Friday, Sept 6 2002
EMP Museum - Seattle, WA

It's not the size of the venue, it's how well you play it.

At least that's the way it should be. But man, there's something about playing large places. We feel like rockstars. When there's security at the door. When you get a parking pass. When you get drink tickets AND food tickets. When there's a loading elevator. And a lady with a tag around her neck, telling you when you start, when to put your gear, and if we need any help loading. THAT is a very, very cool thing.

This was the Experience Music Project. For those of you not from Seattle, it's basically this rich dude from Microsoft or Apple or somewhere, that liked music, and wanted to build this huge museum for rock and roll with his money....

It's a bit of an eyesore to some people. The actual building. But it's big, and cool and has lots of places where bands play. We played in the Liquid Lounge.

Crazy crowd of hipsters, businessmen who were 27 going on 50, 50 year olds who actually still had spirit and a love of music in them, and a bunch of rowdy dudes that just wanted to party.

Another lineup of chickbands that night. Lesliwood and Tart, and us. Thanks to Lesli and Heather for setting this up for us. What a huge honor!

So what do they say about big venues? Big venue, small stage. Yeah, that's right.

VERY small stage. Good thing we are a two piece. The other bands had to basically sit on each other's laps to play. And it was quite a cavernous spot, so who knows how it sounded from the audience. But the sound guy was very attentive, and that always makes things a little more secure. And the whole place was really a well-oiled machine.

All in all we had a splendid time. People dug the set. We soldout of our cds and made some new Seattle friends.

Crashed with Lesli, Matt, Heather and the six cats. And then Mark had to fly back home to work again. And Karen was left to tackle Seattle alone Saturday night...

Mark, you are a trooper for the B.E. cause. We should get you some khakis.