Thursday’s show was fantastic. I’m biased, naturally, but the setlist that evening surpassed the one from Wednesday. Alcoholiday + Everything Flows = winning roundhouse combo kick.

As for Elephant Stone, the openers on Thursday night, I’ll admit I was leery when I saw the sitar (Cornershop came to mind, but not in a good way), but they were a pleasant surprise and had more than a brimful of good tunes.

Looks like both nights were great set lists, but no regrets that I chose Wednesday — Thursday may have had Starsign, but we got more Songs from Northern Britain, and that’s a place I’m happy to be.

You’re quite charitable to Rick of the Skins, who were more than a little confounding. They bounced back and forth between engaging and atrocious. Suffice to say, they shouldn’t do the slow quiet thing, as they do not do it well.

Trying to get my ears around the new BSP track, which is characteristically schizophrenic. But I’m up for the challenge!