4 Hours Of THE FALL @ Danny's In Chicago 10/17 10pm

Have a stab at how many people will come, I'll let you know later.

I can't even remember what we started and finished with but about 20 or so Fall fans turned up (on top of the usual Rhiz crowd)... It was great to be able to fulfill every request we were asked!

Good luck-ah.

I'd say with the comings and goings there was 80 people there at all times. Maybe 50% Fall related? I dunno.

Some guy came up to me during Stephen Song and asked if I had any trip hop. I said that I was just playing The Fall and he asked if they had any trip hop songs. I replied "sorta".

Tracklist went something like (not in order, I stuck mostly with chronological when I could):

Rowche Rumble
Fiery Jack
2nd Dark Age
Mess Of My
Psycho-Mafia
Rebellious Jukebox
Mother Sister
Futures & Pasts
Muzorewi's Daughter
Spectre Vs. Rector
Flat Of Angles
How I Wrote Elastic Man
Putta Block
Ludd Gang
Wings
Joker Hysterical Face
Marquis Cha Cha
Room To Live
Pay Your Rates
Middle Mass
Leave The Capitol
Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul
Fantastic Life
Look, Know
I'm Into CB
English Scheme
In The Park
Container Drivers
The Classical
Jawbone & The Air Rifle
Who Makes The Nazis?
Hotel Bloedel
Garden
Tempo House
I Feel Voxish
Oh Brother
Slang King
Stephen Song
No Bulbs
US 80s-90s
Shoulder Pads
ROD!
Cruiser's Creek
Cab It Up
CREEP
Athlete Cured
Kurious Oranj
Chicago Now
Lady Bird
A Lot Of Wind
Hip Priest

As you can see it was pretty early years-heavy. They didn't have CD players, I'd have played Words Of Expectation as it's my favorite.

The bartenders seemed really happy at the end of the night, noting that it was "800% better than a recent Smiths Night" that they had. Both said they hadn't heard much of The Fall beforehand but said they liked it A LOT. I drank a bunch of beer and was pretty "boozy" by the end of the night. After Hip Priest (what I played as a closer) one bartender told me to play another song. I grabbed the first thing I saw which was 15 Ways. Some lady told me it was the worst song the Fall every did and then claimed to have dated Ben Pritchard.

I had a whole lot of fun.

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Hey Derek, are you having any more art-selling parties this fall? I just moved into a new place and want another piece of yours to complement the giant tooth above my mantle.

There was a Six Hours Of Fall thing at a gay club in Seattle this past summer. Fall DJ Night fever is catching I guess.

It was 7 hours, excuse me. And it was in early October. Oops.

http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_most_intense_dj_night_ever

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jaymc: I probably will at the beginning of December. You're welcome to come over and look at what's on hand anytime you'd like.

Mackro Mackro: That was me in Seattle as well. I'm trying to get together a 24 hour marathon with different DJs in early January 2008. It should be "fun".

Cool, maybe I'll e-mail you.

I'm totally disappointed that I missed this thing in Seattle. You should post this stuff BEFORE it happens rather than after!

In fact, if there are any Fall fans in Seattle, please email me or something. I know one other guy here who would have enjoyed this but that's about it.

You didn't play backdrop? Pah, its a good job I didn't nip over to Chicago for this - I was tempted, but the transport from here is awkward - If I'd sat through that for four hours waiting for backdrop and then you didn't play it I'd be crying all the way home.

Actually its a nice selection, you didn't go cheesey which is the way I'd have done it - not that anybody will ever let me play 4 hours of the fall to the public. I'd have played Hit the North followed by Edinburgh Man, then all the covers and put repetition on twice in a row.

Bimble, the 7 Hours Of Fall thing was posted in the Stranger and on Lineout. Sure, a post here would have helped too, but it's not as if this wasn't promoted at all either. (I was working overtime that night :( , otherwise I would have been there.)

i find it very hard to believe that there arent any Fall fans in seattle

if i've heard of them they are not obscure enough to go beneath the radar of an entire metro area

Deej, there wouldn't have been a 7 Hours Of The Fall thing here if there weren't Fall fans, lol. I'm not sure how that night went, but the Fall have played to packed houses here in recent years. Also, KEXP has been playing the hell out of the latest album, so the non-Fall oriented KEXP worshippers are now in the game too.

In brief, you are correct sir.

Bimble, the 7 Hours Of Fall thing was posted in the Stranger and on Lineout. Sure, a post here would have helped too, but it's not as if this wasn't promoted at all either. (I was working overtime that night :( , otherwise I would have been there.)

Well, fair enough, I've just never grown accustomed to this idea that the Stranger is supposed to be consumed online rather than in paper form. Was there really an ad in the Stranger hardcopy too? I'm sorry you didn't get to go either! We both missed out, I guess.

I'm sure there are plenty of Fall fans in Seattle. The question is how do I find them? ;) The last time the Fall played here was quite awhile ago, at least as far back as 2002. They cancelled their date here on the last tour.

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You should do this in Los Angeles, not many people here seem to appreciate The Fall.

lol, marc riley from in a hole. Probably the best Fall pic ever.

Mark E. tells a hilarious story about this photo in his biography.

Somehow I forgot to post #6 - #15 on here.

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Wishing this was still in Chicago.

smiths nite at dannys is like a 500 days of summer stars' dream

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Fall Night #23 - 4 Hours Of The Mighty Fall
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:00pm
The Charleston - 2076 N. Hoyne, Chicago IL

This will be the last Fall Night in Chicago, ever.

"Always different, always the same." - John Peel
"You wouldn't even know the sun was up unless there
was a press release on it." - Mark E. Smith