1/24 COP day 2 @ Crazy Donkey

Not too long ago I met a man by the name of Anthony Dobrini (or just Dob), and we read the news together on the radio at Nassau Community. Now, he is the proud owner of Calling Out Productions, which exclusively books shows for This Condition, as well as so many other Long Island Bands. Dob also is working on a new website called The Scene Life which talks about the underground movement of music and indie arts right here on Long Island.


So this show at the Crazy Donkey marked his one year anniversary of Calling Out. It was the second show, preceding one at the Vibe Lounge the night before. This event was huge, two days, and 16 bands. All handpicked by Dob. Even in the beginning of the show, there were at least 40 people there which is pretty good compared to the scattered 10-15 at other openers. Here was the line-up:

Last One Standing
East Of Eden
Astro Junk
Merchants Concourse
Hotspur
Table 21
Of The Pillar
Kids Of Survival
Lion Of Ido
The Mercurial

The whole floor was packed for each band. Granted for the lesser known bands the pit was forming further in the back. But that didn't stop the bands from rocking out. For a song's entirety the lead singer of Last One Standing ran out into the crowd to mosh a bit. The size of the place was great for this kind of show, minus these tables that were kinda on the outskirts of the floor. One was for the kitchen section, but the other was just in the way.

But regardless of the fung shui, this was a show to be reckoned with. It was Astro Junk's final show, and they put out like a five dollar whore. It was a sick show, I can't believe for the first time I saw them, they say they are not playing anymore. It makes me sad, but go listen to their stuff, it's pretty unique. They had the place going crazy pretty much.

And the band Hotspur came all the way from Maryland, around the DC area as they like to tell people without any geographical idea of where Maryland is. But they represent nicely, and they are some really cool guys. I hope they come up again so all you Long Islanders get a chance to check em out live.

The crowd really went nuts for the last five bands. The place reached maximum capacity, and the bouncers had to make their way inside to keep things cool, which they let heat up a lot. The pit was nuts, people were crowd surfing and joining the musicians on stage. It was wild in the house man, but it was really the Mercurial that blow the house up the most. They played out their set from top to bottom with no glitches, and with no stopping. It was one hell of a show, and during the encore they had like 20 kids on stage dancing and rocking out with them, I can't wait to put up those pictures.

Allrighty enough out of me. I'll be posting those pics soon. Until then, check out all those bands, indie music lives on.

peace.