Last Night (aka Steve Beres Appreciation Post)
I live in New Hampshire and am a fan of The Chris Gethard Show. One of the things that I like the most about the show is the community around the show. They are incredibly welcoming and supportive. They open their arms and embrace anyone else who loves the show (as long as the new fan isn't a creeper or a meany). I reactivated my long dormant tumblr because of the TCGS fan community as it helped me get to know the other fans a great deal more and gave me a way to interact than just in the MNN chat room. And I have followed a number of really cool people because of it. Steve Beres (@truckstopglam)is one of those people. A few months ago Steve mentioned on tumblr that he was playing a show in New Hampshire about an hour away from where I live. I was stoked to go support. I told a friend about it who lives close by and had been to the venue a couple of times and we made plans to go. Steve played second and absolutely destroyed. The first band was a bit of a hometown draw so there was a good number of people at the show. Steve opened by playing the EP "Everything and More" in its entirety, and then played a number of songs from all over the rest of the catalog. I can't stress enough how good of a time I had. Two people in front of me kept looking at each other while feeling the music and smiling so big and then would go back to watching Steve just destroy. They ended up being members of the next band to play (Tiny Hazard, also great) but in between songs they just kept saying how much they were enjoying this. After the set I talked briefly to Steve and said how much I enjoyed the set and how appreciative and amazed I was that he drove 7 hours one way to play this show. Anyways, I just want to say how much I love this community and its fans that are so talented and doing such cool, great things. Keep it up, all of you. And if any of you are ever in New England I will gladly travel to support any of you in your various endeavors.