Andrew Bird, Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church, 12/16

On "Capital I", a Sesame Street song: "The lines about rubbing it here, polishing it there, they make me feel a little funny inside... but I kind of enjoy it."

Looking increasingly scruffier as the week goes on, Andrew Bird also seems to be getting more and more comfortable with this installment of church shows.  Sure, he's still as twitchy and, well, neurotic as always, but he was a bit more relaxed on night three.  I wonder what night four will bring...?

Tonight's set list has song names, believe it or not, for the instrumental parts.  Not because I am some genius who managed to connect the dots and realize what some of these songs were, but because I managed to take a picture of the setlist from the woman who had snatched it off of the stage.  (Thanks, by the way!)

1. Instrumental (Dance Of Death, from The Ballad of the Red Shoes)2. Instrumental (Bb Ab G)3. Instrumental (Master Sigh)4. Instrumental (Danse Carribe)5. The Water Jet Cilice6. Instrumental (Oh Baltimore)7. Section 8 City8. Natural Disaster9. The Barn Tapes10. The Sifters ("If I were the night sky...")11.  Carrion Suite12.  Headsoak13.  You Woke Me Up14.  Fitz and the Dizzyspells15.  Giant of Illinois16.  Happy Birthday Song17.  Capital I18.  Scythian EmpiresENCORE19.  Oh Sister20.  Some of These Days