Last night's show at Slainte was...tiring. The venue is run by a very nice man and we're thankful that he booked us to play there, but the layout of the venue itself is less than ideal. This is because there is a big structural support pole in the middle of the stage. Inevitably, this became a problem for us because 1)it was normally where I'd stand in relation to Alex, 2)it led to intense feedback wherever I stood because it caused me to stand in the way of the speaker, 3)it meant I had to get ankle-sprainingly creative with how I could be seen. At the beginning of the show I stood in front of the pole but by the end of it I was standing on the couch next to the stage and stupidly jumped down hard for emphasis during our cover of New Order's song "Temptation" and did a funny thing to my ankle. It's fine now, but doing that in heels was stupid. Hopefully it looked good.
There were some photos from last night as well, but you can't really tell how tiny the place is. Here's me on the couch trying my damndest to be an engaging entertainer:
anything shot from below is just not a good angle on us...that being said, it's times like this that I'm glad I am for the most part over my eating disorder. A few years ago I would've taken the bad angle personally and tried to starve away my bone structure; now I've come to terms with the fact that native american blood and a lineage of sturdy women in my family means I will forever be round-faced and built like a gymnast (which was not a problem when I actually did gymnastics for five years and was quite good at it). I could, however, stand to be more toned, but that's easily fixed. I've had this discussion with Alex, actually, since, although we both have scant detail on our native american histories, we appear to be from the same tribe however many centuries ago. There's nothing you can do against broad bone structure except own it and make it work for you. I think we're doing pretty good, as the below photos from last night show that we're learning to find good camera angles:
the lesson? tilt head down, look mysterious. But enough narcissism! there's tons of interesting things going on!
We played with two impressive bands yesterday night: Do It To Julia and Jazz Rehab. We talked to both bands afterward and it strengthened my belief that Gin Circus would be a good touring band. Talking about how touring goes logistically and everything seemed do-able. We're mixing our demo right now and Jazz Rehab (who were selling CDs at the show) was saying how they'd done theirs home recorded like we had but had it professionally mixed. The point is it seems good. We also have a clear plan of where we're going next, which is also refreshing. Alex and I are brother and sister and tend to think in scarily similar ways- it makes for an organized band mentality without really trying.
Ok, I'm pretty tired still despite having had black coffee in a soup bowl earlier. Nevertheless, I must treadmill and do coursework for my summer courses and later on this evening I have a movie datenight with my mother, who is being supportive of the band (thank goodness!). Will write more in the coming days!
-Aubin
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