From: Charlie Dirksen
11/21/91 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA (Rvwd 5/95)

I could have been at this show.  Thanks to Mike Niven
(DAT trader with a most extraordinary list) for a
copy, and thereby reminding me that I blew it off (my
friends went.. I don't remember what my excuse was,
but I'm certain that it was lame).  This is the best
Weekapaug I have from 1991.  The Mike'S at this show
is completely standard, though.    In the opening
part of the Mike'S, you can barely hear Trey say
"Here it comes.. Here comes psychedelia!" or
something.  The Mike'S is typically funky, with Page
and Mike especially prominent in the mix (even when
Trey comes in).  Trey does the typical off-key,
eerie, sustained, Mike's Song stuff, but the fillers
he adds aren't of special merit.  His tooling around
is also in typical spooky MikeS fashion, but doesn't
sound very appealing, to be honest.  This version
does drag on longer than MikeS of the past have (for
1991).  The extended jam segment, though, isn't very
great.  It doesn't sound like they are trying to make
it into Something.. sounds too loose and disheveled.
Oh Well.   Hydrogen kicks in at 7:45 or so, and,
outside of a fudge near the end, is standard.
Weekapaug enters just before 11 mins.  Mike's opening
jam is just fucking outrageous.  He hops all over,
and it is as much quick and tight and snappy as it is
sustained and melodic and sharp.  You just have to
hear it for yourself.  Great opening!  Hmm.. this
Weekapaug is just all over the place.  There's a
trippy section that's pretty slow, but not sooo long
that it pisses you off or makes you uptight.  Just
after the 17 min point, there's an On Broadway tease
from Trey.  It then sounds like it is going to end,
at around the 18 min point, but then the jam
magnificently kicks into a Stupendous Finale, that
includes On Broadway jamming, BUT THIS ISN'T THE
FINALE!!!  Just when you think it is REALLY going to
end, they kick into another Finale jam, in which Trey
says they'll be right back for another set.  Then it
ends, but then they immediately kick BACK INTO
ANOTHER GOD DAMN FINALE JAM!!!!  ..and Trey says the
exact same thing that he did in the previous finale
jam!  Suffice it to say that it is very amusing and
the jamming is great. Ends at basically 22 mins. 6.75
rating (B). Best Weekapaug of 1991 that I have
without question (can't wait to hear 5/10/91,
Justin.. I have a mix of this show, and know that the
Hood is stupendous, but I never did get the MikeS
Groove).