[Ksyrup]

Post-script to the Unto Others show I went to last night...

It was awesome. Place was a hole in the wall dive bar with a small stage in between the actual bar and an outside patio called Mag Bar, a short distance from UL campus. It would fit maybe 150? Place was packed, so I'd say somewhere around 125ish. It was a half-step up to the stage. I haven't been to a show like that in years, and I've been to some small venues with unknown artists. These guys are actually getting pretty big, just released their third album. An opening slot with WASP fell through, so they quickly put together their own headlining tour of small venues. It was cool being right on the stage and watching these guys set up their own rigs.

Anyway, show was fantastic. Most of their stuff is 3-4 minutes long, so they blew through like 20+ songs in just over an hour. Really high energy, and a great crowd.

They did a 3-song encore. After the end of the main set, lead singer says, "I'll be honest, this is the part where we walk off stage and wait a few minutes to come back out and play. But... um... we've got no place to go! So, we're doing not 1 not 2 but 3 encore songs and then that's it."

And then of course, when the show ended, to leave the stage they pretty much had to walk into the crowd. I thanked a couple of them for coming through KY and then saw the lead singer and drummer outside as I headed for my car and a 70 minute drive home and thanked them as well.

I still can't hear much of anything.