Day 25: 21 Eleven Beer & Wine. Greenville, NC 3-29-08

we said our goodbyes to our new Wilmington friends, then followed their directions to the beach as we thought this might be our best opportunity to taste the Atlantic Ocean.
it had been really warm and sunny the day before, but the weather had turned quite cold and windy this day, making our beach experience not so beachy. good news was that we were pretty much the only ones out. needless to say, we didn't go swimming, mainly because the waves and currents looked pretty nasty, but the chill didn't help either. i did, however, roll my pants up and do some wading. love the ocean. the wind put the salt water on our lips and in our hair. was fairly close to swimming. got some sand between my toes. we wandered the beach collecting shells for about an hour in the wind, then headed for cover and some clam chowder at a nearby cafe. then hit the road for Greenville.
we were excited to be back at 21 Eleven in Greenville after a really fun show there in October at which we were met with lots of goodness, including our host for the evening Corbie of the Awesome Heroes, Where The Buffalo Roamed, Spruce Bringsteen and many many others. Corbie put the show together, BBQ-ed up some dinner for us and offered up his place for us to crash in. And the Awesome Heroes headlined the show that night. So rad of him and of Patrick and Liz from the Heroes to join us.

Maple Stave from Durham, NC opened the show with some good 'ol post-rock glory. Rad stuff. Trio. Two guitars and drums. minimal vocals. pretty epic construction and delivery. great art and design on their merch too. we had a good time with them. look em up: www.myspace.com/maplestave

21 Eleven Beer & Wine is a really interesting place for a show. It's literally a beer and wine store ran by a very cool young gentleman by the name of Richard. Bands setup on the floor. Very intimate. Rad art on the walls. Good wine selection to sip from. Great beer selection too, but recently were told they couldn't let people drink the beers on location. they've been playing host to lots of great shows... a really cool asset in Greenville.

Our set was fun. Definitely appreciated all the enthusiasm of those there. Awesome Heroes followed with their awesomeness. It was a night of trios. Hard to pin them down as well... sorta post-punky quirk pop. pretty off-the-wall. love it. some serious cowbell action too. go be awesome: awesomeheroes

Post-show might have been the highlight though as we busted into some late night photo shoots and human pyramids. giggling all the way to the bank. felt like family. hard to believe we live so far away. check out the Awesome Finn Riggins Heroes photos... aren't we a cute couple?













and some more show photos:





Jeff and Richard... whom we owe tons of thanks to. big reasons why Greenville has a rad music scene... here they are rockin themselves out to some finn rigginses



thanks greenville. yer awesome.
reporting for all of us finn rigginses.
luv.
gilbert.