Show Journal 2003-08-01
So tonight was the first show at a new venue in Vancouver called the Vertigo Gallery. It’s actually a tattoo and piercing shop that has a stage and shows. The first band was an acoustic duo that made me realize how poorly I play the acoustic guitar because they were good at it. It was a little weird when they got done and one of the two announced she would give $20 piercings. Piercings aren’t weird … you just don’t usually hear them announced at a show. Compact was next and sounded tough as always. The highlight of their set for me was when Attom fell on the ground, Spinelli picked his up by his shirt and threw him down again onto the floor. Very rock and roll. No blood this time but that’s ok with me. We were last and I feel like I should apologize for our performance. There were some major technical difficulties with the vocals which really sucked the life out of us. You know it sounds like shit when Dave is talking between songs and all you hear is a sound similar to that of the bus driver from Charlie Brown. After every song we had to take a long pause which is hard because you lose your energy. You start a song, you’re playing well, people’s heads are bobbing, you’re getting into it and then you go to start another song and have to stop for 3 minutes to fix the squealing or worse yet the non working mic. Yeah, I know … boo hoo. Anyway, after we got done things picked up … we hung out for a bit, saw Dan for the last time before he moves to NYC, made jokes about having intercourse with Dave’s amp and I finally met my wife. Perhaps the highlight of the whole night was when Travis taught us how he survives on $40 a week which he makes exclusively from donating plasma. Amazing. Thanks to Attom and all the Vertigo Gallery … despite my ramblings about the sound it was still definitely a good night and we would like to play again for sure. Also, thanks to those who came from Longview as well as all the regulars from the message board!
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