireman's Polka TALK The Rheostatics - Sweet Beautiful and mine (C) Fan Tan Alley - I heard a Lie (C) The Nation - Book of Losers (C) Urban Surf Kings - Tango El pollo (C) Jolly Llamas - Jenna's Vegan Docs (C) King Cobb Steelie - Lady Toronto (C) TALK (Friday the 13th set) Warren Zevon - Warewolves of London 3D Invisibles - Friday the 13th Mudhoney - Halloween Damon and Naomi - Judah the the Maccabees Jimi Hendrix - Loverman Theivery Corporation - Focus on Sight The New Deal - Dopamine (C) TALK Flaming Lips - Waiting for Superman Liz Phair - Batmobile Throwing Muses - Bright Yellow Gun Cub - New York City (C) Rebecca West - Absolute Fact (C) Jale - Ali (C) Dinosaur Jr. - Start Chopin' TALK Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven (C) Denotes Canadian Content Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage: www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen