Kingtone

Yesterday I was listening to Low’s new cd Drums & Guns, trying to decide whether I liked it or not (the jury is still out), when I received a call from none other than my friend, former bandmate and stellar drummer Pat Spurgeon of Rogue Wave.

Pat was standing in front of the Acme Bar in NYC, loading in for a special show they were doing. He called to ask if this was the very same place we played on the Reverend Phantom and Junkie Tour in 2001 (tour stop in AZ pictured left). It is indeed, I replied.

We joked how ridiculous it was that a) we had dragged all of our gear down into that basement venue and b) they only gave us a percentage of people who paid before and during our set. Since we were on at 8pm and we had three or four people there, we got…squat! More absurd, the other band’s fans were lined up in the hallway outside the entrance door, waiting to pay (so their friends would get their money), yet they were listening and watching our wild music/film set. I think one of them even got on our mailing list…one fan at a time baby.

Anyway, hurray for Pat and Rogue Wave. Today their fine new album, Asleep at Heaven’s Gate comes out and tomorrow night (Sept. 19) they appear on the Conan O’Brian Show. I feel vicariously triumphant.