Last Thursday, February 18, I saw one of my all-time favorite bands - Vanna - at an awesome little venue called the Fubar, here in STL. I seriously love that venue. The staff are all nice guys, and their soundsystem needs work - but if you don't wanna go to Pop's (their lineup this year has sucked so far anyways) or the Pageant (overpriced "national" shows), then this is basically the best option. The Firebird tries, I think, but their soundsystem is absolutely horrible.
tangent: I saw Dance Gavin Dance at the Firebird on Feb. 1st, and about 3/4 of the way through the show the band stopped and was like, "Wtf is that ringing noise?" Apparently a guitar monitor was shrieking (I couldn't hear it, being half-deaf already) and the soundguy failed to notice or fix it. Lazy ass.
Anyways. The Fubar. It's great, check it out if you're in the area. They get tons of good shows, and not just \m/etal stuff either. The Vanna show was fantastic, but small because Veil of Maya played there the night before (they drew a crowd of over 200) and Winds of Plague played the Saturday before that (they drew about 400). Vanna played their hearts out as they always do, regardless of crowd size. I think they'd be just as go
od playing for 10 people as 1,000 people.
I got a hand-editioned, silkscreened poster by Paul Romano from the band and a cool longsleeved shirt.
the poster.
I took pictures at the show for Vanna and an opening act, a local band from STL called "Man Eating Tiger." I could see them playing in a bar, not with Vanna and in front of a bunch of teenaged kids... but whatever. The people who were drinking at the show enjoyed them I guess.Here are a few of the good shots, the rest can be found on my Flickr.
That's about it for now, I'll have images of other projects soon. I hope.
xo
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