The Love Me Nots at Bop Street Records

Saturday after work I drove over to Ballard to catch The Love Me Nots a second time, they were playing a free all-ages show at Bop Street Records. Man, I'd never been to Bop Street before, while it's a pretty bad place to watch a show because the floor is dominated with record bins and there is no people space, I need to go back and crate dig! So much vinyl, although I'm sure lots of it's crap. The full wall of cassette tapes seemed ridiculous, I can't imagine people still buying tapes, this place needs to thin out the stuff no one will ever buy.

I got there around 6:30pm and a band that was a little too pop for me was playing, so I walked over to Hattie's for a drink. I came back right before The Love Me Nots hit the record store's small stage. Under the bright lights in a toned down booze free environment I wasn't expecting too much, the venue just didn't seem very conducive to The Love Me Nots' brand of sultry soul and garage rock. And while the show was a bit more subdued than the night before, the band still brought a lot of energy to the show and kicked the crowd's ass. Super rockin' and fun. I wish I could have stuck around for The Greatest Hits, but when I headed for a drink on the break, I realized I hadn't eaten since noon and was starving and had to grab some grub. A few pix: