Nervous Ticks at Strange Matter, 23 June 2012.
Kyle (also of Navi and newly of the Eurotics) is drumming this time around. I wish everyone’s vocals had been a little louder this time around. But at least the drums stayed in place for this song!
Summer Solstice Island Power Jam
Part 2: POST-DOG-SHOW: Broken Pony, Altered Destiny, Richmond Police Department, and a shit-ton of the Nervous Ticks
After the dog show was over, I noticed that Silver’s video camera was still there. I didn’t know if it was still recording or not, so I turned it toward Broken Pony just in case, and then recorded their performance myself since I said I would. (video to come later).
The next scheduled performer wasn’t there yet, so there was an impromptu performance by Altered Destiny to fill time (we realized Silver’s camera was still recording, so swung it back around to face this performance).
And then we received word that the police had arrived and were threatening to issue fines to anyone who didn’t leave. Many people left, though several of us stayed behind to help clean up the site because we wanted to leave it cleaner than we found it (because we’re good people and just because we enjoy making music in public parks, it doesn’t mean we’re trying to cause trouble).
While we were cleaning up, the Nervous Ticks performed a short set accompanied once again by Noell who said he owed them a set anyway. Because there was a threat of imminent police presence, and because I didn’t want Liza and Chaz’s body paint efforts to be wasted, I took a shit-ton of pictures of them and recorded one song (video to come later) just in case any RPD action happened. After a few minutes the police sent someone in with another warning of fines, so the music stopped and we finished gathering up musical instruments and trash and went home.
28 April 2012 - Nervous Ticks perform “Mindless Rev” and “Rat Brat” at Strange Matter.
Because the floor lighting is so much darker than the stage lighting, I had a hard time seeing everyone in my screen. I was also close enough that I knew I couldn’t FIT them all in the screen at once. And I couldn’t really SEE what I was recording, except for Noell since the drums were pretty well lit. I knew I could probably see Liza when the drums were to the right of the frame, so I panned back and forth to try to get everybody. It took me a while to figure out that the light in the doorway was just past Chaz’s head, so if I could get that light in the frame, I was probably picking up Chaz as well. (Although he was still mostly in darkness, and I did cut his head off a few times. Sorry, Chaz.)
18 April 2012 - The Nervous Ticks performing “Hot Water” at Strange Matter, RVA.
This is a song I tried to catch when they played it at Kingdom, but my shot had been blocked by some dude with a big head who stepped RIGHT in front of me mid-song. So this time I decided heads or no heads, I was getting this song! As usual, I tried my darndest to keep everyone in the frame, but I didn’t always succeed.
