Re: my little rant

[Drew Johnson <djohnson at snowplow_org>]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Brad Caviness wrote:

> Nice perspective Ben...
>  I recently had an ocassion to revisit the review I wrote for EVE back
> in 1994 and was reminded that OTR had a similarly contrasting dynamic
> between their cds and their live show in the early days as well. In
> fact, EVE was the first cd where the where they turned Ric's guitar up
> even remotely as loud as it routinely was on stage. Back then, you
> expected the cd to be all atmospheric and artsy and then to get your
> face rocked off in concert. And the streets were paved with gold
> (which led to a lot of accidents, lemme tell ya), and we wore an onion
> on our belt, which was the custom in those days.
>

And there was much meat to be had.  Karin would shyly toss porterloin
steaks into the audience as Ric would tear up the stage, made insane by
the yapping of the fans as the beef descended.

It was a very weird time to be an Over the Rhine fan.

-Drew J

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