lisa and i met in the tiny town of johnson, vermont. lisa got her undergrad at johnson state college there. i schooled there for one whole year. we were excited to be taking this project there for the first time. and it was a beautiful day to do so. we enjoyed a nostalgic drive through the vermont countryside and got to town early enough to romp around some old stomps. mainly campus. the tiny little JSC campus. then met our old friend Laura downtown at a new pizza shop. lisa commented on the little changes in the town and how time had made her a stranger in a town that she used to be so tight with. tis the nature of a college town though... always changing. always being reinvented by new faces and ideas. 
the show was on Railroad St. at a house appropriately dubbed the Railroad House, home of Lincoln from Hello Shark -- the host for the evening. it was a tiny place. we spent the early evening getting to know the place and its inhabitants. it was good. real good. got us excited for the show.
right before music got rolling a big crew led by our friend Laura, which included some other old friends of Lisa's, showed up and turned the gathering into a party. oh my.
Hello Shark played first. helloooo shark! they were rad. raucous and raw. inspired tunes. i've really grown to love the shark. and my button that says so. we played next. we decided early on to play way stripped down and without vocal mics again. so we did. vocal mics probably woulda been nice, but we cut it loose anyhow. it was a rockin set with some great crowd interaction during most of it and an amped up dance party despite our low volume. it was exciting.
our new friends The Future of the Ghost (slc, ut) played last since they were running way behind time. as soon as we were done, we decided to setup our PA so that they could sing through mics. they were sweethearts. and they proceeded to blow the place up. their set was pure mayhem as the party had certainly reached that magical place at that point. check the video for a little tasty taste. their set featured a sweaty dance mess, a bloody nose, a noise complaint and a visit from the defenders of the peace. it was a blast.
reporting for all of us finn rigginses.
-gilbert
PS thanks Laura for the cozy place to crash!!
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