MACRoCk 2008

ANATHALLO was AMAZING! I rarely, nay never, find myself standing behind a console grinning like an idiot in amazement at what was happening on stage but I caught myself doing just that multiple times during their 40min set. Funny thing was I'm not even sure they would count the set in the top few percent of shows they've played. There was just an amazing amount of positive energy coming from a band playing some powerful good songs. Good times.

Other bands of note for me were Shapiro (heard of them, finally heard them), which we're just plain fun and from Friday night at CST The Secret Life Of Sofia and Beautiful Traps. Elf Power was F*CKING LOUD but good.

Memorial Hall: The venue for Saturday's show was an old ~1200 seat high school auditorium purchased by the university. The load-in was great; a dock right to stage, and there was plenty of wing space and backstage. The one thing that sucked was NO POWER! OK, that's not entirely true, there six edison circuits scattered throughout the auditorium, stage, and adjacent room. We knew about it going in and were prepared to make it work. But, it is just unbelievable that a performance venue (former HS or not) doesn't have a panel somewhere near the stage. The audio and dimmer racks are above SL, but best I could see they were fed from a utility room on the roof. Sigh...