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BRENT'S DIARY
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November
28, 2004
Happy
Holidays and welcome to latest diary installment. I'll be
recapping two gigs on this one.
Last
Saturday we headed out to Wind Lake for our first time back to
Kelly's Bleachers since April of this year.
Many in the crowd seemed to be "wives behaving
badly" getting out while the husbands ventured out to the
woods for the first weekend of deer hunting season. We
had some very interesting and suggestive dancing taking place at
the front of the stage. At
one point some of couldn’t play or sing due to the
distractions unfolding before our eyes. Good times indeed.
The only problem we were faced with on this night was the
tripping of some circuit breakers that caused our lights, PA
system, and backline gear to go down on several occasions.
It made for a few awkward moments, but nobody really
seemed to care. Thanks
to the staff at Kelly's for the hospitality - especially Julie
the bartender and her rubber gloves. (don’t ask...but it’s
not ANYTHING like your probably thinking)
This past
weekend, we made our downtown Milwaukee debut at the Milwaukee
Ale house. The only
time RM or LU play in the "city" is at Summerfest.
We had heard some horror stories about the Ale House.
People had told us the stage was VERY small (a new stage
has been built which features a little more room), the crowds
tend to leave early, etc....blah, blah, blah.
We weren’t sure what to expect.
We also weren’t sure how the music we play would go
over when not playing in the suburbs.
We were
pleasantly surprised to see a line out the door to the club at
9:30 pm. Friends
told us they had waited in line for up to 25 minutes to get in.
The only unfortunate aspect of this evening was that
there were literally so many people packed in that it made
getting to a lavatory a strategically planned event that took a
combination of physics and geometry to map an efficient path to.
We had a blast, heard many positive remarks from first
timers and staff, saw lots of old friends and met a ton of new
people. Thanks to
everyone who came down and helped to fill the room beyond belief
on our first time in. I
believe we will back to the Ale House on a regular basis after
that one.
This
coming Saturday, we make our Kenosha debut of Light Up at the
Brat Stop. This will
be the first indoor show in that area and should be a cool night. We will be performing all of
the Grand Illusion album in its entirety, taking a short break,
then coming back out the play the rest of the usual LU material.
This is a huge room and we need all the help we can get
to make a strong first impression.
Please come out and bring your friends, even if they
don’t like Styx!
Hope to
see you this weekend!
Brent
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