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Blue October was fantastic. They have reached that point wherin their song catalog is big enough that it would be easy to alienate either the old fans or the new ones. They wonderfully balanced the old with the new, opening the show with "The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" (one of my favorites) and closed with "Italian Radio". They played a lot from their new album and a good portion of Foiled too. They didn't play either of our songs ("Balance Beam" and "You Make Me Smile") but they did "Calling You" which fits almost as well. Justin's mother was there, in the VIP area overlooking the stage from the balcony of the club that hosted the show (it was outdoors). She cried during "Hate Me". The album version of the song starts out with a really cheerful-but-concerned voicemail from her. It gives the song a slightly different tone, one that I prefer. Anyway, the show was awesome, and I can't wait to see them again.

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