Live Inertia

So, Colossal Inertia, played a gig in San Jose, at The Caravan Lounge, April 19. We were supposed to be opening for The Tell-Tale Heartbreakers on a Saturday night, but they had to cancel due to illness in the band - so, it was us solo. We considered cancelling - there seemed to be some weird pressure from the bar & other band, but no definitive reason, so we went ahead with it!

An odd space - a very clean & well-lit dive bar on Almaden Ave., our 'stage' was a corner of the long, rectangular room, maybe 15'x8'. We kept our set-up rather slim (amps & instruments; smoke machine; a few extra lights), and sensible costumes. They provided a PA for mic's and the keyboard, nothing fancy, no mixing/sound support. Given that, it went well - our playing was mostly solid & discernable, the 30 or so people seemed to get into it (only 5 people from work that I noticed). Since we were the defacto headliners, we were in-line for some $$, but since we only had our warm-up act ready, it fell short of the minimum-45-minutes they were expecting (though I was tipped to 'stretch things out', no one stressed to me how imperative that was - we could've thrown another 15 minutes out somewhere. Way to learn, I guess).

Overall, great start & great confidence builder - our next show's at the end of May!