Well, I survived another NYC Halloween. Here's what happenned in excruciating detail.
I got to Gigwear at about 4:55 and there was already a line of users waitung in the rain. I looked for you Kathi, but I hadn't gotten your post about your new hair color, so maybe that's why i didn't see you. I got on the back of the line and waited with everyone else. After a few minutes the line was all the way down the block. At about 5:05 a gray hearse pulled up outlside the store and I saw Pete get out. He had his hair back and was weaering the infamous leather cap. I couldn't see anyone else as I was surrounded by tall users, with umbrellas no less! So I stood there until around 5:45, conversing with two high school seniors who made me feel quite ancient (I'm 33). Finally they let us in the store and we got on another line downstairs, while attempting to sell us all kinds of Type O stuff. I didn't buy anything. I brought my Bloody Kisses Digipak and purely by chance I had my ticket stub from the Newark show April 9 still in my handbag. The first one I saw was Josh, and I must sy he has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen! He smiled at me and said "Hi how are you" and like an idiot I could only smile back and say "I'm fine, nice to meet you. Would you sign this, please?" So Josh signed the cover of my CD, and then I gave it to Johnny who was wearing a Partridge Family T-shirt! So I managed to say, "I love your T-shirt!" to him. Josh, Johnny and Kenny laughed and Kenny said "We tease him about that shirt all the time". Kenny signed and then it was onto Pete. He looked kind of tired, but he was friendly. I was, of course, completely struck dumb (and I'm not often at a loss for words--just ask James :)) He said Hi and asked me how I was doing and I just said, "I'm fine." He signed my CD as well and I also asked him to sign my ticket stub from the Newark show. He did and also gave me (and everyone else, or course) a little Halloween Trick or Treat bag. He smiled and said, "Thanks for coming." I think I said "Thank you very much." (sooo original) and left the store.
Then I took the subway up to Roseland. Got there at about 6:20. There was a
long line already. I waited to meet my friend Amy who was working late. I
kept looking for Kathi, but no luck. However, I did meet the chick I was
talking to on line at Gigwear! Amy showed up at about 7:15 and we waited
until about 7:25, but no Kathi, so we went to eat dinner. Got to the club
at about 8:15. I'm not sure which band was on because I've never heard
either Lycia or EHC before. Whoever it was, I didn't like it, so we hit the
coat check and the bathroom. We looked around a bit for Kathi, Nina, and
James, but no luck.
Type O came on at 9:20, which was a bit earlier than I
expected. I'm usually really bad with trying to remember bands' setlists,
so Kathi, Nina or James (not so positive) may have to correct me later. Should have taken my
Geritol!
Then the (so-called) Misfits came on. Now I must preface my next remarks by saying that I LOVE the misfits. They are one of my all-time favorite bands. BUT I find it extremely annoying that the least talented members of the band are trying to revive a band that's been dead for 10 years. IMHO Misfits minus Glenn Danzig equals crap. Anyway, I didn't expect much from the new Misfits, and I was right. They sucked! The new lead singer wants to be Glenn soo bad, but unfortunately he doesn't have the vocal cords or the stage presence. Doyle still can't play after all these years. Blech!!! Anyway, they didn't play any of the songs they were supposed to. Their setlist follows.
Type O came back on for Black No. 1 as the encore.
The End.
I coudn't see much of anything since I'm short and was forced to the back of the floor after being kicked once too often by crowd surfers. Once in awhile I could sort of see Pete. I could tell that he took his shirt off for the Black No.1 encore. I also had a bit of trouble hearing/underrstanding some of Pete's onstage banter. Before Prelude to Agony (I think) he said, "I wrote this song after eating some poisoned Halloween candy. Which was the only kind my parents would give me." Before Christian Woman he said something like the following, "I went to a school called St. Lucifer's (at least I think that's what he said) on Ocean Avenue. The nuns were always spanking me. Unfortunately for them, I liked it." Now there is a Catholic school called St. Edmund's on Ocean Avenue 2 blocks from my house. Coincidence? Maybe not.
Sharon