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Tonight, RR, is playing a semi-acoustic in-store gig at Hot Topic.
I admit, I laughed when they told me. As did my sister, and her friend. (they both look like they live in the store. )
When you hear about Hot Topic, the usual picture that comes to mind, is a goth looking band, black outfits, spiky hair, piercings, lots of eyeliner, and girl pants. Yes?
RR, not so much, right? Their appearance is pretty slick, very carefully styled hair, they usually play in suits or equally nice outfits, always equipped with a scarf or a tie, with shoes shinier than anything I've EVER seen. And the music? Sure it's alternative, but its anything but Hot Topic's usual genre. They use a lot of electronic effects in their music, ala the Postal Service and the like...
But HT approached them, and was apparently very adamant that they play. So, I suppose hurrah to HT for branching out....?
Problem.
Hot Topic... is on the second floor of the mall.
Which, normally, wouldn't seem like a problem. Acoustic guitars aren't heavy... and it's not like you have a drum set to lug up to the Hot Topic store, right? At least that was my thinking when I first saw this band play acoustic.
Now, after helping the band carry in everything, I know better.
Not so much. There's the acoustic guitar and bass.... a small PA, speakers, little semi decorative columns for the speakers to sit on, lots of cables, three microphones, microphone stands, a little sound board its all connected to... or maybe that's on the PA.. I don't recall.... then there's the all important merch tub, the stools the band members sit on (one of which, doesn't latch right,) the projector that plays the videos that match up with the songs, and the DVD player that has the videos for the acoustic shows on them.
All for just an acoustic show.
And I'm sure I'm missing something. I've only helped them load in for two of these shows, and the first time, at the showing of the Ben Sumner ep they were featured in, I was worried about meeting everyone for the first time, and afraid I'd make a bad impression. So I pretty much just carried drum stools, and tried not to hide behind Matt. (Sadly, I'm not kidding. Then when we watched the show, I was sitting next to the bass player, I'm thinkin, Yay. I don't know you... hi..... and he for some reason, brought me a cupcake to eat. That made me happy. )
And this is all getting loaded in... I don't KNOW how, maybe through JC Penneys... which, I'm not completely sure that we can even enter on the second floor.. I can't imagine trying to get all this stuff up an escalator... and then through the mall, to the Hot Topic store, while little psuedo-goth kids stare at the clean-cut musicians.
Wow. Just thinking about that... the JC Penney sales people are going to love us.
This... should be interesting.
I admit, I laughed when they told me. As did my sister, and her friend. (they both look like they live in the store. )
When you hear about Hot Topic, the usual picture that comes to mind, is a goth looking band, black outfits, spiky hair, piercings, lots of eyeliner, and girl pants. Yes?
RR, not so much, right? Their appearance is pretty slick, very carefully styled hair, they usually play in suits or equally nice outfits, always equipped with a scarf or a tie, with shoes shinier than anything I've EVER seen. And the music? Sure it's alternative, but its anything but Hot Topic's usual genre. They use a lot of electronic effects in their music, ala the Postal Service and the like...
But HT approached them, and was apparently very adamant that they play. So, I suppose hurrah to HT for branching out....?
Problem.
Hot Topic... is on the second floor of the mall.
Which, normally, wouldn't seem like a problem. Acoustic guitars aren't heavy... and it's not like you have a drum set to lug up to the Hot Topic store, right? At least that was my thinking when I first saw this band play acoustic.
Now, after helping the band carry in everything, I know better.
Not so much. There's the acoustic guitar and bass.... a small PA, speakers, little semi decorative columns for the speakers to sit on, lots of cables, three microphones, microphone stands, a little sound board its all connected to... or maybe that's on the PA.. I don't recall.... then there's the all important merch tub, the stools the band members sit on (one of which, doesn't latch right,) the projector that plays the videos that match up with the songs, and the DVD player that has the videos for the acoustic shows on them.
All for just an acoustic show.
And I'm sure I'm missing something. I've only helped them load in for two of these shows, and the first time, at the showing of the Ben Sumner ep they were featured in, I was worried about meeting everyone for the first time, and afraid I'd make a bad impression. So I pretty much just carried drum stools, and tried not to hide behind Matt. (Sadly, I'm not kidding. Then when we watched the show, I was sitting next to the bass player, I'm thinkin, Yay. I don't know you... hi..... and he for some reason, brought me a cupcake to eat. That made me happy. )
And this is all getting loaded in... I don't KNOW how, maybe through JC Penneys... which, I'm not completely sure that we can even enter on the second floor.. I can't imagine trying to get all this stuff up an escalator... and then through the mall, to the Hot Topic store, while little psuedo-goth kids stare at the clean-cut musicians.
Wow. Just thinking about that... the JC Penney sales people are going to love us.
This... should be interesting.