I am really happy this weekend is over and behind me!

It was nice in many ways, but also quite stressful in others.
The sound in that place was a real issue in fact Jon said he had a pretty long chat with the owner afterwards so as to help with that. That room is totally set up for acoustic acts right now, not for bands that are loud and especially not as loud as the Posies. (Side note: Back stage matt says, “I have played bass in some really loud bands but you guys are the loudest guitars I have played with and that is saying a LOT!” )
So add that to a really live room and Viola You get instant headache and loose the ability to communicate. Well, unless you are Barbara Mitchell that is. I watched her talk through the whole show, the person she was talking to must know how to read lips, because I could not even hear my own thoughts! Haha! But she is a pro at going to see the rock I suppose.
The guys went to the local radio station just before the show KUGS and they even mention Taylor by name a few times! The lady DJ says, “I really like the new songs”
The guys say, “You have heard them?”
She says, “Yes online, the MP3’s at the Posies page.”
They say, “TAYLOR!!!”
And then all start laughing.
They then played a few more new tracks on the radio and Ken says, “And Taylor, these better not show up on the web page or I will…” and he started giggling again. I really don’t think they were serious; they were just being really goofy.
I think at the end of the night there were about 230 tickets sold, not too bad for Bellingham given the fact the show was not advertised at all.
The guys were well rehearsed. The tequila kept getting sent to the stage, but the only one who seemed to get excited about it was Ken. It is funny because I thin they would get even more excited these days if people sent up good red wine than 25 shots of tequila! (That of course is my own observation not anything anyone told me, but it would be an interesting experiment to see. Maybe I will have a bottle sent to the stage next time and find out)
There was one group of girls getting far too rowdy at the front of the stage and then some other girl runs up with a weird furry thing and it all goes to Kindergarten after that. That was a little annoying. Sometimes I would prefer the show I came to see to be the main focus and not hear someone screaming and stuff during the slower more sensitive songs, or throwing stupid furry stuffed animals.
The guys were just trying hard to ignore them.
The drive home was long as I was very tired. I don’t drink at all, but I sure did feel drunk near the end of the drive due to extreme fatigue!
Jon was very sweet on the ride home, very lovey and so on, so that helped keep me awake. I had worried after seeing all of the tequila going up to the stage that I might be driving home with Mr Hyde and he would have been riding home in the trunk! But I don’t think he ended up actually drinking much of it, or else he was immune since he got so toasty at the Sloan show the night before!

We woke up at noon, returned the rental car and as I was following Jon in our car I noticed our car had the tail lights out. Long story short, it was a tad more than that and we just got back from the mechanic. He was so cool, he charged us for only a ¼ of the work he did and we bought him beer. He saved us over $65. He said “Happy Mother’s Day!”
INDEED! Thanks dude!

Oh and my new hair was a huge hit! Yay for my hairdresser Maggie! I won’t tell you where she works, because I wanna keep all to myself!

Here is the set list from the show (Jon made it on our computer so I have easy access to cut and paste!):
Bellingham - 5/7/05
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
I GUESS YOU’RE RIGHT
20 QUESTIONS
COULD HE TREAT YOU BETTER?
EVERY BITTER DROP
ANYTHING & EVERYTHING
WHEN MUTE TOUNGES CAN SPEAK
LIGHTS OUT
SONG #1
SECOND TIME AROUND
THAT DON’T FLY
IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN!
TERRORIZED
FUCKING LIAR
SWEETHEARTS OF RODEO DRIVE
CONVERSATIONS

JUNGLE!
PLEASE RETURN IT
HATE SONG
DEFINITE
SO Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mommy friends! And hope you all had a great weekend as well!