Interesting show to say the least. Once again we were part of the 8x10 Club's "5 Bands for 5 Bucks" program, and once again there were only 4 bands. We played 2nd. So there's the facts, ma'am.
What made it interesting? Well lets start with the fact that we promoted the hell out of this show... asking, informing, pleading, inquiring, imploring, begging, etc etc. And when the date rolled around, we knew no one was coming out to see us. But that didn't bother us all that much; we're in it for a good time. At least we had a few friends and family, but the club wasn't exactly happy. On top of that, I had come down with a motherfucker of a cold. I was feeling so dead the day before, i went and got a strep test (thankfully negative). So the evening of the show, I take a dreadful concoction of medications to keep me up, straight, moist, and mucus-free. Delightful, I know.
By the time we're slated to go on, we're pretty psyched, from the adrenaline boost of playing a show, and from the royal treatment we always enjoy at the 8x10.
We set up our massive heap of equipment onstage (this statement incredibly simplified from the worry and pain usually involved in setting up), and start playing. We have a pretty decent-sized audience, and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. I surprisingly can sing (something i very much doubted minutes earlier), and we rock pretty hard.
Flames Burning
Treeing a Wolf
Home
Exactly What I Mean
Telephone Wires
End Timing
Nightbirds Singing
Ambulance Chaser
The set couldn't have gone better. This is pretty much the best we've ever played. It was just one of those great shows when everything seems to come together perfectly. It seemed to me that we pulled of the perfect balance: letting the songs breathe and be spontaneous and loose while retaining complete control and consciousness over the sounds we were making. Magical, if you ask me. "Ambulance Chaser" was a triumph: it was long, loud, dynamic, and i literally gave it everything i had. After the set ended and we packed up and started home, i realized just how much i had drained what little reserves i had, but i didnt regret a second. ah, if only life could be made of nothing but these moments.
see you next time!
SAM
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