Greetings again,

Just wanted to drop some quick and well-deserved thank yous. Much fun was had this past weekend in Athens, and somewhere around 55% of our set sounded decent. Hopefully next time we're in town, Sam will be there to buoy it all together with the bass.

Super thanks to Jeff at Bruce Manor! It was a pleasure to play there and all the bands we saw were really good and different, it was very cool. Mr. Legs, Dust from a 1000 Years, and Beard of Sea were all especially enjoyable.

Mega thanks to Adam Lee and Jonny Look for spreading the word about the show, the record, and most of all, setting up a screen and projector to air Benoit clips during the set. Having the awesome visuals totally made up for my sloppiness and unfortunate forgetting of certain lyrics. Next time we're around Athens, Adam says he'll actually edit some videos especially for the set so that alone is reason enough for us to really, really, really wanna come back to Athens this summer. August at the Union, maybe?

Ultimate thanks to Pearce from the Spelling Bees for filling in with extra vocals on the outro of "Wrestlemania of Love" - we needed them. Also ultimate thanks to Zach from We March for "getting all Steven Tyler" with us for our rendition of "Crazy." (Side note - Knifey Spooney played "Cryin'" in 04', Double Murder Suicide played "Crazy" in 08', it is safe to assume that the Get A Grip Trilogy will be completed by 2012. Trust me when I say this: It will be "Amazing" - pun every  bit intended).

OTHER QUICK NOTE - In the future, when booked, the band is just going to go under the name Double Murder Suicide or just Double Murder for short. Eventually we'll get a MySpace site, but I'm gonna wait till we actually have some songs to post and all that jasm. This means the Benoit-inspired debut is now kinda like our "self-titled" album. Basically, I just don't think that my full birth name is a very catchy band name. So, from here on in, me & Jason & Sam are Double Murder Suicide.


In case anyone was dying to know, here was the set list from May 31, 2008, @ Bruce Manor:

1. Rabid Wolverine Attacks
2. They Threw The Mountie In Jail*
3. WrestleMania of Love
4. I'm Not Bitter (Knifey Spooney cover)
5. Jose The Mentor*
6. I'm Carlito
7. Fair To Flair*
8. The Ballad of Eddie Guerrero
9. Crazy (Aerosmith cover)

* Songs were played for the first time ever in public.

Thanks to everyone who made it to come see us. All sorts of new music being written and rehearsed. Hopefully, we'll see you all somewhere somehow this summer!

Sincerely,
Josh