Lafayette, Indiana

When contemplating what makes a blog or online journal interesting, for me the conclusion is simple, it has to be honest and real. This is easy to accomplish when things are rosy, but when things get sour it is harder to do.

So the hard truth is that we had another bomb show. We arrived in Lafayette, Indiana, home to Purdue University, to find that the coffee shop that had booked us did no promotion and was basically an unsuitable venue for us to play in. The owners told us it did not matter whether we played or not so we didn’t. Instead we went to an open mic down the street where we tried to pull together a decent 20-minute set for a group of people drinking and playing pool. It wasn’t our best performance. Our visit to Lafayette was not ideal, but we did try to make the best of it by playing somewhere, so in that regard we were successful and did not give up.

However, another day like this will raise more questions about our booking agent, the cost of driving to shows where there is no promotion or guarantee, and whether we can financially keep this up. We need a couple of good dates to build up some moral, momentum, and money, and I hope those dates come soon.