Year Four
July 8th 2012
Stillwater, Minnesota
Knock Knock Knock
Me: We don't want anything
Knock Knock Knock
Me: We're fine, we're sleeping
The door opens
Housekeeper: Housekeeping!
Me: I said we were sleeping.
Housekeeper: You don't want clean
Me: NO! Please go away!
Housekeeper: So no clean.
Me: For the Love of God!
Admittedly not my best moment. But
after last night's insanity all I wanted to do was sleep. We got
about 6 hours in and around 2 or so we were ready to hit the venue.
St. Paul, Minnesota
This would be our first time in St.
Paul. We've rocked it's neighboring city Minneapolis 4 times in the
past 3 years and they have always shown us a good time...aside from
Philly it's my favorite city to play in. Tonight we're opening for
Interscope Recording Artists The Knux a hip hop duo comprised of two
twin brothers. Whenever we work with Ben Brueland I never have to
worry about anything. He's a great guy and an excellent booker.
San Dimas and Xavier Marquis played
spectacularly and it was time for our set. After yesterday I needed a
win and I was hoping I'd find it on stage at Amsterdam.
There's nothing like watching people file into a room to see you play when you're halfway across the country. We have people that have literally not missed a show since we've started playing here. I decided to take those good feelings on the stage with me and turn my amp up real loud.
There's nothing like watching people file into a room to see you play when you're halfway across the country. We have people that have literally not missed a show since we've started playing here. I decided to take those good feelings on the stage with me and turn my amp up real loud.
Set List
Ex-Girlfriend
Superhero
Slowdance
Surrender
Sexy Machine
I Don't Dance
Feels So Good
Swim
Psycho
In the beginning it didn't look so
good. The Crowd was pretty thin and as I looked out people were just
kind of standing there. I was ready to give up, finish this thing,
and get out of here. But I looked up and I saw something I hadn't
seen all week. People...dancing like hardcore. So I decided I oughta
snap out of autopilot and enjoy this. As usual, good crowd, they get
sweaty, we get sweaty (we tend to get sweaty anyway)
I decided to try out swim solo tonight.
This would be the best opportunity as this crowd is here to listen to
the music as opposed to drink and ignore me. It was a nice moment.
They were clapping to the rhythm midway through, determined to keep
it upbeat and dancy.
We were well received, people singed
our mailing list and bought CDs and some are even asking me when the
new record is coming out. Making the decision to get here at all
costs was totally worth it. What a great night.
We got some drinks, watched the knux,
got paid, talked to some old friends and new fans and left the club.
We made a late night Run for the Border
and went to bed...we got a 10 hour drive to Danville to pick up the
car .
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