photos by Amanda Hatfield via Brooklyn Vegan

Check me out, bitches.
U see this shit? No, it's not just a word document with random words on it.
It's the set list 4 my favourite buzzband's show.

In case you are a complete lamestreamer
The setlist is a list of songs that the band uses a a 'guide'/'compass'
2 guide the show
2 keep the band on track
2 keep the shows fresh when ur touring every nite and don't want to use the same playlist back to back

There's only a few authentic souvenirs that you might be able 2 get from a live performance
Avoid the 'merch table'... Any1 can buy memorabilia in the form of a t-shirt/tote bag
Sometimes if you want an experience to be meaningful
you have to make it happen
u can't just show up and label it as 'meaningful'

Check me out, bitches.
I got the set list.

How can you get the set list from a buzzband?
Well, you can't be an ass hole who steals it off the stage during the show
They'll get mad at you
and all of the authentic fans standing in the front by the stage will get pissed at you
(Partially because they wanted the set-list too)

I sorta wish we lived in the era where buzzbands didn't use computers to generate their set lists
and we could still see the handwriting
and zany shortened nicknames for the mp3s which are played live with real instruments.

It's sort of like a cryptic quiz for authentic fans
Can u figure out which mp3s that they have nicknamed on the set list?

Chek me out, bitches.
I got the set list.

It really wasn't that difficult
There were a bunch of dudes on the stage clearing the equipment after the show
and there were a bunch of entry level alts hovering around the stage
Hoping for the setlist
A lot of the keut alt girls got the set lists bc that's just natural selection
But I finally yelled "BRO GIMME THE FUCKIN SET LIST"
and a theatre tech bro gave me the final one just to clear the pack

I'm gonna hang this shit it my dorm room
Way better than hanging up a poster in my room
Way better than hanging up a vinyl record case in my room
The ultimate proof
That 'I was there'
That 'This happened'
That I am an authentic fan who stood in the front during a relevant concert.
And obtained an everlasting historical artifact
that on this day at this venue
my favourite buzzband played these songs in this order
(Way more meaningful than an iTunes playlist)

Bitches,
I got the effing set list
Now I will go home and reconstruct this set list in an iTunes playlist
to re-live my live experience 4evr.

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Have yall ever obtained a set list from a relevant buzzband?
Did u 'ask them 2 sign it'?
Did it make u feel like you were an authentic buzzband fan?
Are 'set lists' worth anything, or are they just memorabilia for entry level alts?
Have you ever tried to sell a set list on ebay?
Do u <3 ppl who try to get guitar picks and set lists and water bottles and other random crap that litters the stage?
Is it funny when u ask a venue janitor for the 'set list' and they have no idea what ur talking abt?
Would u rather have a Beach House set list, or cut off a lock of Vicki LeGrand's curly hair, then make a doll using her real hair called 'Lil Vicki', inspiring an indie version of 'The Body Guard' starring Whitney Houston + Kevin Costner?