Friday nite was tha first think13 gig in way too fricken long (late March) n we only gawt 30 minutes so we had ta make them count. On tha up side, it was at tha very swanky Red Devil Lounge, w\/ a backstage n everythang. Us n 3 otha bands gawt a half hour, n then thar were two headliners who gawt a bit longah. B\/c we are 5 fricken people that are a combination of picky about thar sound n nawt especially skilled at at effective soundchecking, we did nawt git a great mix. Howevah, tha energy was up, n ah had a blast. We revealed a brand-new song, as well as one that had been provin especially difficult to “nail” n gawt pretty close ta nailin it. The Red Devil Lounge also sells 24 oz. Red Stripes fer 6 bux, which is sweet (altho someone fawkin stole mine from tha stage while ah was fiddlin w. tha amp – bollocks!). A late nite of alcohol ensued, but eventually we took our cabs home n said adieu.<\/p>\n
Then Saturday mornin Warren Teagarden went ta Reno! It’s about a 4 hour drive n we left w. plenty of time – almost too much. Showed up at Warren’s neice’s place who has 4 kids n a puppy. It was a lil hectic. Eventually made our way down to tha Zephyr in downtown, nestled between porn stores n tattoo parlors – my kind of place! Tha second we gawt thar two locals were “fighting” w\/ each otha, throwin a drum skin at tha street n stealin each othas beer. We quickly learned that thar wasn’t much of a PA n crossed our fingers that Trigger Effect would be prepared to help us out – Ah still don’t have an amp!<\/p>\n
Trigger Effect were really nice guys who totally had thar shite togetha – they showed up w. a full PA, bass amp, guitar amp, n monstrous drum set in a case (played by a huge Navy guy they called “Animal.”) We figured out what we’d be borrowin n started drinkin – fer free cuz renos good like that.<\/p>\n
Tha Teagarden boyz had potentially thar best set – high energy, well-performed songs, n tha small-but-thar crowd seemed pretty intae it all. 3 songs in tha bass amp started smokin – apparently this is a new problem they’ve been havin w. it. ah plugged intae tha PA which sufficed, but tha sound was nawt quite as good aftah that. Nonetheless ah had a total blast on tha supah-tiny stage n Trigger Effect seemed ta really enjoy what were spittin out.<\/p>\n
Trigger played some very enjoyable punk\/metal w. some green day influence, n had high energy. Thar drummer was a fawkin machine, n by this point in time Teagarden n company was feelin good. A good nite was had by both bands n Reno secured a lil place in my heart – altho ah don’t think ah could live in a valley like that. A local was tellin me how Reno had everythang: nature, hiking, geology, mind shafts, history, skiin n then tha convo went sour when he also told me thar were hills ah could gae ta n shoot autmoatic weapons n that it was completely legal ta carry one in Reno. Yikes. He latah told me ta “nevah stop rockin n ah mean that. Keep on rawkin hard, please.” Ah assured him ah would think about it.<\/p>\n
Ah thought it was ovah but instead we ended up at a pool hall until 3 am eventually gittin home n crashin out on some flimsy bunk beds that had pink sheets (we were in tha girls room). A long drive back finished us both off.<\/p>\n
Ahm quite sorry ah dont have any pictures of tha good times fer any of you :(. Perhaps next time…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday nite was tha first think13 gig in way too fricken long (late March) n we only gawt 30 minutes so we had ta make them count. On tha up side, it was at tha very swanky Red Devil Lounge, … Continue reading