Set:
| Beards | Destiny, She Drives a Rolls | Mystic Princess | Please Please Me [The Beatles] | Fluffy Little Hands | All the Young Dudes [David Bowie] | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Modern Age | Heaven's Just a Mystery |
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| Yasen Marie: Contrary to what the kick drum may suggest, none of these women have beards. |
It's not often that we play on a Sunday night. Because, y'know, we're grown-ups with jobs and all that. But we headed down to the beautiful Aster Cafe on St. Anthony Main in Minneapolis. It's a nice little place with a beautiful view. And great food, too. I had the wild mushroom and cheese flatbread. I recommend it. Plus, I got a killer parking spot. I was so happy about that, I vowed to not take it for granted.
Yasen Marie started the night. We've played with them many times before. They're talented and always very entertaining. Their mix of originals and their take on popular songs is perfect. I said it to them tonight and I'll say it again, their renditions are still in my head.
When they finished, we took the stage at around 10:30. We were initially thinking that we'd be playing until about midnight or 12:30. As it turned out, right as we went on, we were told to be done around 11:15pm. No matter. We're flexible. Plus we all had to work in the morning, so okay! We'll just pound out an hour and half's worth of energy into 45 minutes. We did and it rocked.
Our longtime friends Heather and Isaac were there with their youngin'. It was nice to see them. I was a little surprised by how many people were there on a Sunday night, and how many people actually stayed until the end. The capitalist man can't keep the rock down with his work week schedules. Defy him, we did!
It was a Beards kind of night again, with a couple covers and "Poet" thrown in. We got a good response. "You guys don't f*** around," one guy said. "Except when we do," was Dustin's reply. A moment passed while Anthony tuned his guitar. "You guys don't f*** around," he repeated. "Well, we are right now," Dustin said.
The sound was good. We had a great time.
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Taken from out front of the Aster. Taken on an iPod Touch, 4th
generation. Excuse the poor representation of a beautiful view. |
