Marc with Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney)
Marc with Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney)
Marc with Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
Marc with Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney)
All photos taken at the Grog Shop, Cleveland, Ohio
May 15, 2000
My cousin Shannon's wedding in Cleveland happened to fall on precisely the day that Sleater-Kinney came through (they never came to Indianapolis while I lived there, and it was right at this moment that All Hands On The Bad One was starting to consume my every waking hour). So I went to the wedding in the morning, the reception in the afternoon and about 30 minutes of just hanging around with relatives who hadn't seen me in, oh, I don't know how long. And then I bolted for the Grog Shop, where the night before I'd managed to pathetically beg my way into a ticket for the sold-out show. And I don't regret one single moment of it, since the show was one of the best concerts I've ever seen and I got to say hello to the band, handing Carrie a copy of Space City Rock in the process. The photos were taken after the show, just past midnight on the 15th. The photo of me and Janet came out of focus, which I think was because Maggie from Bangs (who opened for Sleater-Kinney) was upset that I wasn't fawning over them at all. So I think she took out her anger the only way she could: by focusing not on me or Janet but on the chain holding up the PA. Damn you, Maggie!