51. August 30th, 1997 - Indianapolis, IN. CD release party at John Stoelting's house.

50. July 17th, 1997 - Columbus, OH. with Bethany Curve, Autumn, and Lycia.

49. June 21st, 1997 - Spacerock Fest in Columbus, OH. With Andromeda and many others.

48. April 17th, 1997 - Missing Link Records, 828 Broad Ripple Ave, Indianapolis, IN. FREE!! Possibly with Tombstone Valentine. 9:30

47. April 12th, 1997 - A-1 Records, 8th and central, Anderson, IN. Spacerock fest with Andromeda, Black Olive, Dilauded, Gossamer, the M-Birds, and Smitten. DJ's all night long 6pm, $6 for bands or DJ's, $10 for bands AND dj's.

46. April 4th, 1997 - Smedley's Dream, 1525 east Prospect, Indianapolis, IN. 8pm, $2.

Smedley's is very hit and miss, and this night was a miss. Faux Pas opened up the evening, and were really cool. They were two synths and a drummer. Pretty out there. When we played, it was pretty empty, but I don't remember and real incidents during the show.

45. February 22th, 1997 - A-1 Records, 8th and central, Anderson, IN. With the StonePickers. 8pm, $3.

Okay, I don't really remember much of this show because it was fairly uneventful AND it was four months ago. But we played first, and were well received. The Stonepickers were tremendously nice, people. Their music was acoustic, folksy, hippy-ish. Acoustic guitar, bass, conga/percussion, and a female singer. They were quite solid, but it wasn't my bag of tea at all.

44. February 15th, 1997 - Basement Birthday Party, Columbus, OH. W/ Gossamer acoustic.

We were originally supposed to play with Shakespace at The Ghost of Hollywood in Roanoke, VA. However, the clubowner double-booked the show, and we got the shaft. That was kinda good, because we would have had to drive forever, and we got to hang out with our new-found Columbus friends again.

We woke up at the dorm, and showered, and left. We hit the Goodwill and an Irish restaurant in lovely Mt. Vernon, OH. After that, it was off to Columbus and back to mike and paulina's pad.

43. February 14th, 1997 - Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. With some other bands. Don't know full details.

We woke up at about 11 after going to bed at about 4. The LeMasters (mike and paulina) bought us doughnuts. We cleaned up, said thanks, and hit the road for Gambier/Kenyon. Ohio is boring scenery, but there are a lot of cool old houses. We got to Kenyon and found Dave. He took us into his dorm room, and we dropped off some of our personal stuff. We then hung out while he went to Taco Bell in town. Finally, he and his friends got back, and we went over to the show space. The show space was a micro theater called the KC. It was hooked onto the Red Door coffeehouse. It turns out that what were playing is an open stage type of show. Anyway, we hang out, and the Andromeda folks show up from Columbus. Cool! Anyway, we set up, and have some techinal difficulties. Finally, we get playing, and things are going pretty well. People seem to fogive us for taking more than a few minutes to set up. However, a certial religion porfessor is in the NEXT band, and for some reason, he doesn't like us, or really wants to play. The girl running the show is in his class. Anyway, he tells her something, and we end up being cut off after four songs. So we tear our stuff off the stage for the second time in two days. We pack up, and there's a big negative vibe, but it goes away once the general concensus is that most of the crowd dug us. Anyway, after a bit we head back to Dave's, and eventually go to bed (on a HARD dorm floor).

42. February 13th, 1997 - Estrada's, Columbus, OH. With Gossamer.

I should write about this while it's fresh. We left on Thursday afternoon for our three day micro tour. Originally, we'd planned on hitting Nashville, Florida, North Carolina, and Virgina. About a month before tour, the Florida and Tennesse shows fell out. Then about two weeks before we left, the North Carolina show fell out, and then on Wednesday, the Saturday show in Virgina got cancelled. This kinda sucked, but it was kind of good at the same time. Our five day tour of the southeast turned into the 2-3 day your of Ohio.

Anyway, we left on Thursday afternoon (with jenny and eric in wagon-train mode) , and headed to Columbus, Ohio. We went straight to Mike and Paulina's house on the West side. It was a plain looking house on the outside, in a plain neighborhood, but on the inside it was great; this nice modern beautiful house. We left our sleeping stuff at Mike's and went out for food and guitar shopping. One dirt cheap Indian dish and vintage guitar store later, we headed to Estrada's, the Mexican restaurant/bar/club. Gossamer showed up, and we met. Hey, nice goth people. We also met Mr. Estrada (not eric), and he was really nice. he didn't really know who we were, but he thanked us for coming out from Indiana to play. We set up, tested stuff, and waited a bit. We finally went on to a semi-packed house (with Gossamer's smoke machine). We were playing a great show until kate felt a drip. A few minutes later eric noticed the ceiling tile above us was FULL of water. We promptly stopped, and got our electronics out of the way. The bartender then proceded to spill a bunch of the water on the floor, so we tore everything off the stage quickly. After about 45 minutes, we were packed up and gossamer was ready to play. They performed, and did a neat show. Quite good and melodic, with cool computer sequencing. We also sold many tapes and a few shirts. To make a long story short, we packed up and drove to mike's, with a brief stop for dinner. We then slept.

41. January 24th, 1997 - Smedley's Dream, 1525 east prospect, Indianapolis. 8PM, FREE.

This was like a normal Smedley's show, only I forgot my footswitch, barry's processor was shorting out, and I got very sick afterward. Everything came out okay by the end, though.

40. December 7th, 1996 - Smedley's Dream, 1525 east prospect, Indianapolis. 8PM, FREE.

Well, I guess it wasn't very memorable. I can't remember anything significant about it.

39. December 6th, 1996 - A-1 Records, Anderson, IN. W/ Black Olive and Mindline. $3

This was a memorable show. I believe we went first, and everyone there (mostly high school aged people) really dug us. We brought 7 tapes and sold out within five minutes after when we stopped. Arrrgh!!! Anyway, Black Olive went on next, and while they're very cool, they're very out there, and kinda drove the more trendy people away to the coffeehouse across the street. However, they still played quite well. Mindline was third. Mindline were highschool guys that were quite rocking. Granted, I wasn't much into their style, but they played music kinda like a dark, gothic, grunge band. They brought weird lights that should have burnt down the place. They also drew about a hundred people, plus they were all really nice.

38. November 2nd, 1996 - WICR 88.7 FM, Indianapolis. 12 Midnight. Live on the air.

We'd done one of these about a year ago (almost exactly), and we really wanted to do another one soon after. Before we knew it, a whole year had past. This show went off pretty well. We played okay, and we had planned to release a couple tracks on a small tape release, but the master was overdriven. We plan on coming back next year.

37. November 1st, 1996 - A-1 Records, Anderson, IN. W/ Black Olive and Slip. 8PM, $3.

Okay, hmmm, how'd this go. I believe that Black Olive was first, and used lots of electronics. I mean, even the drummer has pedals now:). We came on next, and I don't really a whole bunch about our set. Slip played last, and there set was cool except for three people slamming in everyone. That ruined it for a lot of people, and the Slip people were kinda pissed.

36. October 27th, 1996 - Modern Times Bookstore, 54th and College, Indianapolis. 3PM, Free.

This show was pretty dead, however, the thing that blew me away is that strangers came there expressly to see us. It was kind of exciting. We got free candles for playing. It was kinda fun, even if it was mid-sunday afternoon.

35. October 26th, 1996 - Music Go Round. 86th and Keystone, Indianapolis. 4 PM. Free.

Well, we played in a music store. We showed up, and heard that it was cancelled, then the other band said, "hey, let's wait 'til after close." So we played, and no one was there but the other band, our friends, and the employees. Poop.

34. October 1st, 1996 - J.C. Bistro, Indianapolis. W/ Turnstyle and Black Olive.

A late weeknight show. We flipped a coin or something, and we got the coveted first spot. It was pretty empty, although the guy from Vinyl Shriner on the MBV list showed up. Yay!

33. September 29th, 1996 - Modern Times Bookstore. 54th & College. All day event, starts at 1PM. w/ many other bands.

One word, hectic. Ten bands with 20 minutes each. But, it went pretty well. However, it did seem like we had twice as much stuff as everyone else...

32. September 28th, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. 1525 east prospect, Indianapolis, IN. 8PM free.

What can I say? People came, it was pretty crowded, we played, woo hoo.

31. September 14th, 1996 - Ernie's Backyard, Bloomington, IN. w/ Turnstyle, Black Olive, and The Mergrins.

I should have written these reviews earlier...
Anyway, this show was a blast. Three of the four members of turnstyle share a rented house just outside of Bloomington proper. So, we did kind of an end of summer blowout backyard show with all the neat dream/euro/swirl bands of the area. The Mergrins went first and were quite good, but I don't remember too much because the show was a while ago. We went next, and the main thing I remember is that it was cold. A chilly night in September is not good outdoor guitar playing weather. I was inside during Black Olive and most of Turnstyle. After Turnstyle's set, everyone cheered and wanted more, so they did a cover of The Model by Kraftwerk. Anyway, it's one am, they're playing The Model outside, and the cops come. However, they're really cool, and leave once we turn off. barry went home and Kate and I stole Shawn's bed (Turnstyle's drummer). Thanks Shawn!

30. August 31st, 1996 - Rhino's in Bloomington, IN. Located between 2.d and 3rd on Walnut. With Mahogany and Black Olive.

This was a great show. However, Mahogany did call up and cancel. Car problems. They'll be down again soon. The Mergrins were also booked at this show. They played first to a very receptive crowd. Second was Sunflower, and we performed well, and very loud. We got the whole room to resonate. Black Olive closed the night and was, well, Black Olive. Swirly, loud, good.

29. August 25th, 1996 - Modern Times Bookstore. 54th and College, Indianapolis. 3pm (Afternoon show). Free.

Well, there was an advertising screw up, and this show didn't get listed at all in Nuvo. However, we decided to play anyway. Nothing too memorable. Some people showed up, including a guy from the outdoor broad ripple show who really like us.

28. August 16th, 1996 - A-1 Records, 8th & Central, Anderson, IN. With Black Olive and Butterfly Effect. 7:30

Butterfly Effect died. Not ready. They've since broken up. However, Jeremy got a really cool band called Turnstyle to play. Think 80's goth keyboard pop. A fun band. I believe that Black Olive was second. Nothing stands out too much about this performance. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't eventful. We played last to a waning crowd. But we were nice and loud. It was a good show, but all in all, pretty run of the mill.

27. August 4th, 1996 - Broad Ripple garage Sale, Indianapolis.

It was outside, it was the afternoon, it was hot. The direct sunlight made our LCD's unreadable. Barry's RP-10 started freaking out from the heat. Despite all that, it was a good show, and we got paid decently. Thanks Emily and Artsy Phartsy for the show.

26. August 3rd, 1996 - A-1 Records, 8th & Central, Anderson, IN. The Sunflower Conspiracy, The Mergrins, and Balloon Guy.

Hooray for the Brickyard 400. Because of the race, it took us twice as long to get to A-1. I didn't think traffic would be that bad, but it was. Everyone showed up a little late, except for Balloon Guy, who didn't show up at all. But that was okay because The Mergrins and we both got to play longer sets. the local punk rockers seemed to have some problems w/ The Mergrins, and that obviously shook The Mergrins up a tad, but the punkers just got bored and left.

25. August 2nd, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. 1525 east prospect. Indianapolis.

This was less of a normal show and more of a show for our friends. Most of the audience was people we knew. During the show, nothing too terrible interesting happened (other than our set). After the show, however, a neighborhood drunk came rambling in. After demanding food, and almost knocking over some of our gear while stumbling to a table, he proceeds to ask us about our band. We tell him who we are and what we do, and he is quite aghast by the fact that we have a female bass player. We ignored him successfully for a few minutes, so he began calling us snobs. I try to be friendly, and it works except for the fact that he's still quite rude to Barry and Kate. Kate basically lets the guy have it, verbally, and goes to the back. After more silence on our parts and idiocy on his part, he stumbles out yelling that he might come see us when we have a "real man" for a bass player and when we play a real concert. I Imagine for him, if they serve liquor, it's a real concert. It's funny now, but it as disturbing at the time.

24. July 5th, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. 1525 east Prospect. Indianapolis. Show starts at 8 and is free.

This is our first Smedley's show in awhile. But it turns out really well. We sell quite a few tapes, and play well also. I also play a good game of chess with a stranger pre show...

23. June 22nd, 1996 - A-1 Records, Anderson. With The Mergrins, and Black Olive.

Once again, this show started late. Black olive went on first and played with much more ferver this time. Much louder and more energetic than their last show. The Mergrins were second and played an entertaining set, despite technical difficulties. The Sunflower Conspiracy played last, and to put it simply, we rocked. This was one of our best shows ever. We had a good drum machine amp. I ran my guitar in stereo with cabinets on opposite sides of the stage, and Barry ran on both sides of the stage also. We created this huge, swirling wall of sound. It was a great show, and the crowd was nice and stayed for all the bands.

22. June 1st, 1996 - The Village Idiot. 6360 N. Guilford, Indianapolis. 8 pm. $2 or less.

This was the last Village Idiot show ever. We didn't know that at the time, though. We played okay, and for a pretty long time. The new owner was lees than helpful at first, but got more friendly as the evening continued. The Village Idiot is now the Three Sisters Cafe.

21. May 25th, 1996 - A-1 Records. 8th and Central, Anderson, IN. With Black Olive and The Mergrins. 8pm. $3.

If you're into dreampop, then this was the show to be at. The show began a little late, but at about 8:40, The Mergrins took the stage. They rocked with their distinctive 80's British sound.
Just after that was Black Olive. As usual, they were drowning in modulation effects, and produced more sonic complexity than three guys with short hair should be able to generate. They played slower than normal, but very solidly. The highlight was when Jeremy hung his guitar over his amp and played the feedback with his pedals.
Last was The Sunflower Conspiracy. We loved it because we had a huge empty stage to play on (no drumset, he he). It was also Senior 16's first show. We used him on the song "Sleep Deprivation".
Overall, the show was a great experience, and we're all playing there again on June 22nd.

20. May 3rd, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. 1525 east Prospect. Indianapolis. 8 pm. Free. Yep, Smedley's is fun.

Wow, what a great Smedley's show. We played well, and sounded nice. Plus, the place was completely full. it was way beyond capacity. then again, it is very small.

19. April 27th, 1996 - Great Times funpark (or something). Emerson and 465 south.

This show was suck, in the beginning. The promoter skipped town, and left this other guy in charge. He was an hour late. We almost left. Luckily, the late guy, and the sound company were really cool, so we decided to stay. The show began early, I should mention; at 2 o'clock. We went on at 6:30, we thought it would rain, but it didn't. Playing outside is cool. We were loud, and we played well, but we didn't win. I was a blast, though.

18. April 26th, 1996 - The New Sitcom. 46th and College. Indianapolis. With Black Olive, and The Living Daylights.

This was the first non-hardcore show at the new Sitcom. This was also the first of second show since the sitcom has moved to the basement of the building. The basement is super cool. It has high ceilings, lots of space, and isn't too hot. Hopefully we'll play there again.

17. April 14th, 1996 - Party at Tim D's house. If you really want to go, contact us.

16. April 13th, 1996 - A Battle of the Bands type show in Indianapolis. I don't have all the info yet, but it's going to be at Fountain Square Theater.

This show was a lot of fun. Fountain Square Theater is this old, run down, huge theater. We only had a half hour, plus, they were rushing us on and off stage. In spite of that, we really had fun playing. We got to use amps, and we turned up LOUD. Congrats to Drywall and Screwtape, the winners. They also had the two nicest drumkits of all the bands:)

15. April 12th, 1996 - The Village Idiot coffeehouse. 6360 Guilford Ave. Indianapolis. 8 pm. $2. A small but nice place to see a show.

Well, it was a fun show. It was emptier than normal because this was the first night that the idiot was completely non-smoking. Yeah, it was ridiculous to us also, a non-smoking coffeehouse. But people came to see us, and we played decently.

14. April 11th, 1996 - Utrillo's Gallery. 2630 east 10th St. Indianapolis. Tape Release Party!

Well, we didn't have our tapes, but we had a lot of fun. This show wasn't advertised, but we still had more audience than band/other involved people. Plus, there was a really cool art show on display.

13. March 30th, 1996 - Collins Cheshire Coffee House. Bloomington, IN. With Black Olive.

We played in the basement of the Collins dorm on the IU campus. I go to a community, commuter college, and this was one of the first times that I've immersed myself in the college dorm style of living. And I say "uhhhh"? The IU campus is weird. It's like a whole different city, or even country. It's like normal rules, laws, and societal standards don't apply. Anyway, the show went well. We were loud, and in good form. We got to use individual amps, which is a change, and we like the feeling. Black Olive was also loud, and full of rhythm, as usual. A fun trip. Especially playing with the talking parrot at Jeremy's house.

12. March 23rd, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. 1525 east Prospect. Indianapolis, IN. 8 PM. Free.

Yes, Smedley's has become a regular haunt. Only this time, the place was a little more empty than normal. We were a tad louder than normal, too. I though we played okay, but Kate though we sucked. Our next Smedley's show is over a month away.

11. March 9th, 1996 - Emerson Theater. Indianapolis. 8pm. With Drywall and another TBA.

Well, this show was pretty awful. We played fine, and most people liked us, but it was brought way down by pre-teens and skinheads yelling things such as "play hard", and the old standard, "you suck". So, we fed back a bunch, and left the stage. We then packed up, and left the venue completely, and we were the first band. No more Emerson show unless we're playing with bands that are more our style.

10. March 2nd, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. Indianapolis. 8 pm.

Another Smedley's show. It went well. The crowd was social and active. We made noise, lots of it, and had lots of fun. We also have a recording of this performance, so maybe a b-side will pop up on a release or two:)

9. March 1st, 1996 - The Village Idiot. Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, IN. 8 pm.

Our first show went so well there that they booked us up for another that eve. It wasn't free though. When we first got there, the owner informed us that due to a large number of non-purchasing show watchers. So there was a $2 cover split between the band and the house. Other than that, the show went really well. Granted, it wasn't as crowded as in previous shows, but the crowd that did show was responsive. We're playing there again, see upwards on the list.

8. February 17th, 1996 - Cafe Eclectic. South Bend.

The show went okay. We played well, and fairly loud, but it seemed like the people there were not really there to see the music. It was a coffeeshop full of jaded scene people. Well, high school scene. About 1/3 of the people liked us, and the other 2/3 acted offended. Well, I guess we did interrupt their talking, and we did take away attention from what was most important to these people; who was wearing what, who was dating who, and what was in style this month. But Black Olive and their fans and friends made it a cool experience. Black Olive was super loud and super good. Their fans liked us, and that made the trip worth it. Oh yeah, the members of Black Olive are wacky.

7. February 10th, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. Indianapolis. Fountain Square area. Show starts at 8 pm. It's free, too.

I've never see Smedley's this full. This was the first show where people that I don't know came to see us. That's a great feeling, when there is an audience to see you to hear the music, and not just because they know you.

6. January 26th, 1996 - Smedley's Dream. Free show. 8 pm.

This place has to be the smallest place that we've played. there were fifteen people there tops, and the place was full. Smedley's is a restaurant in an old house. The owner, Smedley, lives in one room in the back. He's a very nice guy, and has good, inexpensive food. We will play there again soon!!!

5. January 19th, 1996 - The Village Idiot coffeehouse. Broad Ripple, Indianapolis. Starts at 8 pm.

The place was packed. Which means thirty people were there. About fifteen or twenty to see us play, and fifteen or so regulars just hanging out on a Saturday night. Like every other band that plays there, we got crammed in a tiny corner. That's okay, we're not all that active when we play.

4. January 12th, 1996 - The Emerson Theater, Indianapolis. 8:00 pm. with Puppet and The Mergrins. The Emerson is located at E.10th and N. Bosart in Indianapolis.

This show was a blast. We went on first, and we weren't loud enough. Our sound guy didn't get to run the board, so we sounded different. Since we don't have a real drummer, we had a wall of amps!! That was a cool sight.

3. December 31st, 1995 - New Year's Eve show at Nadia's house (a.k.a. woodland place) in Indianapolis.

We screwed up one of our new songs, but other than that, it went pretty well. Kate was ill and did not sing.

2. November 18th, 1995 - Ben's basement. Open practice with short show at the beginning.

Amazingly, about 12 people came, crowded my basement, and made us play. They actually clapped when we finished songs and stuff. Now we need real shows.

1. November 4th, 1995 - WICR, Indianapolis; 88.7. The Free Zone. We will be playing LIVE on the air Saturday night/Sunday morning at Midnight.

0. September 1st, 1995 - Ben's Basement. This is not really and show, but more like an open practice/party at Ben's house.