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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Day 1
w/ The Ever Changing Sky, More Bells, Then Whistles, & Armed With Legs
"So... you going to blog the tour?"
"Sure. I always like reading tour diaries. May as well write one."
...which is kind of funny, because I'm still at home. Still counts, though: by my reckoning, we just played the first show of the tour, and so it begins.
That said, we played on a great bill with thoroughly awesome bands: More Bells Then Whistles, Armed With Legs, and (of course!) The Ever Changing Sky all played fantastic sets... and actually all waived their cut of the door money: the lump sum went to us, for tour expenses. Nice guys: seriously helpful and considerate gentlemen all around.
ubik. went last: it was a four band bill, we started late, and played a looooong set... and it was an excellent crowd. A lot of people don't realize how common it is for people to start wandering home when the clock strikes midnight; if a band doesn't start until 12:30, they can often end up playing to an empty room (sad but true).
It was the kind of night where we got a huge response from !!!!!! and Bloody Indecision (first time that's been in the setlist in quite a while)-- melodic stuff, with lots of swirly, squishy bits-- which always makes us wonder why the metal crowds like us so much. And then, when we go into No Such Thing As An Open-Ended Equation, the pit nearly tears the Josephine apart. (Michelle came out of that song with a fat lip.)
It's also funny how the perception of ubik. changes depending on the lineup: today, we played with a lot of atmospheric bands (not a Marshall stack in sight), and we were positively brutal in comparison. Conversely, on a metal bill, we're always the least heavy band of the night...
But it's late, and we have to drive to Portland tomorrow.
--stray observation: it is really nice to not have to load back into the practice space after the show.
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