October 21, 2004 - Columbus, OH – CAKE, Northern State

Venue:  Promowest Pavilion

The second time I saw CAKE was with my friend Liz in Columbus.  This was also the first time, of many, that I would go to the Promowest (or Lifestyles Communities and late The Express Live) Pavilion, although this was an indoor show.

They were touring their new album, Pressure Chief, and I bought a brown and pink shirt with the album logo on it, as soon as I walked in the door.  I wore that shirt until it started getting holes in it.

The opening band was, Northern State, an all girl three piece hip-hop group and they were good.  Some jackasses in the crowd booed them at times, but it was undeserved.

CAKE put on a good show, but I had some issues with John McCrea's performance.  I am fairly sure that he was drunk (or high), and he sang everything a half a beat slower than he should have, which made it really hard and weird to sing along.  He also complained about all the college 'bros' in the audience and introduced 'The Distance', by saying that it was for the frat boys.

Maybe the crowd was douche-y and deserved the attitude from John after booing the opener and being kinda shitty.  It was still a good show and a good time with my friend Liz.

Yet another person I went to some concerts with years ago, that I should give a call.