Oh yeah, baby. It will be 15 degrees outside tomorrow (Saturday) night, but it will be warm and rocking inside, because we're playing out again.
I don't think I posted this last month, but we had a "gig" over Christmas at the Hartford Coffee Company near Grand and Arsenal (it's actually at Hartford and Rogers, but those are such weenie street names compared to GRAND and ARSENAL).
We managed to fairly fill the place just with family and a few friends alone. People in town for the holidays to verify if the rumor about their in-laws was true. It was maybe 60 minutes of music, which we tried to stretch into two sets. There were at least eight other strangers we didn't chase away, too.
So, perhaps due to the deceptively alive following and the rather inoffensive sound, they asked us back. Saturday, 7 p.m., the band, and it's freaking cold outside. Suddenly I'm wanting someone good at playing "Roadie Hero" to handle my minimalist drum kit while I keep my precious brush-holding hands warm.
We've even added a song and restored a previously dropped cover, "Time after Time," to the set -- showing a persistent evolution in our growth as 21st-century, post-post-modernist artists who have something to say and don't mind saying it to people desperate enough for a cup of coffee on a sub-freezing night.
Further details will come out in the unauthorized, behind-the-scenes rockumentary.
I tried to attend this event, but after scouring the premises for a drummer and his Missus, or even a sister, I heard an announcement that y'all had to cancel. I'm sorry, and I hope everything is okay. I'm sure it's all my fault because I forgot to wear my turkey tail brooch.
By KayO - 1/19/2008 6:40 PM
Oh nooooo!!
I'm so sorry! I tried to contact everyone I thought might attend (forgetting about the late blog announcement), and he hadn't left yet. Ack, that sucks; I'm so sorry. I hope the other band was good.
We got a call right before leaving, after packing up my car with drums. Apparently the manager who booked us left to Pursue Other Opportunities, and they double-booked, and didn't realize until the other band showed ... so we went out to dinner elsewhere. Rock 'n roll!
By Dominik - 1/21/2008 10:25 AM
when life serves you a carload of drums with no place to play... go out to dinner.
nothing 'makes everything all-right' quite like a nice dinner out!
By no one you know - 1/21/2008 11:14 AM
Everything's all right on my end too, especially since I just heard a promo for JC Superstar at the Fox. I was really too tired to go out that night, so - once I realized there was no reason to stay - I took my mocha coffee and went home.
What I heard of the other band was fine, but slightly disturbing because of a 50-ish, heavily made-up woman at the coffee bar who was lip-syncing along. It looks really stupid, and I realized, this is how I look. So I went in the back with the toys, but some 6-year-old kid was monopolizing the train set. Foiled again.
As you may have noticed, the site has changed. Sampa, the free-site host, did a version 2 of some sort.
Despite an FAQ that made it sound like allowing one's site to go through v.2 surgery would be okay, there were several flexibilities that surprisingly disappeared with the click of a button. (e.g. I cannot believe sidebars like this one are even narrower than before.)
And I'm told -- miraculously! -- that the conversion cannot be undone. Truth be told, I'm actually quite pissed. But free is free. Sampa has otherwise been good to me.
So I need to sort through site "features" to see how I can make do. Except that I don't have the time at the moment, in the middle of graduate classes and Lighthousehockey.com. (btw, I've removed that Lighthouse RSS feed so that you're not clogged with random Islanders hockey gibberish).
But I promise to touch up the accessories when I get a chance, and return to irregularly scheduled blogging.
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