It came out magical

I came out to DC for the weekend because my sister got my dad tickets for the New Pornographers concert as a belated Fathers' Day present and I'm the other NPs fan in the family, so it made the most sense for me to go with him. It was pretty awesome, as I imagine readers who have been to past shows of theirs (and I know at least one of you has) would be aware. My ears are ringing just a bit. Your set list (broken down by album as I remember very little of the actual order aside from where noted):

Mass Romantic
Mass Romantic
The Slow Descent into Alcoholism (encore; final song)
Jackie (encore)

Electric Version
The Electric Version
From Blown Speakers (encore)
The Laws Have Changed
The New Face of Zero and One (false start; encore)
Testament to Youth in Verse

Twin Cinema
Twin Cinema
The Bones of an Idol (encore)
Use It
The Bleeding Heart Show (final pre-encore song)
Jackie, Dressed in Cobras
Sing Me Spanish Techno

Challengers
My Rights Versus Yours
All the Old Showstoppers
Challengers
Myriad Harbour
All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth (opener)
Unguided
Go Places
Adventures in Solitude
The Spirit of Giving

22 songs is a pretty solid set and, for that matter, a pretty good chunk of the band's entire catalog, which only spans 51 official album tracks. And they were all awesome. I'm usually not a huge proponent of live shows because songs often sound so different than they do on the album, but this was a case where the songs were all well-executed while at the same time having a definite energy that differentiated them from their studio brethren. It was wholly enjoyable. I might have liked to have been able to see the stage better, but we showed up at 10 as the second opening act was wrapping up (doors opened at 8 but the NPs part of the show didn't start for fully three hours, so we said "Screw that" and headed over late), so I can't be surprised that it was already crowded. (There were certainly people who showed up even later than we did.)

So yeah. Not a whole lot else to say, I guess - it was a great show, and while the airfare made it a pretty expensive one, I'd still say it was pretty close to worth it.