The Apes

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DATE	VENUE	BANDS	COMMENTS

July 1999	Velvet Lounge DC	The Teeth	Our first show ever. Very sloppy, bad costumes, and lots of bad songs we don't play anymore (and at least one that we still do). From humble beginnings...
Sept 3 1999	Velvet Lounge DC	?	---
Oct 2 1999	Velvet Lounge DC	Stinking Lizavetta	---
Oct 14 1999	Black Cat DC	Les Savy Fav	Our first show with Les Savy Fav. Amanda MacKaye was doing our booking, and set us up with this show with her old bandmate Syd.
Nov 5 1999	Recher Theater Towson MD	The Creatures	This place is a converted movie theater. We opened for Siouxsie Sioux's current band and played to a crowd of goth kids. We actually went over pretty well.
Nov 27 1999	Velvet Lounge DC	Dexter	---
Dec 10 1999	The Garage DC	Delta 72	We had a friend do sound -- he cranked it up until people were wincing with pain. It was great.
Dec 31 1999	9.30 Club DC	The Reverend Horton Heat Jack Potential	Somehow we got on the Millenium New Year's Eve bill at the biggest club in DC. Sound was awesome, 400+ people were there when we played, and we got a good response.
Jan 8 2000	Velvet Lounge DC	Adam West	---
Feb 8 2000	Black Cat DC	Ultrabait	There were five or six people at this show, and we got $10. Ultrabait drove three hours from Richmond for this.
Feb 20 2000	Third Rail Radio Univ of MD	---	Bad, bad sound.
Feb 25 2000	Velvet Lounge DC	?	---
Apr 8 2000	House Show Buffalo NY	Les Savy Fav	This was a fun show and a good turn-out. The Fav rocked. It was snowing in April.
Apr 9 2000	Mr Roboto Pittsburgh PA	Les Savy Fav	Apparently we were more argumentative (toward each other) than usual.
May 7 2000	Snap Pop Showcase Fredericksburg VA	The Others Phaser The Cassettes	Six bands in a little bar on a Sunday night. We're not sure if there was anyone there not in one of the bands.
June 8 2000	Black Cat DC	New Wet Kojak Enon	Enon were cool guys.
June 9 2000	Signal 66 DC	---	Strange show in a big art space.
June 26 2000	Fort Reno Park DC	The Rondelles Dead Meadow	We made it through two songs before the show got rained out.
June 30 2000	The Sidebar Baltimore MD	The Sloppy Meateaters Nuclear Saturday Die Cheerleader Die	This wasn't supposed to be a free show, but no one bothered to collect money at the door. Also notable because Jeff was suffering from a papercut on his cornea.
Jul 9 2000	Geo Wash Univ. DC	Cry Baby Cry The Cassettes	Fun show in a dance studio -- no shoes allowed.
Aug 19 2000	DCCD Records DC	Cry Baby Cry	Fun show, decent turn-out.
Sept 8 2000	Velvet Lounge DC	Poseur Bill	Lots of onstage bickering, but supposedly it went off well.
Sept 9 2000	House Show VA	---	No one was there. The basement had a better sound setup than a lot of the clubs we've played in, though.
Sept 22 2000	NOW! Music Clarendon Metro VA	Metropolitan	Very fun show on the median in the middle of the road, right where the escalator from the Metro comes up. Cops told us to turn down.
Sept 25 2000	Maxwell's Hoboken NJ	Chixdiggit Shark Quest	Great sound, but we got stuck playing at 8pm before anyone showed up. Pay-out sucked, but they gave us all the food and drink we could handle, so it worked out ok.
Sept 27 2000	Fort Thunder Providence RI	Pixeltan Chupacabra	Great show and great response in one of the weirdest/coolest places we've ever played.
Sept 28 2000	The Middle East Boston MA	Les Savy Fav	Great show, great crowd, great sound.
Oct 12 2000	Ottobar Baltimore MD	Ex-Models The Scott Farkus Affair	All I remember about this show is the Ex-Models drummer, who was very good.
Oct 29 2000	Third Rail Radio Univ of MD	Edie Sedgwick	Played live over the radio; sound possibly slightly better than the first time, but still bad.
Nov 17 2000	House Show Pittsburgh PA	Q & Not U	Fun show; Q & Not U were kind enough to let us use their equipment.
Dec 15 2000	Black Cat DC	Hot Snakes Burning Brides	Pretty good show aside from Jeff utterly forgetting how "Blood & Light" went.
Dec 16 2000	the Mercury Lounge NYC	Les Savy Fav	Once again we had to take a car up, but the Fav came through as always and graciously let us use their gear.