so we played last night at the time out in concord 1/27/07 and it was quite a show. all of the bands were pretty good, unlike other shows where you jam and there's one or two bands that just aren't polished enough to be there. we went on at 12:00 am so we had a long wait time between load it which was at 8:30 and the time we went on. we made the most of it by bs'ing w/people and watching the other bands. being the last band that played we actually had a really good amount of time to play, and all of the bands got on and off pretty quickly so everyone started on time and played all their material in their time slot and didn't throw anyone off after them. for those of you new to all this here's how these shows work... you all load in and there is a schedule of when you go on. the first band hits it on the hour or half hour, so 9 or 9:30 and then you get 45 minutes to play. the last 15 minutes is to get your ass off and get the next band on...that's right 15 minutes to get your shit set up get a mic in front of it and hit a couple of chords and then roll. mixing is on the fly seeing that there is a dedicated sound guy there. now usually the consensus is that if you start at 12 am you really are going to take the stage at 12:15 or 12:30 seeing that you are gonna get your rock stars up there that either 1) take their fuckin time setting up or 2) have to keep playing over their time limit. rule is if you take to long setting up then it cuts your set short. the rock stars don't see it that way, and they are usually mediocre bands anyways so their attitudes and music suck...we didn't have an ounce of that on sat and it was awesome, some really good and cool dudes. so after hanging out for that long, after watching rock take a nap on a couch and trying so hard not to fuck w/him while he was sleeping, we were very ready to get on the stage. we were last, (kindly refered to as the "headliner") and this is sort of an undesireable spot if you actually want to play and play to anybody as the bar is close to empty at this point. the object of the game is to bring your people so they will be there to watch, support and throw rotten vegetables at you when you fuck up. so we started and had about 15 to 20 people hanging out. now this is either good or bad depending on how you look at it. w/that few people you can really get them involved in the show for instance we had people dancing on top of the speaker cabinets and being really close to the stage instead of standing in the back hiding in the dark. it's not so good in the sense that the bar is not really making a ton of dough at that point and really they'd just rather close and go home as they are tired of drunk folks. so we kicked off w/a couple of originals and the people dug it pretty well. jason had the flu but was right on top of his game. even broke a string right at the end of the second song...that's good luck. then we kicked into a cover of whatever that really got the crowd going, had them singing and becoming a part of the show. did some new originals and then had a half hour or so left. we jumped into some good rockin covers and it was on. moshing screaming, tnt,metallica, zeppelin, judas priest...i mean we really hammered em out to and these folks were really getting into it. if you haven't seen the band in a while you really should check it out as we have some players that are absolutely fuckin phenomenal. jason did a kick ass solo for tnt, rock and aaron had a wicked bass/drum jam that burned everyone and then aaron did a solo that was the best i've seen in a long time. it's nice to be surrounded by guys that are either unknowingly professional or so goddamn good they should be. the booking agent asked us how much longer we could play towards the end of the set as the bar staff was now getting pretty entertained and watching and i told him we had enough material for another 4 and a half hours...he seemed to think 3 more songs was good enough. we really gotta thank doug and the timeout for having us down and we look forward to playing there alot in the future. we got to get all you crazy muthas down there as we ARE NOT PLAYING ORIGINALS AT COVER SHOWS ANYMORE so if you want to hear the originals or want a cd you need to show up at one of these shows. the time out is a great place if you've never been there so make it a plan and come support your local maniacs while we are still alive...LOL.

BAND NOTES
jake was sick w/the flu, almost puked onstage (that would have been cool like gene simmons minus the blood), the sound out front was phenomenal but the stage mix was bad, it was our own fault for not saying anything, we need to paper more and get more press about the shows which means showing up to the bars we play and handbilling long before the event. no equipment issues to speak of. need to bring a board game so we have something to do while waiting to go on...i'm partial to the pirates of the carribean game of life. no more getting drunk the night before a gig and puking all night for me, it wreaks havoc on the throat, not to mention the stomach muscles are little more sore than usual for the singing engagement...oh well, rock on.