Show Memor i es by At r eya
One of my f avor i t e memor i es i s act ual l y a t r adi t i on we had af t er ever y show was over . When our pr oduct i on company St ay Tr ue f i r st st ar t ed, we wer e t hr owi ng shows mont hl y at a Chi nese r est aur ant t ur ned venue/ kar aoke bar af t er hour s. I t had one of t hose st er eot ypi cal huge si gns you coul d see f r om t he f r eeway and a massi ve bui l di ng shaped l i ke t r adi t i onal Chi nese pal aces. I t even had a huge f ount ai n i n t he mi ddl e of t he f l oor space i n f r ont of t he st age. But hey, i t was f r ee t o t hr ow a show t her e and t hey woul d even gi ve you a cut of t he bar sal es i f you di d wel l . I wor ked t he door at ever y si ngl e show we t hr ew, so I never got t o have much f un unt i l we i nevi t abl y l ef t and went t o Denny?s af t er cl eanup. Ther e?s a sayi ng I r emember hear i ng: You don?t go t o Denny?s, you END UP at Denny?s. That ?s possi bl y t he most accur at e st at ement i n exi st ence. Al l of our f r i ends wi l l i ng t o st ay and hel p cl ean up, as wel l as anyone el se who want ed t o come, went st r ai ght f r om t he venue t o t he busi est Denny?s i n Vent ur a, Cal i f or ni a at about 2am. We wer e l oud, obnoxi ous, and pr obabl y t he wai t st af f ?s wor st ni ght mar e, but we wer e al ways appr eci at i ve. I f I had a dol l ar f or ever y t i me someone f el l asl eep i n t hei r f ood, I mi ght not have any mor e st udent l oan debt . We al ways had j ust as much f un dr unkenl y yel l i ng at each ot her i n a di ner as we di d at t he show i t sel f . The scene i s mor e t han j ust shows and musi c, i t ?s a connect i on.
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