LOCATION: The Duck Room, St. Louis, MO

LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Will Sayler, Paul Moak, Rick Plant

REVIEW BY: Johnathan Dix, Jason Gonulsen

THE DUCK ROOM, BLUEBERRY HILL - 9/27/03

- - Spinning
- - Bothered
- - Long Lost One
- - Show Me
- - Jesus In New Orleans
- - She
- - Nobody Number One
- - Lifelong Fling
- - Ohio (Karin solo, playing piano)
- - BPD
- - All I Need
- - World can Wait
- - When I Go

*ENCORE*
- - My Love Is A Fever
- - Cruel & Purdy
- - Changes Come (incredible!)

Beetle Bob was there, and Karin thanked him for coming to their show

I know "Ain't No Sunshine" was in there somewhere, but it's not listed on 
the band's copy of the setlist (I nabbed the drummer's copy)

Still no vinyl of Ohio, just a pretty sample to show off.  Did get the 
great Ohio poster, though, and my wife bought a shirt.

The Duck Room is pretty neat, in the basement of Blueberry Hill.  Lots of 
duck related stuff hanging on the walls.  Karin apologized for those who 
were expecting an acoustic show.

The room could have used a few more chairs, though...about 3/4 of the crowd 
had to stand

Love, Rhine O'er Me
High-fidelity romance
By Brooke Foster

Humor us, sensitive guy, as we assume a thing or two about you. You're 
looking for love (aren't you always?) but not with just any type of girl. 
Blond-haired sorority darlings and self-impressed hipster chicks make you 
queasy. What you want is someone artistic, spiritual. Someone who can 
discuss postcolonial literature and mix a martini with equal facility. We 
understand. We know this girl. She'll be at the Over the Rhine show, man, 
and you'd be a damn fool not to go. No, we don't have a name or a number, 
but Over the Rhine plays just the sort of intelligent, ethereal art-pop that 
your Ideal Woman digs.

So can you just show up at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar 
Boulevard, 314-727-0880, $12-$14) at 9 p.m. on Saturday night and expect 
romantic magic to happen? No. You need to have the right lines. Here are a 
few: "That was really gutsy of Over the Rhine to release a double album, and 
on vinyl, too!" "This is a fantastic show, but I love traveling to see their 
hometown shows in Cincinnati." "I really hope they play something off of 
Films for Radio and 'Til We Have Faces, don't you?" Practice these lines in 
the mirror. Say them smoothly. Even better, go to your local record store 
and seek out Over the Rhine's back catalog so that you can name your 
favorite songs, just in case she asks.

What's the worst that could happen? So it doesn't work out -- you're only 
down twelve bucks and you've seen an extraordinary show by a band that 
deserves much more critical attention than it gets. And if everything does 
work out, we'd like an invitation to the wedding. -- Brooke Foster

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