BTE @ le neck le bottle (the bottleneck) in lawrence, kansas
monday, december 7, 1998
photos by Julie Shilling

a couple of notes...

okay, so there's a million and two pics here... but you know you're gonna look at all of 'em, even if it takes you a week! so no more cracks about obsessive photographers. even if it's true...

another thing, the stage was tiny! just how small was it? well, it was so small that you can see jim in the background of almost every photo of kevin! cool, eh?

travis laughs about some prank a couple of madwomen pulled...

but he recovers nicely :)

wish i liked my job that much!

kevin kisses the mic

travis and tom, all in one frame!

hey, where'd his lips go?

speaking of makin' funny faces...

don't you just love that?

umm... this one's of kevin

tom hits a groove

singin' at full tilt

oblivious

tom's halo?

kevin makes funny faces at tom's mic

the ace frehley stance

tom ROCKS!

that's an interesting angle...

look ma, no hands!

hey, tom, what are you doing?

just visiting these people in the front row

...but i think it's safer back here

doesn't he look like he's about to smack himself in the head?

the determined drummer

kevin is joined by ...a particle?

don't you just wanna know what he's thinking?

must concentrate!

kevin

crashdaddy

jim and a red-hot travis

huh???

group jam!

awww kevin! don't cry!

jim must've been startin' something!

'cause he made tom laugh too!

you ever get the idea that tom enjoys playing? ;)

or that maybe kevin does too? hmm...

'nother goofy face

whoa!

isn't he cute?

tom's got a great smile...

kevin salutes tom's "razor precision" on the bass

aww, shucks! well, thanks kevin!

he's got that manic "go-for-the-microphone" look in his eye!

intensity

no travis, we do not put drumsticks up our nose!

tom's got some big yellow maracas

travis cracks up

hey, mr. bass-man!

the silliness begins...

hey kevin! c'mon!

i do believe somebody's messin' with the drummer!

don't they just crack you up?

the smiles are contagious

there he goes again!

i am master of the universe! yeah, but travis wins that "four on the floor" argument every time!

say hello to dr. sample, boys and girls!

so that's synergy!

what button was i supposed to push?

jim channels the spirit of barry white!

travis sure was in a good mood!

a moment of calm repose

hey travis! where are you going?

groovin'

oh, they were definitely up to something!

betcha jim's not just singing backup!

he quacked travis up!

tom's holding it in

kevin appears oblivious to that mr. mischief at the keyboards

we be rockin' now!

"porkchops and applesauce!"

tom skips across the stage

we are amused!

actual concert dialogue:
kevin: tom, doesn't this feel like a dorm party gone horribly wrong?
tom: "or gone horribly right!"

go travis! go travis!

kevin at work

uhhhh, i think i'm gonna sneeze!

travis in action

kevin, aren't you supposed to sing into the mic?

now me thinks travis is messin' with jim

and they made kevin laugh this time!

whoa, something is going on over there...

even travis can't believe it...

this photograph has been censored by a BIG RED LIGHT! guess we'll never know... ;)

oh no, that afro-freak is back! and he's attacking kevin!

oh, look at the leetle birdie!

a certain somebody described this shot as "pure testosterone" i'm inclined to agree

and a can of whoop-ass gets opened on travis!

YAHH! watch out tom!

oh nooooo! he ripped tom's heart out!!

kevin offers a beer to afro-freak in an attempt to save tom's life

...as tom dies (laughing) on the other side of the stage

gee, he recovered from that pretty well, huh?

and kevin's back to making entertaining faces

oh, he's gone

the lights in this one just crack me up

travis gets parallel

kevin's playing charades. can you guess the song title?

if you give kevin a tiara...

this one oughtta singe your monitor a bit

would you believe he practically crawled across his drums to get it?

we laughed so hard it hurt!

crrrazy travis! ain't he just the coolest? ;)

tom sure thinks it's funny

is that tom singing?

travis, back to normal. well...

hmmm... he looks almost predatory

kevin at the piano

look, i can play with only one hand!

travis wants to play too!

naughty travis!

looks like kevin's gonna get even with him for that later

and travis looks reeeeally scared!

hey man, don't touch my drums!

tom shows everybody when to clap during "i don't like mondays"

no idea what he's laughing about now

hey! wonder what that does...

lost in the music

travis: man, i hate these maracas!
tom: no travis! DON'T THROW THE MARACAS!

forget santa! i'm leaving cookies out for the REINDEER this christmas!

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