Show Journal 2001-04-27
Oh my god what a rad show. If we are doing the scale of 1 to 10 thing again this was easily a 10. Loud, crowded, energetic, with great bands and all in the cozy confines of a basement. I can’t even put it into words, it was just beautiful. We thought we would be off to a rough start after wrestling with Dave’s bass amp. If you aren’t familiar with Dave’s bass amp it is huge. Tall as a grown man and as heavy as a grown man holding 200 pounds of concrete. It’s also 1600 Watts. My guitar amp could induce hearing loss in a large club and it’s only 100 Watts. Dave’s is 1600 Watts and in a basement. So anyway, he turns his amp on and the power went out. Oops. Flip the breaker, turns the amp on … same thing. Bummer. We ended up borrowing Compact 56’s bass amp and want to thank them for it. Speaking of which Compact 56 ruled. Despite their own technical difficulties they laid down the rock with the greatest of ease. Interesting fact you don’t know … we decided that next time we play together our singers are going to fight to see which one of us gets to play last. Kind of a like a coin toss, except in this case someone is bound to get sodomized. Here’s another good highlight to report … Atom and Mark from Dead Even were at our show … again! I’d like to give a shot out to Jamii and Melisa for driving down to see us, but Atom and Mark deserve the mad props. Bend, Eugene, Portland, Bend, Portland, Eugene. Those guys are just way too cool for words. Thanks to Tempting Fate and EPD, the Animal Farm for setting up another rad show and to everyone who stuck around and had fun. Also thanks to the guys who helped us sing Astro Zombies!
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