Audience, Kung Fu Necktie. Philadelphia, PA
Parking the tour van and trailer in Washington DC presented some challenges. They were met with patriotic zeal.
The idea/second-story man.
Audience, The Black Cat. Washington, DC
Audience, Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. Charlottesville, VA
Van Halen - Runnin’ With The Devil [vocal track] (1978)
David Lee Roth is the guy at the party who is having more fun than anyone else. Take away all of the music and noise, and what remains is pure unadulterated joy. …Treat yourself.
Audience, Local 506. Chapel Hill, NC
Audience, Emerald Lounge. Asheville, NC
Audience, Snug Harbor. Charlotte, NC
The End. Nashville, TN
The anti-Nashvegas dive has been host to a long list of indie greats. Proof hangs proudly over the PBR bar…
I wish that the era of screen printed band posters designed by the local artist had carried over into our stay in Nashville. Alas, by the time we got there it was all Kinko’s on 8.5” x 11”. *sigh*
Nevertheless, thank you to whomever designed our poster, to the fastest talkin’ soundman I’ve ever met, and to the amazing crowd that danced the whole way through our show.
Audience, The Drunken Unicorn. Atlanta, GA
Audience, Club Downunder. Tallahassee, FL
Domo for breakfast. Inwood, NY
Ween & The Flaming Lips & The Go! Team. Houston, TX
Audience, Spring Street Fire House. Birmingham, AL
One of the most surreal things about touring with Darwin Deez is the ‘instant-replay effect.’ After every show we play, within hours there is game tape on the internet. Surely this ubiquity has assisted the band’s rise in international popularity. It has also allowed us to see our dancing mistakes, and musical missteps. There is a certain joy in this. Nevertheless, when I see someone holding their camera phone above their head for the entire show, I can’t help feeling like they’ve missed it. And that makes me sad.
It’s nice that a member of the audience wants to share their experience after the show. But even nicer: that person experiencing the show with us as we play for them, and the surge of humanity that they are a part of, for a magical moment.
For the audience perspective, Char lays it out in 4…
1. YOU’RE THERE! you are THERE. you were up in the morning three months ago for the presale, you spent $10 on parking, you waited in a long line, security didn’t find the weed in your pocket, you bought a $12 beer, and now, you are in. take in the performance. let it record into your memory….
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Andrew. Atlanta, GA
Campus Life. Tallahassee, FL
Chapel Hill, NC
“I don’t want to be a plate you’re spinning.”
