Trike log: Extrapool and Spanking the Audience

Extrapool is a sweet, art-committed, wall-paper-covered place in Nijmegen.

We played here last year, for their re-opening, but the crowd was chatty, (drunk) and left me feeling slightly uninspired.

But last night was beautiful. The audience was much smaller, much more sober and much more willing to participate in our antics.

Bertin, who booked us, was interested in having Stephen screen some of his films. (He's a talented film-maker, but has decided to commit to music instead of directing.) Stephen made a deal with Bertin that he'll show his films if Trike could perform as well.

A crazy fellow who calls himself 'Toxic Chicken' opened for us. He played crazy videos of Hitler throwing biscuits at Jesus, while wearing a fake beard and under-wear on his head. It was pretty swell.

Whenever we play 'Don't Throw Your Heart Away' I try to spank everyone in the audience. (Not just because they're naughty)I don't wanna sound too arty, but venues really feel more relaxed afterwards, and a bit more willing to dance. And Extrapool's was probably the audience most willing to get spanked.

(ps- Usually people eventually give in to the idea of having their succulent behinds spanked, but at our last show in Amsteram, a girl said she would "hurt me" if my hand got too close. I was actually frightened! But it was my duty to slap her ass anyway. She kept resisting, but I eventually tagged her.
The whole show she chatted with a friend and looked uninterested. At the end of the show, the bar's owner was congratulating us, and she came up and kinda stared me down for a while, and then made out with the bar-owner intimidatingly.)