011709 The Matinee

When it rains, it snows.

We all woke up in my parents' house in Cleveland to a steady falling of light snow. The goal for the day was to just relax and take care of some Seeds business. Sitting by a fire with snow falling out the window put all of us in a very comfortable place—though constantly on the brink of dozing off.

Brian working on Seeds business.

We made some phone calls, wrote some emails and discussed the details of a video shoot we have coming up. We ate well (especially Mike and I, who have been treated to homemade Indian food compliments of my parents' neighbors since we arrived) and at eight o'clock we set out for the West Side. Mike working on Seeds business.

The drive to The Matinee wasn't as treacherous as we anticipated given the steady snowfall. We arrived, loaded our gear inside, set up our merch table, and got into a very interesting conversation with Josh of Run Run Addington, who, as it turns out, builds his own drum kits. Yes. He builds them. With his bare hands. And they sound great. Genius.

The Matinee! Our new CD on our merch table.

Run Run Addington were really engaging. Their live performance was polished and energetic. We followed them with our set, and we were in turn followed by Promise Hero, whose set was played with some emotional urgency as their lead singer apparently had to pee real bad their whole set.

Run Run Addington in motion but as a still photograph. Hmm… kinda weird.

Hey, that's us!

Must have been a loud part… Belt it, Mike! I love this picture. Promise Hero : This guy was super vocal about his bladder. Hope he's okay. Mike relaxing at the bar following Promise Hero's set.

After the show we set out to meet some friends of Brian and Mike at a bar not too far off. It was a cozy spot and a great place to continue our trend of unwinding.

Mike and Brian pose with some friends outside The Matinee. Why do we always hoist our adult beverages up in photographs like people really want to see us like "this beer is SO my jam!"? The best thing about this other bar for sure was the planetlike revolving Schlitz light. Also the gentleman dancing like crazy to the Americana band that was playing when we entered. Not pictured : the dancing gentleman.

Tonight we drive to Columbus for a show with our good friends Paper Airplane and Blastronaut at Bernie's and following that, we'll head home to Cincinnati for a few days.

—Margaret