Tim Stopulos

Saturday 1.24.09  saw a little bit of everything. 

8:30 PM:  Set up at Lucky's where I played covers on my acoustic until midnight.  I broke not one, but two strings on separate occasions during the night, which happened to have been the only time I hadn't brought my piano to Lucky's.  I was able to talk my way through the string changes (thanks Justin: banter, and Nikki: joke), and felt really good about the show on a whole, although Piano Man just doesn't work as well on guitar.   

12:30 AM:  Packed up my stuff and carried my gear to Cubby Bear (thanks Beas: guitar, and Double P: chords).  Red Wanting Blue finished their set and we hurried onstage, at which point Michael realized that he was missing a few necessary items.   He comes up to me, "You're gonna have to go on as a trio."  Which absolutely wasn't going to work because even though were The Trio, we're not a trio.   We need Michael, especially at Cubby Bear.  Thank God for the generosity of Red Wanting Blue (a great Columbus, OH group), who donated their rig to Michael for our set.  

1:15 AM: We begin to sound check and Seville's getting no sound from his keyboard.  

1:20 AM: We give up on the keyboard and Seville decides to play bass the whole night.

1:25 - 2:15 AM:

                  Too Close

                  Count Me In

                  I'm Over It

                  Wandering

                  Big Shot

                  Lie To Me

                  Normal, IL

                  Pride and Prejudice

2:30 AM: Van battery is dead.

3:00 AM: Van battery is alive.

3:30 AM: Van is packed.

4:00 AM: Van is unpacked.

4:30 AM: Home

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