Eric's Show Journal - posted on October 21, 2000 by

Show Journal 2000-10-21

Three weeks ago we played to 1000 people and tonight we played to 30. Back to reality for 800 Octane. I guess on paper it was a good show. We played pretty well despite the fact that half of us are sick. One interesting event worth mentioning is that we got an official noise complaint from the neighbors who live around the club during our set. The Tonic has bands every weekend of the year and we were the first one to get a complaint this year. As Dave always says “if you can’t play good, play loud.” Part of me thinks the noise complaint is kind of cool in a real punk rock sort of way but part of me wishes someone would tell us when we are playing too loud. We can’t ever tell because we all wear ear plugs. Well, all of us except for Dave. In fact, way back in the day Bryan and I used to have a running bet about when Dave will actually be deaf. If my guess holds true he’s only got 3 years left.