February 22 2007: William Elliott Whitmore, Backyard Tire Fire, Fancy Trash - Iron Horse, Northampton MA

School not happening tomorrow, and William Elliott Whitmore playing at the Iron Horse again, and Adam coming out for the show, and Classmate Caitlin coming out too, and Ben putting me on the list, and BBC Porter coming out of a tube attached to a keg...these things add up to pretty good times.

Got there early to see the Trash play, and there were a fair number of folks doing the same. And the Trash played really well! It was probably the best show I've seen them play. Short and sweet and apparently Dave's vocal stylings have grown on me.

And William Elliott Whitmore had all sorts of people there to yell and cheer and do stuff like that. The tables and chairs were removed from the main floor area and people were going nuts! And he played just as well as he did when I saw him a few months ago. Sweeney was digging it, Caitlin was digging it, I was digging it. Ben was drinking free drinks downstairs and missing out. He closed the set with "Black Iowa Dirt" and it was just about perfect.

But - in between the last time I was at the Iron Horse and this time, the price of a beer has increased 31.25% to $5.25. This hardly seems in line with inflation. But as far as I can tell they're the only folks in town willing to sell me a BBC Porter on draft, so I guess they can charge whatever they like. Motherfuckers.