Another night with Jump! …And Paul…great combination.
To celebrate our 5 month anniversary, Paul and I semi-quasi road-tripped it up to Baltimore last night to catch the Jump Little Children show at the 8 X 10 club, blocks away from Camden Yards (for those of you who like the Orioles). This being the final tour of JLC, I wanted to be sure I didn’t miss it, regardless of my location.
We were originally supposed to work the merch table, that was the plan. Sad that Paul wouldn’t be able to see the wonderful show JLC puts on, but, we’d get to meet the band, get in free, and other such perks of working for the band. Well, due to a name mix up, I said Shannon, apparently it was Tara on the list, I can see how that could get confusing, we had to wait outside for a bit. While waiting, Paul and I noticed a Rock-looking gentleman talking on a cell phone, while keeping some distance between himself and the dozen or so teenie bopper girls in line for tickets. As we continued to glance at him I realized that, indeed he was a rock gentleman, but not just any ol rocker, he was JLC drummer, Mr. Evan Bivins, brother of cooky, crazy-eyed, JLC multi-instrumentalist Matt Bivins. A man Ms. Tibbitts has come to admire because of his…um…stage presence…*wink*
After much deliberation and coaxing from Paul, I decided to do the dorky fan thing and ask for a picture. After the pic, we chatted with him briefly and told him why we were waiting…not long after that, their manager came out, checked our names, and ushered us right past the ticket counter and into the club, free of charge. We met Judith, JLC enthusist, and seasoned pro of merch. She told us that we wouldn’t need to work the table, which was good due to the fact that it was downstairs and totally out of sight of the show. All we needed to do was check on her once to see if she needed a potty break, or if they played her request, which they didn’t, sorry Judith. KT, you have some competition, she seems to be quite the Matt enthusist as well.
We headed upstairs after meeting Judith and got comfortable while we waited for the show to begin. The opening act was great. Jim Boggia was amazing. His voice, raspy and moving, his guitar playing could rival Rick and Dave put together, and the coolest thing, he’s completely blind in his left eye, and pretty much blind in his right. Now that’s talent. Much better than the last opening act guys…good job!
After Jim, we checked on Judith, she was good to go, so we settled in for a couple hours with Jump. They played all the greats, including “Pink Lemonade”, one of Anj’s requests. Of course “Cathedrals” was perfect. And I know KT enjoyed her phone call on “Body Parts” (clueless about the songs…download, buy the CD, look up lyrics, it’s worth it). They ended with an amazing performance of My Guitar, it made Paul happy to see Jay and Ward play together on the same guitar, he also quite enjoyed Mark’s stage antics.
It was a great show, a great night and a great anniversary. What a way to end a truly amazing week.
Song of the day:
Rains in Asia by (who else) Jump Little Children (www.jumphq.com) and checkout Jim Boggia too (www.jimboggia.com).
She likes the photograph, the one of you and SimoneOut in the rain on a Sunday morningShe likes to take it out, only when she's feeling downAnd then she says "Can you hear it raining?"
She wants to know does everyone feel this wayWhen it rains in the summertimeShe wants to know does everyone feel this wayWhen you're sure that he's gone forever
When it rains in Asia (It makes her feel this way)CaliforniaLondon, BombayWhen it rains in Asia
She lies to take the train down to Washington SquareAnd hear the buskers sing 'Oh Suzanah'She likes to let it come right to the tip of her toungeAnd then she feels like an angel talking
She wants to know does everyone feel this wayOutside the walls of AmericaShe wants to know does everyone feel this wayWhen you're sure that he's gone forever
When it rains in Asia (It makes her feel this way)CaliforniaLondon, BombayWhen it rains in Asia
She wants to know is it always, always raining somewhere
When it rains in AsiaCaliforniaLondon, BombayWhen it rains in Asia
