The Light Brigade’s Last Show?

The Light Brigade @ The Rainbow in Seattle * October 21, 2006
“She had to go for the beautiful, natural thing that happens between a man and a woman.”

Kai and I went to dinner at Araya’s before the show and fought about whether or not to get a housekeeper. I say yes. My quality of life is suffering and the mildew in our shower is resistant to bleach. Is that normal for mildew? I don’t even know, which is precisely why we need housekeeping assistance from a professional. Kai seems to think we can clean our own one bedroom apartment without incorporating and hiring a staff. I’ll believe it when I see the shower sparkle. At any rate, this is probably why most musicians don’t bring their families on tours with them.

From Araya’s we headed down the street to the Rainbow to get ready for the show. I didn’t catch the name of the opening band because I was distracted by the World Championships of Paintball on the TV at the back of the bar. Which is rude of me, but I didn’t choose the channel.

It was a small crowd, so I took advantage of the opportunity to heckle the band, mostly about their inopportune tuning. I tried to get a drunk girl to dance, but she informed me that she had to “go for the [rhymes with block]” and then tried to give me a goodbye kiss. I suppose I should have just given her a peck on the cheek, but I didn’t know what she was doing so I defensively turned my face and she smashed into my glasses leaving them blurry with face grease.

The band played two new songs that I hadn’t heard them do before: Make It Rain, which was a cover and a damn good one that Josh the singer really leaned into; and Elementary Man which is simply new and probably two albums away from release.

The Light Brigade has been planning to change their name for as long as I’ve known them. They think they may have finally settled on a replacement and this may have been their last show under the old name. Hopefully it won’t be long until the album comes out and Tshirts are printed, and then I’ll be employed again with a table of merch to guard and push.