So, we just decided to postpone all of the shows that we already did have booked at that point for a hopefully later date. Especially not at a place like the Mews with how small it is. LUKE: But then after that night, more and more news was coming out, and we just sort of realized oh fuck, we can’t do this. NARRATION: From Urban Plains at Drake University, this…is “ Dead” Moines: an audible case study of live music in Iowa’s capital. LUKE: And then there was just kind of a big “ugh”… I remember at one point this guy was on stage, and he was like “why are all of yall standing so far away from each other? This COVID shit isn’t real!” Back then there wasn’t a ton of information about masks or anything out at that point. And we didn’t really know exactly what we were doing. LUKE: I had hydrogen peroxide and I was wiping down the microphones between everybody. So we were just like oh shit, okay, I guess we’re going to do the show. That was right when it started to become big news about COVID-19. LUKE: We really didn’t know what was going to happen. We spoke with them in episode 1 about their time working at and growing up with Vaudeville Mews, the first and – as of now – the only live music venue in Des Moines to close because of COVID. ĪLLAIRE, AS NARRATION: This is Luke Belknap. LUKE: We didn’t really know what was going to happen. LUKE BELKNAP, GUEST: We were a little hopeful that it would just be a couple months or something. What was the general reaction from the staff? Guests: Luke Belknap, Dick Prall, Tiffany, LukeĪLLAIRE NUSS, HOST: And so, lockdown first started in March.
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