Primo Cell Expo

One word:  CAVERNOUS!!

Yes, this is a space in Sunnyside which opened up a couple months ago, and they have been touting themselves as a venue for live music.  For the last couple of weeks this place has brought in a cool salsa band from Portland (Pilon d'Azucar); when I was there they also had a Spanish rock band from Portland open things up.

But yes, this space is ginormous!  I guess it makes sense, this place used to be a K-Mart back in the day.  So when you walk in, if you squint and plug your ears, you can probably remember the Blue-Light Specials.  

When I was here, they had a place selling tacos & soda, then you walk further in and see the stage to the right.  It was cordoned off with gates & hay bales (yes, I said hay bales.  We ARE in Sunnyside!).  There was quite a bit of security.  Well, there were three people from what I could see...that seemed like a lot considering all the empty space in here.  

So, I guess more people showed up here when I was here compared to the week before (we had a big contingent of salsa addicts from the Tri-Cities exodus on up here).  

Overall, I liked most of what was here.  I mean, you have to give props to anyone for bringing in a salsa band to Eastern Washington.

My major complaint:  acoustics.

Yeah, everything was perfect except for the sound.  Maybe they new the acoustics were bad, and tried to blur it out by turning up the speakers to "11".  I say this because basically we all needed ear plugs (one of our friends was a lifesaver and went to Wal-Mart to pick up a pack of ear plugs).  So yeah, for me I had a hard time finding the beat...either it was because of the loudness or because of dizziness incurred by wearing ear plugs.  

But from what I could see, the band looked good (they rocked the house at Islands Casino in Kennewick a month ago).

Here's to hoping the acoustics can be improved.  Because this venue has the potential to be really cool!  

(C'mon, I'm sure when they announced "Blue Light Specials" back in the day, people had no issue hearing).