Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hostility and Hospitality in Santa Fe, New Mexico


I'll Make this post brief. We played at a cool live-in art space called Humble. Unfortunately there were no other bands booked on the bill, so there was no local draw. We hit the town before the show handing out fliers and promoting to the local youths, and ended up with a crowd of a dozen or so people show up. (Much of which was family of Orion, guitarist for The Hand That Bleeds, the band we toured with.) Frustrating situations lead to a high tension atmosphere for us, and although we played a satisfying set, the night went sour shortly after. This might have been the lowest point of the tour for some of us, but for others, it was the best part.

We left Santa Fe that night and headed straight to Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was only about 40 minutes away. In Albuquerque we had a place to stay with Orion's brother. We rounded off the night with music, Monopoly, and delicious home made Pisole. (Probably spelled totally wrong, sounds like (Piss-o-lay.)

Picture: Painting by owner of The Humble done during the show.

-MSM



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