Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Day Six: Awesome all over again. Lincoln, NE

Pretty nice showing up to the venue and having all our gear already setup and ready to go. .. As was the case last night, since we were still setup from our set on Sunday at Box Awesome. We had decided to stay and play their Monday night Open Stage of Radness series rather than leaving town and having a night off. We played first since we were already setup. We blasted through a set of all different stuff from the night before with the exception of Hraka. Then ripped our stuff off stage and settled in for an evening of Old Style tallboys and shootin the shit.

There was another touring band on their way to SXSW that had showed up for the open stage -- a band from Ann Arbor, MI called Great Lakes Myth Society. Their set of literary folk rock (a la The Decemberists) was fantastic. Featured some accordion, some sharp suits, and a lot of attention to detail. By then we had befriended some locals, two of which in a band called Esau, and this other fella with a solid tendency toward friendly heckling named Kyle. He got some colorful stage banter going with his offstage jabs. Pretty hilarious stuff. Kept things light in the room.

Hung out with the GLMS guys and a handful of other folks as the open stage turned into an open jam and wandered its way towards closing time. Great way to spend a Monday “day off”.

Crashed out in the Boom Chick Records studio once again and Liz & Brooks’ place. So thankful for shelter.

Reporting from the rolling plains of Kansas for all of us Finn Rigginses :::
e.gilbert


PS check out the street name and the giant flag in the distance in this photo. this greeted us upon arriving in Lincoln on Sunday. shoulda known from right then that Lincoln would treat us well. god bless america.

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