Fargo, ND
Yeah, that's right. Fargo. I never saw the movie but I've been to the town. I had this impression of it being a small town, out in the middle of nowhere or something, but it was not.
It was quite large with tons of people and lots to do (but still out in the middle of nowhere, I suppose). The club where Jars was going to play is called Playmakers. And it was huge and a lot of people could have filled it up on a Fargo Saturday night. The only problem was they moved us to a smaller club next door called the House of Rock and moved the show up an hour and a half. We drove into Fargo at 5 o'clock thinking we were an hour and a half early for once. Sadly this can never be. We are destined to scramble. Doors opened a half hour after we arrived.
But things went amazingly well none-the-less. It was definitely the smallest show but Fargo was into it, and I believed we had the highest 'donation:person in attendance' ratio of the tour thus far.
Thanks Fargo.
Tonight we are in Sioux Falls. Last show before the break. Hard to believe how quickly this is flying by.
-David
Don't see the movie Fargo...its terrible anyway, and actually took place in Minnesota, haha
Your first words on Fargo being a place much unlike what you expected reminds me that anywhere we go in the world- a community/city/state away or to the other side of the world- can often surprise us in ways we never thought or imagined. Every community has its stereotypes. Every commity we enter brings with it preconceived notions about who they are, what they live like, what we could do for them, perhaps? And yet it never is exactly what we anticipate, or sometimes even hope for. That's why continued work such as yours (ours?) through Blood:Water is so important. No matter our misunderstandings of one another, Blood:Water is getting one thing right: taking time to get to know our partners- and doing so while providing the most basic essential of water to them. Definitely brings food-for-thought on what the power of one can do on both global and local levels...
posted by Jen at 3:59 PM on May 17, 2007