After 6 hours in the RAV we were hungry and looking forward to our $10 worth of free food and/or drinks which, turns out was a lie. $10 in drinks alone. N'yah! Curses! That was fine. It was 6. We went on at midnight, load in at 8. On the way in we passed a bar called "The Mutiny" with a sign in the window, "Band wanted, inquire within." Sweet! We can totally play a show before our show, can't we? Hells yeah! So John and I go in. I ask the pink haired, punk rock bartender, "Hey- I wanted to ask about the bands wanted sign. We're in a band. Can we play?" "Yeah, after you show me ID." Damn! What the hell is going on? It's fine, I don't mind, it's just funny. I give her my card and she gives me the schpeel- no slots open tonight I'm afraid. Ah well. Was worth a shot.
We broke up for dinner- John went for his usual checkin out the city walk, Saysha got some cheap Thai and almost got raped on the way back by a gang of locals, and Ryan and I parked it at the diner to keep an eye on our gear. I was still ridiculously sick at this point, so I thought I'd be gentle on my tummy with some soup and a burger. I saved my saltines for the ride that night.
After dinner Ryan and I went back to The Mutiny to give the cute girl our CD, but instead we found this big surly guy who looked just like the guy from Porky's. He was nice, he said, "Honestly, just keep your CD, I'm not gonna listen to it. Just call me when you're back in town." Nice.
Anyway. Loaded in, met the other bands, The Jagz were on first- they did about 50% covers? Or was it more? I'm the wrong person to ask about that but I was proud because I was the only one who knew the Power of Dreams song they sound checked to. Either way, they're a really rad band, drew a good crowd, kept everyone dancing and entertained. And their bass player was sick! In a good way sick. And their singer looked like David Hasselhoff, only cooler.
The Lusties were fantastic! I got spit on 3 times and slightly molested by Edie. Great songs, drunk and belligerent. Beautiful. But seriously they were the sweetest sweetest band and I just want to extend a warm and sincere thank you to them for hanging out, letting us use their gear and jump on the bill with them. If you can, check 'em out. It's worth it, I swear.
The stage was tiny but John still managed to make his rounds. I was really feeling that show, if only because I was in a great mood. Yay tour! We cut it a little short because we had a 6 hour drive ahead of us, but everyone was nice enough to request an encore. We did two. Not That Bad and when they asked for one more, "Come on! Even just 30 seconds!" we played No More Jealous Girlfriends. Killer.
Afterwards we packed up pretty quick, gots me some green tea and crackers and off we went, but more on that later...
Set List:
-Without You
-This Happens
-Don't Look Back
-Falling Stars
-Try So Hard
-Guiltless
-Stuck In My Head
-Not That Bad
-No More Jealous Girlfriends
We broke up for dinner- John went for his usual checkin out the city walk, Saysha got some cheap Thai and almost got raped on the way back by a gang of locals, and Ryan and I parked it at the diner to keep an eye on our gear. I was still ridiculously sick at this point, so I thought I'd be gentle on my tummy with some soup and a burger. I saved my saltines for the ride that night.
After dinner Ryan and I went back to The Mutiny to give the cute girl our CD, but instead we found this big surly guy who looked just like the guy from Porky's. He was nice, he said, "Honestly, just keep your CD, I'm not gonna listen to it. Just call me when you're back in town." Nice.
Anyway. Loaded in, met the other bands, The Jagz were on first- they did about 50% covers? Or was it more? I'm the wrong person to ask about that but I was proud because I was the only one who knew the Power of Dreams song they sound checked to. Either way, they're a really rad band, drew a good crowd, kept everyone dancing and entertained. And their bass player was sick! In a good way sick. And their singer looked like David Hasselhoff, only cooler.
The Lusties were fantastic! I got spit on 3 times and slightly molested by Edie. Great songs, drunk and belligerent. Beautiful. But seriously they were the sweetest sweetest band and I just want to extend a warm and sincere thank you to them for hanging out, letting us use their gear and jump on the bill with them. If you can, check 'em out. It's worth it, I swear.
The stage was tiny but John still managed to make his rounds. I was really feeling that show, if only because I was in a great mood. Yay tour! We cut it a little short because we had a 6 hour drive ahead of us, but everyone was nice enough to request an encore. We did two. Not That Bad and when they asked for one more, "Come on! Even just 30 seconds!" we played No More Jealous Girlfriends. Killer.
Afterwards we packed up pretty quick, gots me some green tea and crackers and off we went, but more on that later...
Set List:
-Without You
-This Happens
-Don't Look Back
-Falling Stars
-Try So Hard
-Guiltless
-Stuck In My Head
-Not That Bad
-No More Jealous Girlfriends
