Mary's Danish - the Lil' Waldorf, Reno, Nevada - October 21, 1992

Mary’s Danish was the first of several shows we saw at local bars rather than at larger venues in Reno. Going to a show at “the Wall,” as the locals called it, was kind of strange, since in college it was a hangout for all the jocks and frat guys who were either 21 or had fake ID’s. I tried to get in when I was 20 with my own borrowed ID, but no dice. After I turned 21, I did go a couple of times for beers, but thought it was a pretty nasty place, filled with stuffed dead animals – goats, deer, elk, and even a gigantic bear.

I remember little about the show. I wasn’t really that into Mary’s Danish, and the only song I really knew was their song about all the different shapes Nevada could have been. But the novelty of a band we had heard of coming to Reno was always too good to pass up.