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December 11, 2005 Mess Hall

Line-up:
Gene Booth
Rachel Hanes
Maureen Loughnane
Thom van der Doef
Ben Brandt

Other Acts:
Unlucky Atlas

Set:
Kaoshiung Luxuriousness
End Easy Hearsay
Maoming Gluttony
Satisfaction Ba'on Oxen
Yulin Gusto

Attendance:
8.

High Points:
GENE - Mess Hall is always a joy. Our set-up was smooth since we've played here before. I had to cut out the moment I put my guitar down to rush to Midway to catch a flight to Columbus, OH.
THOM - Easily our best show ever. I wish we had recorded it because I can' t remember the details. That's how smooth it went...
MAUREEN - I loved this show. Practicing beforehand really helped. The feedback on my guitar actually worked and I felt like I was actually rocking.
Low Points:
GENE - In general, I felt we were not understood or appreciated by the "crowd" - even the supremely open minded Ed Jurken. Although there were momoents of sizzle, sparkle and pizzazz in Satisfaction Bao'an Oxen, it remains a mess for me, one that I have to go out of body to get through.

MAUREEN - I felt out of place during the OX. The improvised parts somehow escaped me. Like missing waves.

THOM - The Ox is always exciting to start but somehow in the middle of it, I kind of lost courage and started doubting everything.... I mean Everything!