Allergies are nasty today. I'm feeling a bit better after a few cups of tea and tons of meds. Boy turned on the extra HEPA filter/purifier, so that helps, too.
The show last night was excellent, though there were sound problems galore. Perhaps the acoustics of that place just lend themselves to muddy sound, but muddiness wasn't the only problem. I don't generally hold bad sound against a venue, though. And, hey, when one's vocalist sings in the feedback range, managing sound can be quite a challege. Still, dropping out boy's vocals and wildly changing the sound levels on the guitar and keyboards and background cd is annoying. I understand that some of that was due to shorting powerstrips.
(I do hold excessively loud bass against the Outback, but only because it makes me quite ill. Plus, the Outback is so small that excessively loud bass is just . . . wrong.)
Nancy Raygun was nice. Drinks were mixed well. Actually, my double vodka with cranberry was so strong that I gave half of it to
solieri, as I hadn't eaten enough to handle that much cheap vodka. Plus, I wanted to take my meds when I went to bed around 4am.
_sacrosanct_ seems to be a pretty nifty night. It's a shame I can't make weeknight events that often--I have trouble making them in the town I live in and Richmond is quite a drive for someone as sleepy and sick as me.
We bought the new Ego Likeness CD and I bought a tshirt to crop. Plus, I have Silent Muse buttons (being a band wife, I suppose I should advertise).
The venue seemed empty. I'm guessing the holiday and the DC Faith & The Muse show stole some of the audience. It's a shame, because Silent Muse rocked, despite the sound snafus, and Ego Likeness was brilliant. I know Jim and Jaide and their compatriots work really hard to pull on the night each week, so kudos to them!
My husband is a very talented pianist. I just think you should all know that. He's going to steal all of your socks for his amazing stinky toe cheese sock piano, too.