Hey There

So far this ranks as the best Ghost I have had the pleasure of listening
to...it is supremely mind-bending.... a must hear, listen to repeatedly at
all costs, type of Ghost.....thanks to Charlie Dirksen for the tapes!!!
I'll start spinning this show once I'm done with the Gorge, so watch for
another dorky, tape trading fun destroying, offer from high upon my horse
shortly.
 

Starlake Amphitheater Burgettstown, PA 8/13/97 set 2
The Ghost of Saint John and his Revelations

This Ghost follows a second set Runaway Jim opener which contained an
overeager Runaway trey and an ivory tinkle from Page that just made me
giggle and the crowd at Starlake cheer....The prologue opens as is becoming
standard from a short count off at (0:00). I'm not sure if it is the tapes
or the work of the PLM but mike is just booming during this prologue, funky,
dark, and deep. The verse break is porno-funkified page with some wah
scratch funktronica from mike and trey thrown in for good measure. The
prologue comes to a close with the last ominously bellowed Ghost! at
(2:57)...I say ominous as it conveys a darkness from within the funk.

The key to this Ghost seems to be the number 13....a seemingly unlucky
number....august 13th......the 13th song of the show....and it clocks in at
exactly 13 minutes in length.  The Ghost story begins with mike trey and
fish laying down a solid porno-funk groove. This Ghost is just dominated by
the rythym section mike's bass is fat and it is funk phish-style. A theme
change turns it funkier still at (4:20) or so. page starts throwing some
pulsar like throbs in around the 5 minute mark. Trey takes over for a 30
second burst of super funk scratch that devolves into a "dinosaur" groove
for a minute or so. Mike and Fish start picking up the pace and this Ghost
Story just starts to rip. Some nice page fills around the (7:30) mark. The
metallic buble magma chamber funktronica is in full-effect. Thsi starts
giving me the feel of a digital delay loop WITHOUT the loop. This is a
thousand fingers poking your repeatedly in the hypothalamus. Stabbing deep
into the brain stem type of funktronica around the (9:00) mark I believe
page is playing the intro to Jesus Just Left Chicago he quickly joins the
funktronica and it is all over. Complete brainstem destruction. Gray matter
oozes out the nose and ears and onto the front of your shirt. There are two
tempo changes in the last minute or so but the damage has been done...a
chaotic segue into isabella brings the ghost to a close at 13:00....leaving
Saint John to ponder the following REVELATIONS
 

13:01 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
 

13:02 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet
were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and
the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

13:03 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

13:04 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and
they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able
to make war with him?

13:05 And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months.

13:06 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

13:07 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.

13:08 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.

13:09 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that
killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the
patience and the faith of the saints.

13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the
first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down
from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live.

13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:

13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.

from the land of mass produced DNA mutants

who you gonna call

Marty