Really enjoyed listening to this one. Despite 2 incomplete tracks this is still the longest show on the tour, with over 90 minutes of music. Floating Boy features some nice trumpet playing by Jerry Busher. Recommended.

For their third out of eleven US gigs in the spring of 1998, Fugazi hit the state of Ohio and set up gear at the Newport Music Hall on High Street in Columbus, reportedly the last American venue at which John Lee Hooker performed before his death in 2001.

The recording puts the listener smack dab in the middle of things, as the introductory sequence and opening part of Merchandise are missing. Later on in the set list, it turns out Waiting Room unfortunately is incomplete as well, save for the closing chords.

Still, do not let that keep you from grabbing this download. Although it pretty much is a no-nonsense performance with not much going on in terms of dialogue, it is notably tight and sounds remarkable.

The set list features a heavy dose of End Hits songs (10 out of 13 songs), which saw its release a couple of days prior to this show, with a healthy selection of Kill Taker songs thrown in, as well as a handful of songs from each of the other albums for variety.

As mentioned, I think this is a great overall performance and recording, yet if pressed for highlights, I’d mention the subtle yet urging sway of Long Division, Close Captioned into Floating Boy, Do You Like Me (Ian puts in some additional guitar licks in the beginning of the song which works quite well), the brilliant combo No Surprise into Promises, and yet another outstanding version of Reprovisional.