Pittsburgh PA, The Rex Theatre

Okay, the best thing about the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh is the pinball machine in the lobby.  It was right next to the merchandise sales table, and since I sold merch that night, I got to play a few good games.  Captain Fantastic, featuring Elton John (before he was knighted).  My high score was 94600.  Beat that!

In the theater, there was something seriously wrong with the PA, and the room wasn't helping at all.  I don't think I've ever had to fight as hard to keep things balanced.  I literally could not take out enough 630 Hz.  It was dumped completely on the house graphic, and also on every input channel, in both parametric mid sweeps.  And that wasn't the only problematic frequency.  All over the map, crazy drastic cuts were needed to smooth things out.  Thank goodness there was a separate monitor board, so I only had to get one mix right (one was a challenge).

What a way to end a tour, feeling like I was driving on ice the whole night, barely keeping it on the road.  Well, we still had fun, and I'd like to thank Lisa, the theater manager, Tim "Spankyman", the house manager, Chris on monitors and Rocky at FOH, shown below in action.  Kinda dark in there...

After the show, my boss bought pizza for all, and we hung out and partied like rock stars.  What a cool tour.