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Category: Music
October 24, 2009 The
Terminal Minneapolis
Set: | Pay the Toll to
Ride the Junebug Flow | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Last Night | M'Lady | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) |
Casanova | Clone You |
Chosen Ones | Found My Boogie | I'm a Bad Mamma Jamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Jumpstart My Rocket | Damn the
Man |
 Tonight Dustin was able to join us on stage! He was still not at 100%,
with a bit of flu-fatigue left over, but he was able to play, and that was a
very good thing. He didn't sing, though. But it was fine. We had his guitar
contributions. When we took stage, he addressed the crowd: "We are Junebug and
we can prove it."
Before the show started, however, I experienced a bit of a technical difficulty.
As I was putting together all my hardware, I pulled my kick pedal out of the bag
and it fell apart - fully. In two pieces. Well, it seems that the pin that
attaches the pull chain to the pedal itself had decided to take a permanent
vacation. Luckily, Nick went on a mission and found that one of the bartenders
had a safety pin. It did the trick.
Anthony introduced us, saying that we're huge in Korea and
South Carolina. So if you're in either of those markets, you're probably
familiar with us.
We had a pretty decent crowd tonight. It was surely better than
the last time we played the Terminal. A number of folks were there for the other
bands appearing tonight; Spy Johnson and The Early Effect. There was a good
amount of foot traffic as well. People were drinkin' and dancin' and it was all
right by me.
Our friend and video producer, Cody Tesnow, was in the house
tonight. Anthony announced publicly that Cody is working on the video for
"Jumpstart My Rocket" which has been in the works for awhile. Strangely, the
track isn't even recorded yet, but the video is in production. So there's some
fun news for you. Cody made his presence further known later in the night.
Anthony, in announcing a particularly funky song of ours, said that he'd like to
see some asses on the dance floor. Well, Cody responded in true form. He came up
to the stage, turned his back to us, pulled his pants down and literally showed
us his ass while on the dance floor. We were overwhelmed. Nick informed him,
however, that he had missed a spot.
We played "Casanova" tonight, and there's a section in the song
in which we often invite someone from the crowd to come up and freestyle. Well,
no one took the bait tonight, so Anthony filled in with a classic. You see, a
couple years ago, we played the song in Aberdeen, South Dakota and an awesome
lady named Cheryl came up to freestyle. Her verse went as follows: "Rap, rap,
rap, rap, rap. Oh yeah! Rap, rap, rap, rap, OH YEAH!" This performance was
repeated by Anthony tonight. Classic.
Tonight, I (tony) did something unprecedented in the history of
Junebug shows. I left the stage in the middle of the set to use the restroom.
But here's the thing. It truly was an emergency situation as far as my bladder
was concerned. One more cymbal crash and I'd have been done. Anthony had stopped
to tune his guitar as he often does. This sometimes takes a long time. So I
jumped down and took three steps to the men's room. I did my business and made
it back to my drum throne in exactly 56 seconds. Not too shabby. Because, my
friends, I am a professional.
That is all.
3:47 AM
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