August 22 , 2003 - The Space - with Mighty Purple, Eschellon, and Max Heath
HENNING: We played at the Space and it was really nice. I went to New Haven early in the day to just explore. I saw Yale (which is a lot like an old english castle) and I had some Modern Apizza (which is nothing like an old english castle.) I went to some Salvation Army stores but got nothing. I found the Space, somehow magically, and hung out for a while on my own in the green room. I talked some to Chris and Steve but there was so much chaos going on as they were setting up their big show that I mostly tried to stay out of the way. I tried to make a set-list but I only succeeded in writing down four songs and then staring at them - for the past few days I have felt like I was coming down with something, but I am trying to convince myself that it just the peak of my allergy season and there is no way I can possibly get sick until AFTER Transperformance. The Space show went over really well, even though we were just Tony, Max, and Me. I counted in to the songs that needed counting (Brian must be wincing since he knows how I never know what tempo to do anything.) and it seemed to work out ok. We even played one of the Tom Petty songs which was huge trainwreck but still pretty good. When we were standing on the stage getting set-up, Kenyon (really nice guy from the Space who was emceeing) complimented me on my red pants and then said he didn't know if he "could pull them off." I said, "No! You can' t pull them off!" Funny. We sold some cds and T-Shirts and made some new friends. The slightly Christian atmosphere of the place began to become more appearent to me as the night went on, and it felt a little strange, but everyone is so friendly and accomodating there that I didn't feel alienated or out-of-place at all, au contrare, mon ami! Au contrare! (What happened?!? What happened?!?! - He spoke french!!) Earlier in the day, I was eating at Modern Apizza (on the recommendation and following the cell phone directions of Zeke Fiddler) and I picked up a New Haven Advocate. I flipped through it while waiting for my pizza and there in front of me was a huge cover article about The Space - serendipity, dude! Mighty Purple packed the house so we had a good crowd - they had a huge crowd that were all singing along to the songs and cheering enthusiastically - it was nice to see. After the show Chris asked if we wanted to play down there every couple of months to build up a following. Why, of course we would, thank you! That'd be awesome. Yee.	Uncomfortable Soup Of The Moment Something's Taking Over Day Job One Lady Dancing The Waiting (Tom Petty cover) Photobooth Curtain Omnivore The Wichita Train Whistle Sings