this show is such an absolute mystery to me. i don't have a solid sense of what the setlist was at any of the shows- i think that it's cut down for some releases or reorganized for others. i don't know what costumes were used for what tracks. i don't know much of anything for sure about it, but i do know that i really like it!
it's an eerie, minimalist affair. the way the shows seemed to allow the Rz to appear as if they were ghostly apparitions in the darkness, haunting a space, coming forth out of a stagnant darkness with life and energy! they assume costumes and identities for sections of tracks that do not necessarily have characters with distinct appearances. they use the people onstage as their decorations which allows the show to feel exceptionally alive compared to any of their other shows. (they would soon use both living and static decorations in Cube-E to make for something REALLY fascinating.)
it sets a precedent for shows like Way We Were, Shadowland, Talking Light, Fillmore '98, and Wonder of Weird (and seemingly the upcoming In Between Dreams)- setlists not based off of singular albums to visualize them, but assorted tracks organized by eras, ideas, themes. this makes one thing i've seen pretty funny: this tendency for Cliffords to trash the RCB trilogy while praising the 13th Anniversary shows. like- hey, dude! those shows are, structurally, similar. while the RCB shows have narration, characters, those sorts of things- they don't take up much of the show. but i am not of that mindset, and am almost definitely missing the point. anyways, 13th Anniversary show very good, perhaps a little spooky.
i may have more to say at a later date.
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