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Less than flattering photo of myself, with my friend Vinton, better still than the even less flattering one not shown.
Merch.:
Hey, that's more like it:
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Vinton took some photos during the show. Since he mostly waited for occasional breaks in the crowd to snap pictures, the frantic gyrations of the crowd and how packed full of people it was doesn't really come across.
It was great that the dance floor was old-school slam dancing, and not "moshing" around in a circle. The boat was also getting in on the action. It was a small enough vessel that the waves could throw the boat around a bit, and people would be slamming around all of a sudden the boat would throw the whole crowd across the room to one side or the other. Dusty was fucking tight as hell, and I couldn't help but thinking, 'How is he keeping the beat so tight when this boat is rockin' all over the place and everyone else can barely stand up!?' They were a rock-solid tight outfit. They really had their act down.
They played everything you'd expect them to play, including pretty much the entire Everything Turns Gray album, some material from When You Least Expect It, This Is The Voice, a few songs I wasn't familiar with that I assume must have been from that more recent Sonic Snake Session release, as well as their Johnny Kid & the Pirates and Jefferson Airplane covers.
Mostly they would rip through songs at a blistering pace, barely pausing between numbers, punk-rock style. Part of the way through the set, Mike spoke to the crowd for a moment, saying in all the years of Agent Orange there were a few shows that really stood out for him, and this one would be one of them. It might be the sort of corny thing lots of bands might say to a local crowd at lots of shows. But it seemed pretty heart-felt. How many bands get to play a live show on a boat in the middle of New York Harbor?
Before the show, Vinton and I met the sound guy and hung out some, which came in handy later on. We have these few photos here, but we noticed early on just had many people in the crowd had video cameras. There were several, and lots of people taking photos. Just as the band wrapped up their last song, I spoke to Mike Palm and suggested that he tell people that had filmed or photographed the show to contact him and get him copies. He thought it was a great idea, but they had already cut his mic, and started DJ-ing. I went and talked to the sound guy and told him Mike had an announcement, and so he stopped the music and turned the mic back on. Palm request that people who documented the show, especially on video, to please get in touch with him through their website or MySpace page. That was pretty cool. I hope people follow up with him. Later we got to talk for a bit more after the show. He was a super nice guy.
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