#32.01: I Remember Everything May 31st, 2008
In 2004, by some unbelievable stroke of luck, my band got to play a show opening for John Vanderslice at Gardner Lounge. Gardner, if you’re not familiar, has a rich and Pabst-steeped history: the Smashing Pumpkins were there in 1990, opening for the Lemonheads on what I think must have been their first actual tour outside of Chicago; the Reputation played an eight-song set there in 2003 that launched my long love affair with them; the Mountain Goats came through last year. Every Gardner show is free, all-ages, and open to the public. Truly, we were standing on the shoulders of giants.
We kind of sucked.
But it’s okay! Because a month ago, I asked you a question: “Should I post an embarrassing video of my band on YouTube?” And you, dear reader, answered with a resounding “hell yes”. So here we are. And here we were:
And there you go. And because this is kind of a cop-out and not a real Shoebox Full of Tapes update, to tide you over until next time here’s another video in which I play music. Sort of.
At 7:30 am on August 19th, 2008, Tanny wrote:
Sweet! I’ve been looking for these videos. Do you have ones of our other songs from that show?
Hope all is well : )
~Tanny