10/11/06 Temple Bar (Santa Monica, Ca)

The Temple Bar is by far the dopest club we've played in LA yet. It doesn't have that seedy, industry wanna be underbelly. Its well run, with good music, good sound, great reputation. We showed up early to load in etc. and we heard this bangin music coming from inside. It was only 8:30pm so we thought it was a cd, but as we walked inside we saw this soulful R&B gospeldelic group playing a showcase for about 20 people. These guys were killing, I think their name is Chaz or something like that. So from that point on, we knew it was going to be a good night. The group before us was a reggae duo, the DJ took forever to set up/tear down, he acted like he was setting up a symphony. One of the vocalist in the group was in a wheelchair and had people carrying him around all night. The Temple is defenitely handicap accessible. But this guy was pimping, he asked me and the bouncer backstage to carry him up to the second floor green room, instead of taking the elevator, at that point I knew I had met the first handicap primadona, I guess egos know no physical limits. We had a great set, it was probably our most successful LA show ever.