St. Vincent VIP Experience - Q&A – San Francisco, 2018

St. Vincent VIP - Q&A – San Francisco, Live, 1-22-18, 1st row, Bill Graham Civic. Annie Clark: OK, one more then I’ve got to go get into a bunny suit. :P



Other Tidbits:

For the VIPs, Annie performed a two song sound check performance followed by ~45 min Q&A session. Before the set, we could have our picture taken behind the ‘Fear The Future’ hot pink interview podium along with her signature Ernie Ball guitars, one of which was plugged into an amp so you could actually play it. Everybody also received an autographed limited edition poster.

Annie’s aunt and uncle, Tuck & Patti, are actually from the SF Bay Area, so the guest list was quite large, according to the VIP coordinators. Annie joked that a couple months ago in Belgium, only 2 people showed up for the VIP event, so they moved the performance to a more intimate side room where a bartender started bussing tables during the performance, lol. In San Francisco, there were at least ~200.

Tuck mused about their niece during their opening set, saying that they still call her Annie ‘even after she was canonized.’ lol Many fans refer to her that way too. A lot of the questions were asked and answered in good humor :P

Annie (during the Q&A): What makes me fall in love with someone? That’s a good question… Uh… Money? lol



Setlist:

(VIP Acoustic Sound check)
1. Severed Crossed Fingers
2. Prince Johnny



Fan Questions:

1. ~4:05 – I wanted to ask about “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” a film that will be directed by her
2. ~6:15 – Technique for overcoming writer’s block
3. ~7:40 – Composing the soundtrack for Kristen Stewart's short film and directorial debut ‘Come Swim’, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.
4. ~10:10 – Request to write a great feminist rock opera.
5. ~10:50 – What makes you fall in love with someone?
6. ~11:40 – Is there anything in common with the people you’ve fell in love with? Because I heard in one of your interviews…
7. ~12:00 – Can you adopt me? (I would say yes, but you might end up like my houseplants… which is withered and dead: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdYbWtnD5...)
8. ~12:20 – I have to go see you in Belgium next time. And I loved your collaboration with David Byrne. Any chance of doing something similar to that, with him or with anyone other artists?
9. ~14:20 – What kind of tea are you drinking? And what do you like to soothe your throat if you have to play a show and you have a cold?
10. ~16:25 – In your song ‘Laughing with a Mouth of Blood’, which came first, the guitar melody or the vocal melody?
11. ~17:30 – Would you design cutlery based on your cheekbones?
12. ~18:15 - Opinions on her recording rig; Is the Teenage Engineering OP-1 Portable Synthesizer worth the $900? https://www.instagram.com/p/BcI-NLujJ...
13. ~18:50 – A lot of female musicians go through self-doubt. Did I ever doubt myself and think that I wasn’t good enough?
14. ~20:30 – What advice do you have for someone who likes to write music but doesn’t like to perform music?
15. ~22:10 – Where do you see yourself going next after this one?
16. ~23:20 – How do you choose which songs to put on the album? What components do you look for?
17. ~26:50 – Do you play in standard guitar tunings or open tunings as well? Do you have a favorite?
18. ~28:20 – Your music speaks to people in beautiful ways. Thank you so much!
19. ~29:05 – Jack Clark (Annie’s brother points out the time) “Snitches get stitches Jack…” lol
20. ~29:20 – I like dancing to the song ‘Paris is Burning’. Can you tell me everything about the song? (That song… Bummer… I remember writing it for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I wrote that about Katrina. I’ve never said that… And I hope that doesn’t change your… but keep dancing to it! lol”)
21. ~30:30 – Do you ever sleep with your fans?



(First Set)
3. Marry Me
4. Now, Now
5. The Strangers
6. Actor Out of Work
7. Cruel
8. Cheerleader
9. Strange Mercy
10. Digital Witness
11. Rattlesnake
12. Birth in Reverse

(MASSEDUCTION Set)
13. Hang on Me
14. Pills
15. Masseduction
16. Sugarboy
17. Los Ageless
18. Happy Birthday, Johnny
19. Savior
20. New York
21. Fear the Future
22. Young Lover
23. Dancing With a Ghost
24. Slow Disco
25. Smoking Section


Lineup:
St. Vincent
Tuck & Patti