Today my friend Spence Wilder played a very impromptu set at Galveston Island. I popped by to hear some of his wonderful songs. The Cult unplugged, a Lyle Lovett cover (that Melvin Took also plays), NIN's Closer (which I cover as well, but not as nicely) and so many more of his coverages and originalages. Oh, I'll note that Spence does the video/extended version of Closer and I perform the short/cut version from the single - I know you don't care but I'm stating the fact anyway!
Spence's live stage setup is really very nice. All the props are very artistic and tasteful. It's modeled after a comfortable living room including a little flickering television, standing lamp and comfy looking easy chair. The television screen rotates through black and white pics of Dave in real life.
I've enjoyed watching him perform with that stage setup for quite a while and have always eyed the chair and its visible pose ball labelled "sit". This time I could not help myself! I grabbed a seat on stage behind Spence.


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