Show Journal 2003-10-25
Eugene rocks and we really need to play there more often. The show tonight was great. I think what made it so cool was that everyone in the bands and the bulk of the crowd was totally cool and friendly. We play a lot of shows with bands that are just too cool to talk to you (or too cool to watch your set), not the case in Eugene. It really makes shows a lot more fun for us. We missed Under Enuff and want to apologize for that. Doubtfully Yours was second and for a new band they’ve got a lot of potential as well as a fairly bad ass drummer who can rock like no one’s business. EPD was third. I would write something about how well they played well and how their new songs show a lot of progress but ultimately I am haunted by the image of Sam in a dress and don’t want to think about it much more. Alter-Ego was 4th and sounded good. Lots of catchy and funny songs including the “best song ever!” Our set was awesome. Everyone who was still there was right up front circled around us and sang along. We played a few new ones and even wound up playing 3 extra songs. I’d call it an encore but there was no foot stomping or chants of “Oct-tane, Oct-tane, Oct-tane” … nope just a handful of dudes saying “can you play some more”. We’re easy like that so we did. Many thanks to the following: EPD for being cool as hell, Eric and Doubtfully Yours for the awesome show, the fine craftsmen who built the stage, the girl who’s name is escaping me right now that helped sell our merch, Conor for attempting to sing Golden Road, Susan for reminding us to play in Eugene, Josh Outreach for watching us two nights in a row, no thanks to Jeff, and thanks to everyone else to stuck around and made this a fun show!
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