Tough night. It being Wednesday, in the summertime, with many people either needing to get up for work in the morning, or still at work or just unable to be up at midnight to see a Davey G show…turnout was light. I had to summon forth the words of (of all people) Henry Rollins, who wrote about this in Get in the Van--he was talking about playing a show where only 2 people came. He was pissed off about it, until someone changed his mind and told him that it shouldn’t matter: those 2 people came, they paid, and they deserved to see as good a show as he could do. Remembering that, I did the best show I could do. And as far as that went, it was great. The people there, the other bands, their friends were very energetic and happy to be there.
Some of my best stuff came out last night. As I played to this room, “Fantasy World,” with its’ message about how nothing I do will ever matter, really rang true (but believe me, if you know me personally, you know that I am optimistic to the point of obnoxiousness, and this “message” is only half-serious). And when I rebounded from that depressing song with my happy anthem of self-affirmation, “I am a Champion” I really put my heart into it. I put “Wash the Dish” at the end, with all my annoyance and “professional” frustration on display. While I would liked to have played for a packed house, sometimes it’s just better to have those few people who really enjoy what I’m doing.
Fourth Grade Security Risk could be like my musical cousin--he plays with keyboards and his songs are really funny. He also has a really good singing voice. I told him so.
http://www.fgsr.net/
Markitect was again, great--guitars with sequencers a la (here you go again with this comparison) Atom and His Package. The songs are catchy, fun, and funny. He talks a lot. That’s what he says when he’s on the stage. But I don’t mind.
www.myspace.com/mindblowingrock
Rare Candy, an offshoot of Entertainment System, are a video game music band. There is some amazing musical talent here, performed very tight--I really think the keyboardists are terrific. They make me feel inferior about my own keyboarding.
http://www.myspace.com/rarecandyband
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