Show Journal 2004-06-04
4 CD’s in 10 years. I guess that’s not too bad of an average. Definitely the best of the CD release shows though. Of course that’s not too big of a challenge. For our ‘Swank’ CD release show we didn’t even have the CD’s ready. In fact we missed the deadline by 3 months. Sadder still was that for ‘The Kelvis’ we didn’t even have a CD release show. Our average crowd at that point was 5-10 people so it wasn’t really an option. Tonight’s show however was a blast. We were lucky enough to get some of our best friend’s bands from the past few years to play. The Civies (not ‘The Civics’), started things off right. The quote of the night was from Billy. When someone yelled “play some Slayer” he responded “Son, if I play some Slayer you’ll be walking out of here with your ass for a hat.” Beautiful. I can only imagine how well the man plays Slayer to throw down that kind of a claim. Countdown tore it up as always. If you have read any other entries on this page you’ll know how much I love that band. Thirty3 was third and sounded great. We were a little bummed since Chris wasn’t in attendance (after all, he did take the morgue photos for the album) but the power of Ty compelled Tre Tre to rock adequately. I’m not sure if they crossed the 20 minute mark, but then again do they really need to? We played last and had a great time. The message board crew was in effect and most already knew the chants to Bloodline, which made all of us happy. After seeing that the rest of the show was a breeze. Thanks to the following: those who came out of the woodwork to see us play, those who traveled from very far away, Bryon for helping w/ the sound, the Kelvis for rocking the sounds between bands, the Nocturnal for tolerating us and to everyone else who came to the show. One last quick story, I spoke with Ben and Mayor from Compact 56 last week and they said they wouldn’t be attending the show because they were going to be in Las Vegas. In honor of our show they promised to make a bet on the number 8 at roulette. I had forgotten all about this until on the way home last night my phone rings, and I’m greeted by Ben who informs me they bet on 8 … and won big. I asked “how much” and he responded, “I don’t know I’m still counting it.” Amazing. Lastly, I hope Jack from Rhythm of ’84 is feeling better.
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