Bittersweet Bottom of the Hill Show

Bittersweet is really all I can say about last night's Passionistas show at Bottom of the Hill. I learned just beforehand that it would be the last one for drummer Tim whose been playing with the band for the last few months. He was a phenomenal drummer and really brought something great to the band. We wish him nothing but the best - and you will see him in some future episodes of the video podcast. This was also the final San Francisco show (for some time at least) for The Herms - as frontman Matt Lutz is leaving the city to pursue some Hollywood dreams. I first saw Matt play at Rickshaw stop last year opening for Kelley Stoltz - the first time I met Stoltz, actually. Later that year, I featured Matt on my video podcast series. Turnout was pretty small, which I think disappointed all of us, and no copies of God's Boat were sold.

On the plus side, we got to meet Avery - one of the new editors at the Deli SF - who interviewed the band after their set. Christian and Ben from the Bay Bridged were also in attendance, gearing up for their CD Release Party tonight at Thee Parkside. The Passionistas sounded great, bringing out a keyboard for the first time on new song "You Just Gotta Live With It," also rocking through the standard God's Boat hits - "Going Gay," "The Socialists," "So Rock N Roll" and so on.

That's the last show until about mid-August so obviously some things will be happening. Someone will be stepping in as a drummer soon, though whether it will be a permanent solution is up in the air. In the next month, we'll be strategizing further about getting the record out there and maybe even setting up a tour. I think I was a little exhausted the last couple weeks, but I am feeling very confident at the moment. I have a lot of ideas about the future of N&UR and I feel more motivated than ever to start implementing them.