April 17, 1998 @ State Theatre

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I filmed Hot Water Music play at State Theatre in St. Petersburg, Floriduh on April 17th, 1998. Included are "Translocation", "Better Sense", "Elektra" and "Manual". "Elektra" was on the 8"EP with Clairmel and the other three songs were on their third LP "Forever and Counting". Avail headlined this show. The State Theatre was an old theater (duh) and when enough people showed up they opened the top balcony which allowed for great vantage points like this show. When you film shows, the first thing you do when you go to a venue is try to see where you can stand to get a good shot and I loved when they had it open like this night. I think all the songs sound great but "Manual" is such an epic song, I tried to get a decent mix of shots from close and far given where I was sitting. Around this time I tried to make every Hot Water Music I could and locally they always got a great response from the crowd.