2003

from Whisperin & Hollerin

Before the main act, a quick word about the supports. First up, from San Francisco, California, ORANGER. This 4-piece
(guitar/bass/drums/keys) arrived onstage and launched into 7 slices of prime West Coast psychedelic pop, including 'The Bluest Glass', 'Shut Up The Sun' and 'Four Leafed Clover'.

The guitarists traded sweet harmonies, while the keyboardist pogoed around like a mad man, and the drummer did his best to
stake his claim as the latest in a line of drummers to take Keith Moon and Animal from the Muppets as their main influences. The Thrills only wish they were this good. As the icing on the cake, 3 members of The Minus 5 (Messrs. Buck, Stringfellow and McCaughey) were invited out to romp through a Monkees' tune to triumphantly finish a very well received set. Michael Stipe dedicated "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" to Oranger at the close, and well deserved it was too.