Show Journal 2005-05-28
Holy crap Astoria rocked my world. This show was definitely sweet redemption for the failed Tiger Army journey a few days before. Originally we were supposed to play earlier in the lineup, but Justin got stuck at work and we showed up late. Real late. How late you ask? Late enough to hear Paint By Numbers (who was supposed to headline) say “we’ve got a few more left”. I absolutely hate missing all the other but what can you do? Who am I to stop the flow of mail? Apologies to the bands we missed and to PBN for having to play earlier than scheduled and cover our late asses. Lateness aside, the show was nuts. Everyone up front seemed like they were going to be rowdy before we started but I knew it was going to be good when the entire front section toppled over into one big pile during the first minute of the set. People moved, people sang, people fell into the drums and after two lackluster bar shows this week it was a welcome sight to see. I asked Dustin’s opinion of the show and he just smiled and said ‘yeah’. Agreed. Serious thanks to everyone who stayed late and was involved in setting up the show. Sorry again to NWpunks and to the other bands for being so late!
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