I was standing outside when the Goo bus pulled up and caught a glimpse of Johnnie and Robbie as they snuck in the back door of the bar. After a while they started the sound check and a few of us snuck in to catch Broadway before security kicked us out. After sound check Johnnie and Robbie walked right out the front door of the bar and i just happened to be standing there. I jumped in front of Johnnie and wished him a belated birthday and gave him a little gift, a book (Girlfriend in a Coma-Douglas Coupland). He seemed very genuine and thanked me a bunch of times. I was so psyched cuz this was my first time meeting Johnnie that i didn't even notice Robbie standing there. UGHHHH. As they were walking away Johnnie turned around and yelled "hey thanks again". Hahaha. It was cool.
Well back in line i did meet some cool goo fans Tabi, Lisa, Melissa, and Jess. Doors opened on time and i found myself in the front row. Awesome!!! I also met Kat at this time. She was really cool and just as beautiful as everyone had said. Frogpond opened up and they were really great. Go see em if a get a chance. Those young ladies can ROCK.
Well finally the lights dimmed and the strobes started spinning and then Dizzy exploded!! That is the perfect song to open with. The set list was pretty much the same as every other review, but i wouldn't change a thing. They sounded great, but there was not much contact with the audience. No Name story, no throwing the towel, very little comical banter with the audience. " Let's all take turns on the mechanical bull" -Robbie. Johnnie seemed to be pissed off the whole show. Kind of like lets play these songs and get the hell out of here. This is just my perception. I guess even rockstars have a bad day now and then. But this took nothing away from the performance of the songs. They sounded incredible and really rocked!!!!! After 2 days in feb. Johnnie took some aggression out on his cheap strat all by himself and just busted the shit out of it. It was in six or seven pieces , springs flying everywhere, WOW!! Unfortunately i wasn't able to get a piece of the busted guitar, a pick, a set list, naddda. So i climbed back in the car and drove four hours home to rest up for the next day, Goo show in Columbia, Mo.