Show Journal 2003-11-21
Holy crap what a rad show. Our last trip to Ray’s was a little lackluster (it was their inaugural show) so we were a little worried about the turnout this time but oh my god Richland came through with flying colors. The turnout was amazing, far better than any of the Atomic shows which was cool. We ended up arriving about 15 minutes before the show with Thirty 3 right behind us. Speaking of Thirty 3 they should really fix their head lights. Their driver side one is permanently stuck on high beam and blinded me for approximately 100 miles. They did pass us for about 5 minutes which gave me a small chance to see again but unfortunately we were mooned in the process. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated staring into that broken ass high beam until I was faced with the torturous image of Chris’s ass lighting up the cold night sky. So Thirty 3 was first and they played pretty well. There were a few issues with the sound but all in all pretty good. Rhythm of ’84 was second and as their t-shirt proclaims the Rhythm does in fact kill. I thought they sounded amazing tonight and the crowd really got into them. Of course with Jack and Kyle jumping into, out of and on top of the crowd every few minutes you better appreciate it. We had a great time playing and it was as good as if not better than any show at Atomic. Everyone up front was singing along, we had a few stage divers, even more guest vocals and there were at least 3 street team t-shirts to be spotted in the front rows. The new stuff went over well and despite it being totally late we played a few extra songs and requests. Big thanks go to our street team folks who always deliver big every time as well as the people who come see us at every show. (I swear sometimes I think I recognize more people in Richland than in Portland!) These are the kind of shows we’ll remember forever and we can’t thank everyone at Atomic for hooking us up every time. More thanks to Thirty 3 and Rhythm for making the pilgrimage to Tri-Cities with us. Oh yeah, super props to Jason for braving our show despite sustaining a collapsed lung at our last Atomic show. Toughest fan ever!
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