Online review by user 'tremspeed' on Steve Hoffman Music ForumWell, I was there, and it was good.
He had
previously played a festival in Golden Gate Park, outdoors and packed with people (though he was hardly the biggest name on the bill and played at like 1 PM I think). So beyond the Eye album, he played Madonna of the Wasps and a few songs he had played in the park such as Man's Got To Know His Limitations and Ole Tarantula (sorry if I'm messing up the titles- I'm an old school Soft Boys fan primarily, love the Eye album, very unfamiliar with other stuff from recently). In the park he covered the Dead's Candyman which kind of ruled.
But the Eye songs- some of them were really excellent, and you can tell he plays them often, like Queen Elvis. It was awesome to hear him call out to Linda Ryan in the audience right before Flesh Cartoons. Other songs, like Linctus House, had so many flubs I wonder if he's ever played them live at all. He didn't even attempt to play Certainly Clicquot. Even though the performances were not perfect, I love the album front to back and enjoyed it anyway- you can tell the album really represents a rough time for him, it really came through.