I love playing in general, the more the merrier, bring it! ☺ What I did not love is that it took me 3 hours to get from Brooklyn to Manhattan (lucky for me I thought leaving at 3pm was way more than enough time,) and then another 2 hours to get to Connecticut. Screw you google maps! 2 hours and 10 minutes in traffic my ass! John took the train up because he had to work, and I picked up Kevin because he had the drums.
Despite the traffic it was a really nice drive, gorgeous day, good company. I don’t really remember the last time I was in Connecticut for something other than driving through. I think it may have been that Bouncing Souls show that John and I tried to go to at Toad’s in New Haven and we showed up about 3 songs away from the end. Oops! My bad.
Anyway, it was kind-of weird being back in Connecticut. That place was home to me for so long- I used to know every exit, every town, every back road, and it’s just so pretty with all the trees and the winding roads, I don’t know if I’ve ever been anywhere else like it. It triggered all KINDS of crazy memories of all kinds of crazy things I had forgotten from my childhood. Good in some ways, but definitely weird.
I was very proud of myself because after we finally found the place, I was able to navigate back to the train to get John and back to the teen center again, no problem. It was awesome! Toquet Hall is huge! Although I guess if you’re used to playing in New York everywhere seems huge. But it was a really great place- huge stage, nice sound system, pool table, foosball, snack/coffee shop- it reminded me exactly of Katie’s old coffee house that she used to run at Hawley Elementary School where my old high school band Tim used to play. It was AWESOME.
We started playing about 15 minutes after we showed up because we were so late. I don’t even remember the set because we didn’t even write anything down, we just started calling out songs until we ran out of stuff that we had practiced. It was so much fun, and everyone was so great hanging out and dancing. I told the director that we’d love to come back sometime if they ever have any openings, so keep your eyes peeled Westport! We’ll be back in no time!
Set List:
-Dark Side
-Consider Me Gone
-Ride the Wave
-This Happens
-Dance With Me
-Use Somebody
-Guiltless
-Stuck in My Head
