Playing at Malone's was something I was looking forward to because it was going to be a special night. December 8th was my band mate, and life long friend Robert's birthday. The plan was to play our set in front of our friends and fans and then get toasted! Needless to say I didn't take the fact that I would be sick as a variable. I started getting sick on Friday night and ended up in bed by 8 pm. I forced myself to sleep as much as I could on Saturday and fought myself to get to the stage. I would play. We would rock. I told myself....I. Will.
Typically I would have until 9 or 10 pm to get ready to take the stage, but not that night. I could have used the extra 2 or 3 hours to prepare for our set, but we were booked at the ridiculous time of 7 pm. Yes, 7 pm. Who the hell is going out to see a band at 7 pm on a Saturday night?......right? Now I know that NO FORMULA is not a huge thing, and that we are still widely unknown, but come on....7 pm. Communication was bad with the club, and the situation was wrong. As a result we played at 7:15. The sound was good, and the crowd was into it. I guess all I could ask for is a better time slot in the future.
Being sick I did not have much of a voice, but I muscled through it. At one point when I was singing Korova Milk Bar, I got light headed and lost my balance a little bit. I quickly recovered and continued to rock. It is what we do. Anyway, if you missed it we played a new song called Public Witness Program. This is tribute to one of our favorite bands called FUGAZI. We nailed it. You have to see us play it. We are amazing.
Wow.
So,...we finished the set, said our good-byes, and hit the road. Rob was able to hang with friends, and I went back to bed. That is it in a nut shell.
OK, then. LATE!
BTW....special thanks to Sara, Kat, Dan, David, Jim, Arty, Rebecca, Phil, John, Pete, Jill, Hanna, Becky, the other Becky, Mona, Will, Jessica, Johnny, and Russell. Thanks for coming out!
