29 Oct 2011 - Icon of Coil Sydney show - MERCH BITCH P.O.V.
I just thought I'd write about the gig I went to last weekend and how it felt to be a merch bitch.
First, I had to get pumped up.
Energy out of the way, so, the Basement in Sydney is a premier jazz, blues, soul and other funky music sort of venue, so an industrial gig made me go "WTF?". Tell you what... It really worked. The sound was amazing, the atmosphere was great and the price of the drinks were well justified by the experience.
The merch desk was set up at the back, near the bar and back room, so I had a decent spot where I could get up and dance when it was quiet.
There's Joh, the seat filler. I did most of the work, he just filled in whilst I ran out for cigarettes and got me things to drink.
The merch display was annoying and I changed it around several times during the night. The tshirts kept falling (I had to make do duct tape... It doesn't stick to tshirts...)
Here we go, got that sorted and manned the station again.
So... Onto the more important parts.
Joining Andy LaPlegua was Christian Lund of Northborne and Sebastian Komor of Komor Kommando. I got to speak to both Christian and Sebastian (not Andy, I left that to the real fans) they were all really nice. Northborne and Komor Kommando were on, respectively, prior to IOC. I really enjoyed both performances a lot. Unfortunately all the Komor Kommando tshirts, except for one, sold out at the prior shows, so there were a few upset peeps.
I always like to buy merchendise (usually tshirts or CDs) at gigs, even if I'm not always a die hard fan of bands, I just like to support the bands I see and the music that they create, after all, there's more money in merch than touring and music sales. Keep them going I got an IOC barcode shirt (as I'm wearing in the picture I posted above) and Northborne's CD, Force It.
After the night ended, I packed up and Christian was nice enough to give me a tshirt for helping that night, although it's more like a dress on me haha.
So yeah, everyone packed up and went either home or to another pub. I was knackered. Then I got sick...
There you go.
So tonight, I'm being door bitch at a club. Hopefully I'll get to sleep at some point so I can actually do this without falling asleep...
Tootles!
Lara.
I got an IOC barcode shirt (as I'm wearing in the picture I posted above) and Northborne's CD, Force It.
