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Posted by One Trick Pony on July 5, 2001, 7:20 pm 30 june 2001 Sanne and I both live in The Hague, for the performance we traveled to Amsterdam together. Frits and Bianca are so lucky to live in Amsterdam, cos traveling isn't much fun when the weather is too moist and warm to sit still. Moving ourselves through the constricting heat Sanne and I rushed to the train. Just in time we arrived in the crowded train. But in disgust of having to sit against one of the sweaty bodies that had an empty seat next to them, we decided not to be seated. I stood with my head in the open window so the air could fan me a little. In Leiden we changed trains. This time we claimed seats. Sanne tried to study as I was observing a passing zeppelin. We were supposed to be at the venue OCCII [wie wist dat dit staat voor ONAFHANKELIJK CULTUREEL CENTUM IN-IT???] at 18:00. There we would meet our band members and two friends so we could have dinner together. By the time everyone arrived it was much later. After picking up the drum kit from a few blocks down the road and fitting it together, we went for dinner at a very good vegan-capable Ethiopian restaurant. The six of us got our foods on one big round tray. We started wrapping the food immediately like we hadn't eaten all day. It was gone in a second. cheers Tanja
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One Trick Pony Amsterdam 30-june-2001 OCCII
By arrival in the venue sound checks were already started. By the time it was our turn people started to enter the venue. We negotiated with the wild west punk band that played before us that we would be the second band to play. Some of us were getting rather nervous. During the performance of the first band I started to worry about water. I needed water during the performance, so we fixed it as Bianca changed the drum kit to her likings. I decided not to go over the lyrics of the latest written song. After all, we had one big advantage: nobody knew the songs and if I forgot something, I could make it up as I came along. I was over the water nerves and passed out the semi-professional set lists.
I decided to be a very in-yer-face performer. My band members didn't know what I would be like yet (and admittedly neither did I) since I find it hard to 'perform' in the rehearsal studio. The first song kicked of and I went straight to the crowd. The people there seemed amused and I totally enjoyed it. I claimed my territory everywhere, on the stage and in the crowd [for as far as the mic-wire would allow me.] I was having so much fun expressing myself energetically that I got tired halfway through. I could barely sing the ballad style song cos I was so out of breath that I couldn't even check if I was in tune and I felt to knackered to care. I even forgot to make my band members have a little break to preach a little... But the next songs I moved a lot again and I screamed my lungs out. The last song I was really tired but fulfilled. And when the audience asked for more I was confused. I got more then I hoped and I wanna do this much much more often [check us out!] But first, I need to work on getting in shape. If only I liked any sport at all...
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