Show #49: July 16, 2006
Columbus
High Five
w/ Blue Eyed Gunslingers
The Moops
All the Day Holiday
We were invited to perform at this show as part of a “Sunday Showcase” or a residency of sorts that the Blue Eyed Gunslingers (or maybe the venue?) were doing. I can’t say for certain, but they for certain met us at an Andyman’s show. A band we would play with later called the Rosehips was also supposed to be on this bill, but I believe they dropped off that day because a member was sick. (I was the one who added them, so I recall getting the cancellation call. Remember calls?)
All the Day Holiday was a band of youngsters from Cincinnati, who I did a little research on and found out that they were signed to an “Artist Development” contract, which made me want to throw up. To their credit though, it looks like they made a “Breakout Band” list in Rolling Stone a few years later before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2010. (As time progresses we begin to experience the egos and seedy underbelly of the business, and I don’t want to be a dick about stuff, but I need to strike a balance here. So if anyone in that band ever wants to take a swing at me, my name is Ron and I run a venue called Carabar).
I was excited to see The Moops (of course named for the Seinfeld “Bubble Boy” episode) because I thought they would be like-minded based on their name, but not especially. I was trying to find a picture of their logo on a sticker because it was all over the city at the time. I can still see it clearly in my mind, it said “The Moops.”
I realized just now looking at our show list that this was the last show we ever did at the High Five. Memories are a little fuzzy, but I believe there may have been a management/policy change there that kept us away. I think they may have gotten into having people rent out the room for private events. Eventually they closed up shop and it became a joint called "Circus." One night I went with Mary Alice and our friend Tonya to do karaoke at Circus, and they wanted to charge us a cover just to get in. I was really drunk and mad, so I spat on their window. Mary Alice got really pissed at me, and I think that marked the end of our relationship with the building. If anyone who worked at Circus ever wants to take a swing at me, see above.