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Saturday, May 12, 2012

I saw a band once

Band shirt, from the show in Augusta, Ga
I saw a band once. Their name was A Summer Story. I think it was my first experience with live music that wasn't an orchestra. I can't remember the name of the venue, but it was in Augusta, GA.

I remember the venue being one single long room painted one single long brushstroke of matte black. The dimensions reminded me of a movie theater I went to as a child in Aiken, SC. It only cost $2, and played movies that had been out for a while. This venue though, it had less of a downward slant, and was void of any seating. The bands were set up on the small stage which seemed overflowing with large amplifiers or speakers, or both. That was all in the rear of the room and in the front of the room, where I entered from the street, sat two sets of folding tables accompanied by two sets of folding chair which were inhabited by two sets of people whom I can't recall anything about. They took my money and let me in, then they took my money again and gave me a shirt.

That was about 10 or so years ago and now all that is left of the shirt is the above photo.