Second band of a three-band night.

Damn, this was fun!

But before we get to our show...

We got there while the early Saturday open mic was still going on. Victor, the club’s manager, had agreed to let a band try out after the open mic and before the official show was to begin.

I couldn’t believe it, but this band actually started setting up onstage while one of the open mic guys was in the middle of his stand-up act. Stand-up comedy is hard enough without a bunch of amateurs from Jersey climbing on and off the stage in the middle of your act. How he didn’t haul off and start throwing punches is beyond me. On top of that, the band took an extra 20 minutes to set up, the drummer had to borrow John G’s drum seat, and they played for way to friggin’ long for a tryout. Nice job, dipshits.

We were scheduled for 9, and we took the stage at about 9:30. Hence, to any TFL friends who felt that they had to wait too long to see us, we agree, and we apologize.
Once we took the stage, though, we were on fire. We blasted through the first half of the set sounding great, with very few mistakes. My glasses flew off during She Was Just a Girl, so that threw me for a loop for about 15 secs. I jumped into a chorus one measure early, but the band was right there to cover my error. We went from that immediately into a very well-received version of Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust.

Early on, we debuted a brand new song - Baghdad. It was shaky, but even in its tentative form, it sounded pretty solid.

We had a fairly large, and very receptive audience, and it made for a great show. We were having a really fun time, and it felt like the audience was right there with us. TFL friend Pam had requested Superstar before we went on, so not only did we dedicate the song to her, we lied and said that it was a true story about her.

Then we went into Achiever, and things fell apart by the last verse. Basically, John B just simply forgot the song. The band stopped playing, and we all burst out laughing.
This stuff is bound to happen on occasion, but sometimes, it can cause an otherwise solid gig to drop into the toilet. Lucky for us, we pulled it together real quickly for an angry post-election tear through Eve of Destruction. That kept us on track for the duration of the show.

All in all, we had a whole lot of fun.

Set List:
LEAD YOU ON
SAILOR
SHE WAS JUST A GIRL
ZIGGY STARDUST
BAGHDAD
PARTY DRESS
LESBIAN CIRCUS
WE’RE ALRIGHT
BLOODY TUESDAY
I’M NOT FINE
SUPERSTAR
ACHIEVER
EVE OF DESTRUCTION
A SONG FOR THE LADIES
TAKE JANINE AWAY