For Mirth Only

Tim Sweeney at Cameo 3/28

Last night was overcast, and it was sprinkling on and off.  I arrived on time for once, but it took a little trolling on N. 6th to find Cameo.  Apparently, a couple bands (spindrift and the vandelles) had just played.  I proceeded to stand up and sit down for the duration of the next hour.  I was excited. But alone.  The venue was pretty sweet (a medium-sized, cube-shaped room with a small disco ball hanging from the ceiling); the crowd wasn’t bad and you could almost feel the music.  12:25, 12:40, 12:45, 1 AM.  The party was getting started…1:12, finally someone came to meet me!

Tim played a very solid set, definitely one you could appreciate even if you weren’t dancing your heart out at a club.  Highlights? A piano house track that had hands in the air – truly an EPIC build, and a vocal that came in towards the end.  If you were deaf, you might have gotten the idea you were at an electro-house show.   A disco song with the words new york, love, east, west (not necessarily in that order or phrasing), and finally a few “got to be funky,” blaxploitation-ish tunes with hilarious basslines towards the end.

I’d prepared to stay out till 5, but meh. Shouts to my best friends who wished me happy birthday.