Nightmares Tour Report 04

Lexington. After checking in at The Void, we joined a very large crew at Ramsey's, a Southern food restaurant, to celebrate Trevor's birthday. After consuming tasty fried foods, etc., we headed back to the skate shop, now a venue post 9:00 PM, to do a show. Cadaver in Drag is up first. Jason "Slim" Schuler solo, wielding a knife, a very jagged cymbal, and various electronics. The knife seems a very bad idea. I immediately think back to Air Conditioning at Matchitehew. No blood is lost, thankfully, but Jason wounded us with a stream of junk electronic noise that filled the room as the crowd began to grow. The male to female ratio is shocking by Lexington standards. Maybe the threat of S.M.E.L.L. was too much for most women. They are definitely something to fear. If Wretched Worst has a name that contradicts their sound, then what can one say about this group? Synth, electronics, drums, and vocals, seemingly designed to repel but ultimately sounding something like a crude version of Cabaret Voltaire's early recordings. Weird, indeed. We were up next and our red lights filled the now pitch black room. We played four songs, the first three of which felt extremely successful in their balance between the three of us...Nicely atmospheric... Cold and dark. Jonathan suggested that we go heavier on the last song, so I pushed things more in the mix and it came out well... Just so long as this does not become a noise thing, it seems like we have room to build a rougher sound, if we feel so moved. Then we went on to celebrate some more at the Side Car. Strange mix of music. OMD. Wings. Glass Candy. Heavy scene. Girls pouring beer on each other. Late night conversation back at the house. Thanks to Robert for getting this show sorted out, for the great flyer, and for his hospitality (Matt, too!). Thanks to Reid at Void for hosting the show. Thanks to everyone who came out to support! Easy drive to Cincinnati later on...