August 30, 2003 - The Larkin, Albany, NY - with: Mike G. of the Velmas
Henning says: On Saturday night School for the Dead minus Ken drove out to Albany to play a show at the Larkin. El Bezo came along. It was a sketchy situation since we were billed as the headliners in a town where hardly anybody knew us. I didn't expect many people but by the time the opening act finished (Mike G from the Velmas) there were a total of three people in the audience. We decided to not charge a cover at the door (I hadn't known that that was an option) and Dan (who booked the show and ran everything) went down to the ajoining restaurant (which was also almost empty) and lured some people up stairs - at the largest, the audience grew to about 15 people. Word is that on Labor Day, all of Albany leaves town to go camping. The Larkin is a really nice little room and the audience, it turned out, was full of the local music elite. Of note, John Brodeur, who has a band called The Suggestions and Mike from Knotworking. We brought out some Activity Pages which seemed pretty popular and acted as a good distraction because our performance was of questionable merit. It's time to start having band practices again in which we play our songs instead of just learning Tom Petty covers. It was still fun and I think people liked us ok.	Uncomfortable Pick A Gripe Soup Of The Moment Rock & Roll Camper Everybody Loves Martha 1,000 Times Something's Taking Over Thug The Screen Door Photobooth Curtain Day Job One Lady Dancing Campground Daughter The Wichita Train Whistle Sings Omnivore