Second show was last night. It was the official premier (so there may be reviews somewhere.) We played a lot better — a lot better — sometimes I could even abandon myself to pure enjoyment instead of thinking about what chord, lyric or bit of stage business was coming next.
Cutting the 2 songs in the middle worked fine, but cutting my commentary as much as I did didn’t help — so some of that is going back in tonight. The lights playing over the audience (the standing section anyway) on key numbers worked fine, though I heard that this crowd was a bit talky…I was unaware, maybe my ear monitors kept it out. It was Friday night and maybe this somewhat younger bunch was hoping for an evening at the club and maybe an opportunity to hook up. Heard that some members of the audience we’re E’d up.
At the riverside bar later a man told me he really expected it to more like a rave. And someone else overheard someone say “I’m going to see Fatboy Slim tonight!”
The show has not been sold like that — as if Norm was going to be spinning — but simply seeing his name attached as a collaborator is probably enough to generate some wishful thinking.
