We are still friends! – 27th November 2004

cumbersome records instore

despite a good sleep, everyone is still tired this morning. we have a bit of time before loading all the gear but we don’t have the energy to go anywhere and there’s things to sort out here and there and before we know it – time’s up.

we head out to cumbersome in a hot humid muggy atmosphere – at least it’s not the 34 degrees that was predicted though it feels pretty close.

there’s no air con in cumbersome and the band decide a pretty short set is in order – this doesn’t deter them from rocking out and impressing the small but friendly crowd.

there’s a lot of good video footage today and hopefully you’ll get to see it one day – the rock ‘n’ roll photo opportunities come thick and fast. once again there’s lots of talking between band and audience after the show and limited express (has gone?) are always happy to make new friends.

yukari – “it was interesting to play in the daytime – we usually play at night but i could see the sun outside – it was great!”
koji – “nao (soundman) made a good recording of this show – so i’m happy. nao’s kids were very cute – i like them”
jj – “we’re comfortable with nao as our soundman so we’re confident about our sound – on stage sounds good and i think off stage too – we can play louder here because of the good vocal sound”

101 bar with ninety nine, morti viventi, flesh vs. venom

load out from cumbersome and ten minutes later load into 101 bar.

a quick dinner at the vegan fish and chip shop and then yukari and jj set up the gear while i take koji down to 3cr for a radio interview – thanks to matt for the invite after the cumbersome show. koji does pretty well and briefly enjoys the limelight but soon we’re back at the 101 to soundcheck and finally the band get to rest, though koji is determined to slake his thirst with beer.

i’m door bitch tonight so don’t really get to check out the other bands though jj runs back to take some video of each band so i’m assuming he likes them.

morti viventi sounded pretty awesome from my spot so go check them sometime.

limited express (has gone?) quickly raise the temperature in the already boiling room and burst through their set, once again with an amazing energy (we found yukari asleep only twenty minutes earlier!) and of course, the audience all seemed to enjoy it.

kudos tonight for the twitch nerve guys for coming back for more (and tomorrow too!) – lots of applause, lots of smiles, lots of happy people – special show time!

i’ve seen these guys play 9 times or so in the last week and i’m still loving their music, their attitude and their humour. god bless them!

koji – “i think i had a good show – audience was exciting but shaun was angry because i made a mistake so i felt sad. we are still friends!”
yukari – “i love ninety nine so much – i like music where i can dance. my throat is getting more sore but when i was onstage i had no problem because the audience inspired me to do my best – thank you to everybody.”
jj – “our performance is very good but our groove is not good maybe because we are tired and there is a lot of reverb in the room”