Brian Krashpad
September 5th, 2007, 06:53 PM
So on Saturday night my "side band" Hoyt and the Hotheads played as part of the local Gainesville Summer Music Showcase, a/k/a "Moefest." We had the middle slot between an acoustic solo and a jammy-type band in a very very small room in a weirdish venue that has a convenience-type store/bar in the downstairs and a music store upstairs.
Since the bar serves no draft beverages you can buy beers and such to drink there, or buy as if it were a package store (I think our Limey brethren call it an "off-license") and take your beer home (obviously you can't take beer off the premises once it's been opened). People who chose to drink there can drink out on the front porch (which frequently has people playing acoustics and singing), in the band room in the back, or out on a fenced-in back patio area.
Anyhow, this was the debut of the Hotheads as a 5-piece with a new second lead guitarist. This guy is very good, teaches guitar locally and went to Berklee. A bit shy and retiring onstage, but I make up for my relative lack of technical ability by bringing the showmanship aspect, so it's a good fit. The thought behind having a 5-piece is really more to keep us from having to play as only a trio if our bassist (who's in another band and often has schedule conflicts) can't make a show, in which case I cover bass.
The show went fine and afterward I went over to another Moefest venue to catch another local band, Black Snake, that now has two former Crash Pad members as its rhythm section. In addition to seeing the show and saying hi to a bunch of people I know, I ran into a friend who, like myself, had lent a bunch of memorabilia to a local filmmaker who is doing (or at least was planning) a documentary on the birth of the Gainesville punk rock/alternative scene, and she had talked to the filmmaker (his band was playing also) about getting our stuff back-- which would be nice since he's probably had it for over a year now.
So all in all a good night. Also I managed to get through the set and all my traipsing about despite having been diagnosed and gone on meds the same day for a viral nerve infection (shingles) which fortunately was caught early and hasn't gotten too bad in the days since.
As always, your comments on my poseritude are encouraged, and all questions gladly answered. Saturday was the gig debut of Corinne, my $100 pawnshop prize, the Brownsville Choirboy, which performed admirably. (Its true color is the darker violet rather than then the light pink seen in the first photo.)
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http://a668.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_4fe15a5f44ca029a9aae1571202b6fcb.jpg
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Lots more photos to come!
Since the bar serves no draft beverages you can buy beers and such to drink there, or buy as if it were a package store (I think our Limey brethren call it an "off-license") and take your beer home (obviously you can't take beer off the premises once it's been opened). People who chose to drink there can drink out on the front porch (which frequently has people playing acoustics and singing), in the band room in the back, or out on a fenced-in back patio area.
Anyhow, this was the debut of the Hotheads as a 5-piece with a new second lead guitarist. This guy is very good, teaches guitar locally and went to Berklee. A bit shy and retiring onstage, but I make up for my relative lack of technical ability by bringing the showmanship aspect, so it's a good fit. The thought behind having a 5-piece is really more to keep us from having to play as only a trio if our bassist (who's in another band and often has schedule conflicts) can't make a show, in which case I cover bass.
The show went fine and afterward I went over to another Moefest venue to catch another local band, Black Snake, that now has two former Crash Pad members as its rhythm section. In addition to seeing the show and saying hi to a bunch of people I know, I ran into a friend who, like myself, had lent a bunch of memorabilia to a local filmmaker who is doing (or at least was planning) a documentary on the birth of the Gainesville punk rock/alternative scene, and she had talked to the filmmaker (his band was playing also) about getting our stuff back-- which would be nice since he's probably had it for over a year now.
So all in all a good night. Also I managed to get through the set and all my traipsing about despite having been diagnosed and gone on meds the same day for a viral nerve infection (shingles) which fortunately was caught early and hasn't gotten too bad in the days since.
As always, your comments on my poseritude are encouraged, and all questions gladly answered. Saturday was the gig debut of Corinne, my $100 pawnshop prize, the Brownsville Choirboy, which performed admirably. (Its true color is the darker violet rather than then the light pink seen in the first photo.)
http://a434.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/79/l_3bb53bfbb7da950d9b088f9c216fe949.jpg
http://a668.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_4fe15a5f44ca029a9aae1571202b6fcb.jpg
http://a515.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/112/l_12d0955995c5ab7eabc35c112fa9163a.jpg
Lots more photos to come!