Apr 17, 2009

I played a little disc golf by myself in the morning but that was about all I did before we got ready and went up Rowan for the Relay for Life Cancer Walk.

Once everything was finally set up, we played our set as the sun went down.

People were mostly walking by as we played but we had a good time.

Fu Manchuck.

This was our audience, "the biggest circle pit in the world."

I look like I'm playing something serious but I'm really just listening to see if the bass is cutting out in the speakers again.

After a short break for announcements we played our last five songs and then we were done. We packed up and got some food at Westby's gallery before leaving.

We went right to Bridgewater Pub from there and watched Bread & Butta until it was time for us to play there. We had an hour to play and we used it up nicely.

We played an impromptu cover of The Freshman and it turned out really good. This show got me really excited for The Ataris because we played so well.

We hung out talking for a while after the show but headed home soon after and got to bed. It was a fun night.

Mar 27, 2009

I subbed for History at the Senior High in the morning. I had to cover for a Spanish teacher at one point, where I found this penguin with pants and all his parts labeled in Spanish.

Nate and I went for a game after work where we saw the broken disc we found the other day moved, so I set up a memorial for it.

After the game I went to get ready and met everyone for a quick practice at Jeff's, then we headed to Bridgewater Pub to load in.

We set up but were having some technical difficulties with tuning and sound.

We brought in the experts to help.

And we finally got it set right.

We started our set eventually, playing a lot of songs we hadn't played in a while.

We played our older covers of Journey and Dave Matthews Band.

We played some of our new songs like "You're in Nassau" and "That's Why You Always Leave a Note." They went well.

We played some Blink 182 covers, which Dave came up to help us out with. That was a lot of fun.

We even got a request (from Dave) for Taking Back Sunday's "There's No I in Team" and we obliged. We finished up with a new cover and some originals.

It was a good set, then we mingled with the crowd.

We checked out the next band, PROTEST, who had us out. They were all great guys and their music was good bar tunes too.

We all decided to go to Applebee's after the show. I got a big plate of quesadilla without bacon. We stayed until no one else was in the place and they were basically begging us to leave. Our waitress hated us, we had ten people, I think... Jennell, Jamie, Nate, Katie, Chuck, SamnJeff, Christie, her cousin and me.. yep, ten.

I had a great time playing the show. It was nice to finally play again after three months off. They actually liked us I guess because they booked us for another show in the near future!

Sep 20, 2008

I went for a run in the morning at the golf course and then played a game of disc golf with Chuck and Ryan.

I met Kim in the afternoon to go up to Utrecht in Philly for art supplies. We got food at Whole Foods and then found our way there.

She got lots of paint and I found a pretty cool looking book on the way there at a sidewalk flea market.

When I got back to town I met up with the band and we packed up and headed to Bridgewater Pub in Bridgeton. We opened the show to a small crowd but on a real stage. It was a pretty sweet place and I'd like to play there again. Pictures will be up soon hopefully. We hung out to watch the rest of the bands after we finished. We stayed until almost the end and then headed back to put all the equipment back in the basement before heading home.