Show Journal 2005-05-24
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the Tonic Lounge. I’ve been to lots of fun shows there but have never had a good experience actually playing there. They have misspelled our name on the marquee twice, forgot to run ads on several occasions and once even had us load in the snow only to ask if we wanted to load back out since no one was in attendance. With the bar set so low you would think there was nowhere to go but up. Nope. Not tonight. The first band cancelled making it a two band bill. Turns out the second band (all the way from Texas) played to literally 5 or 6 people. In fact they commented they might not come to the NW because it was so far to drive for so little reward. I can’t say I blame them. We drove about 3.2 miles round trip and didn’t even make our gas money back. Our set was a little better as we had about a dozen people watching. By Tonic standards for us 12 ain’t half bad. Although the turnout was weak for some reason it was still a strangely enjoyable evening since hanging out with your friends isn’t ever too bad. Thanks to Cal for making an effort, the Misfats for showing up and best of luck to Sleezus Fist on their tour.
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