Show Journal 1999-11-29
Tonight’s show sucked. I had been looking forward to this show for over two months. We had never played at the Crystal Ballroom before and we had told all of our friends to show up around 10:00. We get there and find out we are up first and have to start by 9:00 and be finished by 9:30. Uhhhh. This means another evening of playing to a handful of people. That was kind of a drag, but to make things worse when we were playing the sound on stage was really bad. Lyle was 15 feet away from me with a 100 watt amp and I couldn’t hear a note he was playing. The sound guy thought we were too loud. “Can you turn down some?” Christ I hate that. Like the 10 people there really care anyway? Jim had it the worst, I don’t think his monitors were even working. Just one frustration after another. A few people there said they really liked our music and had fun, so I probably shouldn’t bitch too much more. Between you and me though … what a let down. On a positive note, everyone at the club was very nice and helpful. Also, mad props to Last Regiment for the surprise drive/walk by.
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