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...good ones.

I'm going to make an effort to better chronicle the band goings-on here on the ol' dot org. If nothing else, it'll be a fun read for me when I'm combing my own archives in 20 years.

Last night we played at the Pound SF, supporting City on Film, which is Bob Nanna's new thing. He was previously in two bands that I absolutely loved, Braid and Hey Mercedes, so it was a real honor for us to open up for him.

I have a couple new basses in my posession -- actually they're not new; they're quite old. A '66 and a '73 P-Bass. I considered playing the '66 at the show, and actually did play it in sound check, but I wasn't sure how well it'd hold up to my abuse in the full-on live situation, so I opted to play my trusty '99. That thing's a tank. We had a good show -- high energy and a decent crowd, which is a feat considering that a lot of our fans are city-dwellers without cars and the Pound is in the middle of nowhere.

City on Film was good, smart acoustic solo stuff from Mr. Nanna. I don't know if he's planning on expanding to a full band or not. I'll ask him. I also am dying to know what bass setup Todd used in Braid and Hey Mercedes. Highlight of the eve: Bob closed his set with an acoustic rendition of Braid's "A Dozen Roses."