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BRENT'S DIARY
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Saturday
January 8th we were back at Rooters. It
seems we play this room alot, huh? Anyway,
this was a special night for a few reasons.
Our bass player
Cary Schultz
did his official farewell performance with Rhythm Method. We
had a lot of laughs onstage and this was probably one of the
more animated shows we've ever done.
The energy and interaction between band and crowd seemed
especially in sync on this night. We
will miss Cary a lot as he had provided much/most of our onstage
energy since he joined the band, on top of being about the
nicest guy any of us has ever met not to mention an incredible
bass player and singer. We
truly do understand the circumstances concerning his leaving the
group, but despite brutal and repeated ass kickings, weren’t
able to change his mind about doing so.
We were
also celebrating Bob's birthday on this night. He
turned 50 on the 8th and we couldn’t help noticing how well
preserved he is for being a middle aged man. Soon
we'll be guiding him out with a walker to sing your favorite
hits from the 70's and 80's complete with Ozzy Osbourne style
lyric teleprompter. Ok,
Bob isn’t 50 or middle aged but admit it, you thought to
yourself.... could
he really be that age? He's
actually gripping tightly on to his 30's and has a bit of time
before the big 40 - but you can be assured if the band is still
together at that point he will be the victim of some ruthless
pranks and razzings. Thanks
to everyone at that sang the alarmingly loud rendition of Happy
Birthday to him after the final encore. You
saved us in the band from having to do it......
Next
Saturday we'll be down in
Kenosha
at Coins sports bar. This is one of our favorite places to play
because Mark the owner is a longtime friend of Bob's and he
treats us all really well. The
crowds in
Kenosha
tend to get pretty crazy often resulting in public displays of
nudity and perverse over consumption. It's
great fun to watch and partake in! Well,
we don’t take part in the nudity (OK....
Kevin
HAS in the past but not THAT often) but we do get our hands in
with the consumption part. Its
a really fun club and well worth the trip to experience the way
“Kenoshans” party.
In closing
we'd like to thank everyone for their continued support of
Rhythm Method and Light Up. 2004 was the most successful year
the band has ever had -
and we hope to make 2005 another milestone!
Thanks for
reading,
Brent
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