October 19, 2004: Studio Cafe, St.
Louis, MO
It is not altogether uncommon for people who attend Greenville College
to do all they can to get out of that small town and into the big
city. Of course, the biggest city within close proximity to
Greenville is St. Louis. At this point, there was another
Greenville band that had a significant number of members living in 'the
big city'. This band was Gravity
Well. Both Berry and
Gravity Well had, at various times, been the hottest shit in
Greenville. It was only natural that these two bands would play
shows together in St. Louis. This was the first show
(unfortunately, of only two) the two bands played together.
I think it is pretty safe to say that this wasn't the most remarkable
show either band had ever played. However, at the time, it was
probably the smallest stage either band had ever played on. The venue
was just a small coffee shop in and the 'stage' was basically a window
display. But we made it work.
Kav, a former Berry member, was in the audience and that made me kind
of nervous since he was significantly more talented than I and I had
taken over most of his parts.
Joey's wife was hittin' the sauce pretty hard (it was one of those
coffee shop/bar deals)...and probably embarassing herself
slightly.
At some point, Paul notified us that we might also play the rocket bar
that night. So, Paul, Sam, and Matt all went down there to see
what the deal was. The rocket bar was probably the hippest joint
in town at the time. I mean, they had Sonic Youth and just about
any other 'hip' band in their jukebox.
When we walked in, a really lame band was playing. I am not going
to mention their name here...but if you ask me, I might just tell
you. I just remember thinking, 'these guys are fucking stupid!'
Needless to say, we didn't play the rocket bar that night. But we
did end up getting a show there before it closed down.
Ummmm.....that is that.
Possible set: Summer, Tick Tock, Death, Crow/Love/Sunday
Breakfast, Middle Man, Broken Machine, I Miss You, probably
not The Way (I'm
Supposed to Be)
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