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Another music venue in Ithaca is The Haunt , a small club off the Cayuga Lake inlet.  I bought tickets a few weeks back for Gomez and Josh Ritter, suprised to see both bands playing together in Ithaca.  While Gomez was the headliner, it was Ritter that really impressed.  Ritter has a stage presence and a look that makes you feel like you’re watching a high school kid getting his first break playing a live show.  And I mean that in the best way possible.  He had a smile from ear to ear during the entire performance, danced around stage, continually professed his appreciation to the crowd, his band and Ithaca.  And it all appeared truly genuine.  Gomez, on the other hand, came across a bit disinterested.  Perhaps they were responding to the crowd, which appeared to thin a bit after Ritter.  Or perhaps it was the TV playing basketball in the back of the club, which the band complained about halfway through their set.   Regardless, seeing these two bands on a Wednesday night in a small club in upstate NY was pretty cool.

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