since tish brought it up in another thread...

anybody wanna grab dinner or meet up before the show?

it's gonna be kind of weird this time around w/only one night and all. and as jeanne mentioned, probably a smaller group of "us" this time around, due to the one night. i'll prob drive up on saturday and can be there whenever.

any ideas, suggestions, let 'em fly...

looking forward to it.

I'm up for dinner. We have our standbys of Thai 9 and Brixx, but I don't spend much time downtown, so maybe someone else has better dinner suggestions.

Mmm, Thai 9.

I'm up for whatever, and lookin' forward to it.

Totally up for getting together for dinner ahead of time! Just say when and where.
Eu

Actually know where Thai 9 is now-
Right around the corner from The Oregon Express, where I did my first poetry slam in Dayton.

Totally up for it. It'll be good to hang with the cool kids.

I am most probably in. (I have a ticket, anyway). I'm attempting the idiocy of going from STL to Dayton in one day via South Bend on my way to North Carolina for TG. Duke-Notre Dame football gets over around 5:30 and I'll probably arrive in Dayton during the opener.

I just got around to getting my ticket last night. (As Kim the waitress put it when she saw me, "So you're finally getting tickets?" Actually, just the one.) But it's #169! I don't remember having such a high number before. No doubt it's going to sell out in advance.

I am in for dinner. Not sure who my date is yet but count me in for 2 for dinner. Hey anyone interested in some Ribs for dinner? Montgomery Inn anyone? I am flexible about food. Jus t no sushi for me.

Eu and I are seconding Thai 9, and some of the posse is already wondering what time we meeting?

Waiting for fullness is

I'd say I'm in for Thai 9, but as of now... I don't have tix and it's apparently sold out.
This will be the first time I've ever missed CST.

/

i'll prob just see ya'll @ the show...

just an FYI (from CST's website): All shows begin at 9:30 pm (doors open at 8 pm)

Have you called CST? Not sure how they work it with Port Merch. but they might have some tix in-house.

Word of warning: CST is not open on Tuesday nights. Kate and I tried to get tix last Tues. and the bartender next door said they're not doing Tuesdays anymore. We got our tix via mail order from CST. They were hand-cut and hand-numbered - up to 174.

Maybe Brandon can smuggle you in inside an equipment case.

We had all sorts of fun getting tickets - I'd been watching the website, and the moment the were available, it said you had to mail in for tickets. Remembering how we had to get them from the venue in March, we sent money back with Zon to go pick us up tickets at Canal Street. She drove all the way out there, to be told (and not very nicely apparently) that Canal Street had sent tickets to OTR to sell on the website, and you couldn't get them from the venue anymore. SO she went back home and ordered tickets from port merch. And being that they're sold out now, I don't know what other options there are.

But..no Kylie Jo? Say it ain't so! I'd definitely see if Brandon can smuggle you in with the equipment. Hey...you know...if you do merch...

Sooooooooo, doors open at 8:00 PM, and we all know what seating is like at Canal Street. We want to be in line *well* before then. You think 6pm is early enough to meet up, or should we try for earlier? And I'm personally thinking that keeping to the tradition of Thai 9 sounds good (though I know a certain 'Yote who's developed a strong craving for Montgomery Inn BBQ sauce and hasn't actually been to the restaraunt yet...though having grown up just down the street from the original in Montgomery, I'm probably going to just take him there one of these days).

It's Saturday - we can be there as early as we need to be. So say the word - 6pm or earlier, and Thai 9? Or Montgomery Inn?

I checked the CST web site last Tuesday, and although they still say they have Musician's co-op on Tuesdays on the website, I checked the .pdf version of the calendar and saw that they were closed every Tuesday in October, so I waited until Wednesday night to go down. They were selling tickets at the bar that night (and playing The Trumpet Child as well), so they might have some left, but I suspect not many. I'd offer to check, but I don't get paid until Thursday, and I won't have cash until then...

Of course, you could always show up & see if anyone has tickets to sell in line. It's worked pretty well for Apples in the past.

i sent an e-mail to CST last night, got this reply this morning...

Hmmm.

I'm not gonna get there till 9.30 at the earliest, and though I'll have a ticket in hand, I worry they may have to shoehorn me and my beer gut into a crack in the ceiling.

I could hide Kylie behind my beer gut as I walk the door. She's tiny!

Bill... why aren't you doing dinner..??

Okay - the show is tomorrow folks.
Have we decided?

I'm thinking 5:00 PM is better than 6:00 PM, just knowing how things went at Canal Street in the spring, particularly since this is a sold out show.

Thai 9???
Or were there more votes for Montgomery Inn?

And, we should probably get a head count of sorts. Not having been there, I don't know if anyone needs to make a reservation for Thai 9...

If not, I figure whoever gets there first just lets the host know how many we think will be there, and tell them folks will be asking for the "Apple" party.

Speak up, y'all! The newbie should not be the one organizing this! LOL

See you tomorrow!!!

Unfortunately due to family obligations, Kate and I will not be able to make dinner beforehand. We plan to arrive at CST around 7:00 to get in line.

Musyklvr & Co. will be arriving late from Pittsburgh, probably after 7:00.

Can't wait to see everyone again!

A family obligation has sprung up for me tomorrow afternoon, as well. I'm hoping to get to CST between 6 and 6:30, though.

Ah well, we'll see you at the show anyway! YAY!
(Oh...and I'm recruiting - I suspect Eddie from 2nd shift NOC may be at the Taft show - teehee!)

*pout*
Ah well, we'll see you at the show!

I think you should have dibs on running merch.

merch is covered.

NEED A TICKET TO RIDE!!!

Since I was heading on my trip the past few weeks-I had not really thought about the show at Canal Street--I was focused on getting things ready for the trip----so I did not go buy a ticket in advance.

Needless to say--the show is a sell out.

I am hoping that one of you fine folks just might happen to be in possession of ONE extra ticket you might be compelled to part with for an appropriate sum!

I guess I should have thought about buying the ticket long before this--but I swear--I think I went to sleep one night back in late August or early September and when I woke up it was late October/early November.

Where in the heck did the time go????

My God--it's Thanksgiving already!!!

At the very least---I will try the old fall back position--get down to CST at five or so and be one of the first in line for an SRO ticket--

Thanks---

woo-hoo! see ya'll there...

Ah well...we finally get to go meet the Apples...and it's not sounding like any Apples but us will be at Thai 9.

'Yote and I will be there (along with Zon and Alex) at 5:00 PM.
We'll still let the folks at the door know there may be more people, and we'll tell them those people will ask for "The Apple Party". So...join us if you can!

Otherwise, see y'all at the show tonight!

have fun tonight everybody, will miss being there at Thai 9 and
hangin' with the apples in the good ol' lineup.
always a good time. always.

sweet show, great to see everybody. off to bad, more later. goodnite!

Another great OtR show--here are a few pics I took---CST is not the best place to get good quality photos though--hope ya like 'em:











Karin Singing "Ohio"

It was a nice show, but something felt a little disjointed to me; maybe it was the way the preshow dinner just sort of unravelled. I think it just didn't feel the same without the pre-show dinner.

I do have pictures of the show, but none of the Apples. However, I have family plans this afternoon & don't know when I'll get the pictures up on my web site. If not tonight, probably tomorrow night...

Unravelled. *nods*
Good way to phrase it.

These are those moments when I'm glad my mate and I are wired the same. It's an adventure.
When we determined that reservations *were* apparently required (at least that's what they told Zon when she got there before us), we started walking. Explored 5th St. a bit, ended up at the Trolley Stop for bar food and people watching while Zon and Alex trekked back to their place to retrieve the tickets (oops). And had a wonderful night despite various similar near trainwrecks.

We ended up close enough for me to get actual photos of the *band* (I try not to use a flash while they're performing, and usually that's just been pointless). Some of which turned out pretty sweet. Will post those up later...probably tonight at work after we go to the CEA's (where with any luck I'll manage more pictures to share).

It was great seeing everyone! We'll see y'all next weekend in Chicago, and again the weekend after in Kent...and then Taft weekend! Woohoo!

Eu

yeah, the show was very good, but it wasn't the typical CST "event" with it being only one night and missing many of "the usual suspects." i know i didn't hang out as usual after the show to chat and all so i could get on the road and head home (and it was still 3:30am when i got in). hopefully come spring we'll be back to multiple nights, the usual cast of characters and typical orchestrated chaos, fun and insanity.

i've got some pics up HERE, i still need to edit them down, just the first pass thru...

oh yeah, and the setlist:

Hahahah! Linford scrawled "shitcase"

umm, nope. not unless he also wrote "e. thohghts," "trhmpet," trohble," & hhsh now."

I have to admit, though, when I saw that set list upside down across the table last night, I thought it said that at first, too.

After my first pass through the pictures, I still have 318 "good" ones to go through before I make my web page for this show.

Haha, Not on the wall, not on my arm...

Here's my photos - note, since we were so close (we were practically in Micky's lap), I tried using the "museum" setting which doesn't use flash. So movement is kinda...fuzzy. But, some of them turned out pretty cool. Enjoy!

Canal Street 11/17/07

As Jeanne noted--there was a bit of a different vibe to the show this time----it was a good show but some energy or something was missing--I wonder if K&L and the gang are just a bit road weary perhaps?

They have been on a long trek touring these past few months----that would have to be so very tiring--I just came back a day before this show from a week long trip that I did not do too much more than chill out on and I was a bit laggy that night too thanks to having just gotten done with a day of travel back to the States.

Karin and Linford did not hang around after the show either and went directly back to the hotel, so there was not any of that post show banter with them as is usually the case.

I hope that K&L take time soon to just chill and recharge the batteries---I guess that a bit of tiredness is one of the downsides of doing what they do for a living----being out on the road no doubt has some good sides, but then I am sure it would have to also be somewhat exhausting as well.

i didn't notice any lack of energy during the show and/or performance. not at all. personally, i thought it was a great set.

they did get into dayton a little later than expected and had a bit of a rushed & rough soundcheck, which was noted and handled gracefully and with a bit of humor and amusement when a prob cropped up during the first set. yet they just laughed and trudged on, where many artists would have freaked out and a problem like that would have effected the remainder of the show.

also, the meet & greet after the show is nice when it happens and has always been an added "bonus" of sorts, but (imho) shouldn't be expected of them and in all honesty (again, imho) has zero impact on the show or performance.

if anything, i think the missing "vibe" was probably us, this was not the "typical CST weekend," the "event" that many of us have come to look forward to and to expect, it was just "another" show, which the CST has never been before. they played a great set, that's really all that should be expected from them (once again, imnsho).

Yes, I thought the odd vibe had nothing to do with the band's performance. They seemed pretty "on" and happy. I do think part of it might have been that it was the first time they haven't done back to back shows in Canal Street in a number of years, which in turn, made for a lower Apple turnout than usual, but I also think I really missed the pre-show gathering.

Pictures! Mostly of Karin, because the lighting on Linford was particularly poor this time, even though we were sitting on his side of the room.


Opener, Don Dixon






Karin reading the special proclamation from Dayton Mayor, Rhine McLin, who couldn't get in to the sold out show!








The full album can be found here.

Jeanne,
Beautiful close-ups as always.
I seriously think you could go to various concerts and offer your photos to the PR person of the band or performer for publicity shots. Or offer them to venues to hang on the wall collections (with the performer's permission).
You have a specialized gift.
T xo

thanks for sharing the pictures bill, jeanne, eu, and mike.
great shots everybody.

and jeanne, 'only' 318 good ones.....