White Stripes: Friday September 30

Setlist:
Dead Leaves
Black Math
Passive Manipulation
Blue Orchid
Dead Leaves (piano)
Hotel Yorba
I Think I Smell A Rat
Instinct Blues
Doorbell
Cannon
When I Hear My Name
Death Letter
One More Cup of Coffee
Astro
Jack the Ripper
The Nurse
Cannon
The Big Three Killed My Baby (slow on piano)
Cold, Cold Night
Ball and a Biscuit
--Encore Break--
I'm Lonely, But I Ain't That Lonely Yet
As Ugly As I Seem
Hardest Button to Button
Fell in Love with a Girl (fast then slow)
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Little Ghost
Red Rain
Apple Blossom
Let's Shake Hands
Seven Nation Army
Boll Weevil

I was very excited for this show because it was my first time to be so close at a Stripes show (10th row center). This was the extra show that was added and it wasn't sold out. Weird crowd...kinda quiet almost. Jack wore an all black Mariachi suit and Meg was wearing a white top and red pants. After the first few songs, Jack asked Meg where they were and she mouthed "home" back to him (she doesn't ever talk out loud at shows; to the crowd anyway)...she's so adorable! At the beginning of "Death Letter" he walked past his mic and sang something...I could hear that he was singing, but not what it was...it was like he was in a trance. When Meg sang "Cold Cold Night", they stood back to back...I hope someone got a pic of that because it was a priceless moment. Jack kept talking about how he had breakfast with Kwame (mayor of Detroit) and later revealed that he likes his eggs over medium, just in case we ever have him over for breakfast. There was a lot of guitar string breaking, tuning problems and communication problems (when Jack went and told Meg "Doorbell" would be what they played next, she mouthed "what?" back to him, but he had already headed over to the piano. Then when he counted in and she didn't start, he looked back at her and was like "Doorbell" and she still didn't understand. He then started making strange arm and hand (doorbell pushing??) gestures and I guess she finally got it. Funny for us, maybe not for them). Meg sat on the stage Indian style and played the bongos for the first two songs after the encore...she barely took her eyes off Jack once as he sang. I was suprised to hear "Fell in Love with a Girl"...the slow version was cool...Jack kept grabbing Megs cymbal after she hit it during this part. I was SOOO glad they played "Let's Shake Hands"...it's so catchy and fun to listen and sing to. The best part was when they played "Seven Nation Army"...instead of saying "I'm going to Witchita...", he said, "I'm going to Saginaw...". I think Mike and I were the only ones excited about that, but it was a highlight for me. I was assuming we weren't going to get "Boll Weevil" because the crowd seemed so quiet, but they played it and I was happy. Then they took their bow and said "See you tomorrow!!!" And they did! I loved this show because they seemed very relaxed, happy to be home, and were chatty with the crowd.
Mike and I went to the merch booth to see what we could see. I really wanted a poster, but they were sold out. We were then looking at the tiny record player that plays 3" records (called an inchophone). It was $100 bucks that I didn't have on me, so we just went to visit Josh and then home.