Friday, June 5, 2009
Review of the Station 4 Concert
Riverbottom Suckerfish played first, and they were amazing in more ways than one. Their drummer Nicole is positively insane, and the sound guy told me she reminded him of "Animal" from the Muppets. Their lead singer Christine is a great player and singer with killer taste in guitar tone. No wonder they don't need a bass player!
Jagged Spiral played second. It was a good-but-not-great set. I'll take the blame for our less-than-stellar performance. Or I could chalk it up to the round of Jagermeister shots SBI bought for us. Sabotage!
Deathroned had to cancel, so we got to relax a bit between songs and not setup/teardown so quickly.
S.B.I. played last and kicked ass with their best show I've seen so far. I tried to sabotage their show by buying them a round of Jagermeister shots, but it just made them better! Not fair. I'm glad they went last. I am jealous of Tony's bass rig, especially the wireless. I notice Mark now has a wireless mic. They were really tight. Sounds like they've been practicing... curse them!
[Editor's Warning: Danger, rant ahead, filled with bad words]
Speaking of curses,The St Paul Police Department were also there, and did a stellar job of placing a parking ticket on my car. The ticket was for parking after 2:00 AM. It was placed at 2:10 AM with all the precision craftsmanship one would expect from St. Paul's Finest. It couldn't have been easy to place the ticket on my car between my trips back and forth from loading gear out, but I have a feeling this must have been a Special Ninja Parking Ticket Officer, trained in the arts of stealth and speed.
Hey, St Paul Traffic Ninja? How about you leave musicians alone, huh? Who else would be at the load-in to Station-4 at 2AM? Bars close at 2AM right? So you start handing out tickets before bands can finish loading out their fucking gear? Do you think we make a ton of money playing on a Thursday night? Jagged Spiral made $11.50 (split that three ways) and spent a lot more than that on drinks and food, and then I get a $25 PARKING TICKET because I can't load my gear out in ten minutes? Thanks much, [place your own derogatory noun/adjective here].
Don't worry, I'll make sure to get my $25 worth next time I'm in St Paul.
[Editors Note: We are now clear of ranting and return you to your regularly scheduled blog post already in progress...]
Financial matters aside, we had a fabulous time with Riverbottom Suckerfish and S.B.I. lots of fun people and good times. Station-4 is such an awesome venue, a great sound system, I just wish they had a parking lot.
-Z
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Jagged Spiral played second. It was a good-but-not-great set. I'll take the blame for our less-than-stellar performance. Or I could chalk it up to the round of Jagermeister shots SBI bought for us. Sabotage!
Deathroned had to cancel, so we got to relax a bit between songs and not setup/teardown so quickly.
S.B.I. played last and kicked ass with their best show I've seen so far. I tried to sabotage their show by buying them a round of Jagermeister shots, but it just made them better! Not fair. I'm glad they went last. I am jealous of Tony's bass rig, especially the wireless. I notice Mark now has a wireless mic. They were really tight. Sounds like they've been practicing... curse them!
[Editor's Warning: Danger, rant ahead, filled with bad words]
Speaking of curses,The St Paul Police Department were also there, and did a stellar job of placing a parking ticket on my car. The ticket was for parking after 2:00 AM. It was placed at 2:10 AM with all the precision craftsmanship one would expect from St. Paul's Finest. It couldn't have been easy to place the ticket on my car between my trips back and forth from loading gear out, but I have a feeling this must have been a Special Ninja Parking Ticket Officer, trained in the arts of stealth and speed.
Hey, St Paul Traffic Ninja? How about you leave musicians alone, huh? Who else would be at the load-in to Station-4 at 2AM? Bars close at 2AM right? So you start handing out tickets before bands can finish loading out their fucking gear? Do you think we make a ton of money playing on a Thursday night? Jagged Spiral made $11.50 (split that three ways) and spent a lot more than that on drinks and food, and then I get a $25 PARKING TICKET because I can't load my gear out in ten minutes? Thanks much, [place your own derogatory noun/adjective here].
Don't worry, I'll make sure to get my $25 worth next time I'm in St Paul.
[Editors Note: We are now clear of ranting and return you to your regularly scheduled blog post already in progress...]
Financial matters aside, we had a fabulous time with Riverbottom Suckerfish and S.B.I. lots of fun people and good times. Station-4 is such an awesome venue, a great sound system, I just wish they had a parking lot.
-Z
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