The Yapatorium
Aberdeen, SD
Set:
| Theme from Inspector Gadget [Mike Piccirillo] / In the Hall of the Mountain King [Edvard Grieg] / To the Next Episode | Chosen Ones | Underneath the Sweet Love | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Back in the U.S.S.R. [The Beatles] | Jumpstart My Rocket | Spring Fever | Place | Poet Who Didn't Know It |
Tonight was the big show at the Yapatorium in Aberdeen. On the bill were The Cha-Cha, Junebug, Passions, and Claire de Lune. The crowd was made up mostly of a good number of local teens with a bunch of college students mixed in as well.
Our set tonight was about 45 minutes long and we tried our best pack in the rawk. We opened with a tribute to the metal kids in the crowd; a metal version of the theme from "Inspector Gadget" intermingled with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg. We then, of course, kicked into "To the Next Episode". I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's the first time we have ever opened a show with that amazing hit. The end of "Next Episode" was surely a treat as Dustin smashed an acoustic guitar, earning a place in the hearts of the crowd and giving a few eager fans some coveted souvenirs which, I might add, were autographed after the show...yearbook style.
We flew through "Chosen Ones" and rocked it out, flying into a brand new song, debuted tonight; "Underneath the Sweet Love." A funky little ditty about the way a man loves a woman. You know what I mean.
From there we went directly into "Bad Mammajamma". The looks on some of the faces were that of recognition, as if to say, "Oh THIS is the band that does that song." Yeah, that was kind of cool.
We kicked "USSR" and "Jumpstart" in the pants in the usual manner. Elizabeth then joined us onstage for the remaining three songs. On "Place" there was an inexplicable pileup in front of the stage during the beginning. Dustin got pulled in and then got tangled in his cord. Fun was had by all.
"Poet" was started in an unusual manner, much to the chagrin of our violinist. We all played in different keys and Tony played a different tempo and poor Elizabeth looked baffled. Unfortunately, when the song kicked in normally someone was so out of tune that it didn't sound much different. Ah well. It's a good story to tell to the grandkids. Or not.
The Yapatorium was good to us. It was nicely intimate and supremely loud, and it was quite a fun venue to play. We hope to again soon.
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