Show Journal 2004-03-20
We’ve had a real hit or miss relationship with Spokane over the years. A few hits way back in the day and a series of misses for the past few, oh, 3 or 4 years. For the first time in many moons we actually a) had more than 8 people in attendance and b) saw a glimmer of interest for at least part of our set. This was very encouraging since after completing the math we realized for each minute of playing we spent 22 minutes in the van. The first two bands were pretty entertaining. The first band played ‘Sex And Violence’ by The Exploited which oddly enough we covered a few times back in the NC days. The second band was a little tighter and was also pretty entertaining to watch. We were up third and I think the general reaction was “ok, what the hell is this?”. When we started there were only a handful of people up front (several of which had driven from Richland) and by the end of 4 songs, there were still only a handful of people up front. We decided to unearth our cover of ‘Halloween’ which thankfully seemed to wake everyone up (even starting a pit) and also seemed to grant us a temporary approval rating from the initially uninterested crowd. The second half of the set was much better for everyone involved and made the drive worthwhile. It should also be noted that to the left of me was a guy with a mohawk shoving his hands down the pants of a younger girl. At first I thought “ewww” but later the lecherous and seedy side of me hoped for a second look. Ahhh, teenage romance. The Creeps played last and holy crap they rocked it. Despite the small crowd of 50-60 there was seriously painful looking circle pit which just added to the chaos of The Creeps already energetic set. Afterwards we stopped at Dick’s where Dave consumed 3 whammy burgers in less than 5 minutes. The drive home sucked ass but what else is new. Major props to the Richland crew who made the drive to see the show, Josie for bailing on her play to see us, and the Creeps for helping us out with our first decent Spokane show in a long time.
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