3/24/06 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

March 24, 2006
QUADMAN
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD

Set:
| Poet Who Didn't Know It | Every Rose Has It's Thorn [Poison] / To the Next Episode / Theme from Inspector Gadget [Mike Piccirillo] / In the Hall of the Mountain King [Edvard Grieg] | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | The Date | Cake | Fargo Gypsy Girl | Sunshine Superman [Donovan] / New Pollution [Beck] / Piper | Found My Boogie | The Cacophony Trilogy | Chosen Ones | Place | Jumpstart My Rocket |

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Tonight was a showing of the epic lo-fi sci-fi, Quadman. On May 5, 2001 the film was premiered at the Red Rooster Coffee House. Junebug performed at the pre-party and were given VIP status, arriving in the limo and passing the paparazzi on the red carpet.

Tonight was the first time in a long time that it has had a public showing, and Junebug was asked to open for the film again this time around. (Also Fed By Doris played a reunion. Visit their MySpace for more.)

All the songs except one from the 2001 set were played tonight. We brought back the past with our Poison intro to "Next Episode", but reminded them it was 2006 with our "Inspector Gadget / Hall of the Mountain King" interlude in the middle.

We even played "Fargo Gypsy Girl" tonight for the first time since 2001. At the Quadman premiere, Bruce Likness actually sang the song with us, so tonight we played the song in his honor and dedicated it to him. We had two versions of it before; the acoustic version and rock version. Now it seems we've created a new sort of bossa version. I think it was fine. It was fun.

We performed "The Cacophony Trilogy" tonight for our old high school friend Peter. He hasn't seen us for a long time. He wasn't actually there tonight, but he was in spirit. "The Cacophony Trilogy" was always one of his favorite things that we did, so we figured tonight we'd send it out to him.

And to let history repeat itself, we ended our set tonight with "Jumpstart My Rocket", just like at the Premiere. And it makes sense. It's a movie about aliens, isn't it?

Good times.

3/11/06 - Generation Xtreme - Aberdeen, S.D.

March 11, 2006
Generation Xtreme
Aberdeen, SD

Set One:
| Back in the U.S.S.R. [The Beatles] | It | Underneath the Sweet Love | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Casanova | Cake | The Date | Damn the Man | Poet Who Didn't Know It |

Set Two:
| (portion of) Cocaine [Eric Clapton] | Vacation to Oblivion | Jumpstart My Rocket | Happy Birthday | Found My Boogie | Theme from Inspector Gadget [Mike Piccirillo] / In the Hall of the Mountain King [Edvard Grieg] / To the Next Episode | Like a Spy | Little Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs] | Spring Fever | Place | Chosen Ones | Clone You |

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Let me start by saying that tonight was as great as last night was horrible. Did that make sense? As much as last night wasn't good, tonight WAS good. Part of the greatness was the massive amount of positive energy radiating from the general direction of Anthony's mother and aunt who were present and dancing tonight. Not only them, but our long lost friend and show recordist PJ Pearson was here as well, having driven six hours specifically for this show, with recording gear. NICE.

We started out with a high octane powerhouse consisting of "Back in the U.S.S.R." and our straight up funk tunes all jammed together. The audience that was there when V-Twin ended stuck around for our show and the crowd grew as the night went on. There was dancing and it really seemed that the folks enjoyed the rawk we were bringin'. Though there were a couple nearly missed train wrecks, both sets were very solid.

Before the second set began tonight, the bar was still playing the radio from our break. Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" came on and we played along with it. When the bartender turned the radio off, we kept going. How fun.

So to start the second set, we decided to pull out all the stops, as they say, and hit them in the face with "Jumpstart" right off the bat. It worked. The crowd was immediately re-pumped. Yes.

For "Next Episode" tonight, we whipped out an intro that we used recently at the Yapatorium; the "Inspector Gadget" theme song mixed in with some Grieg. It was a totally different crowd so the recycling was excusable.

During "Like a Spy" our video camera caught an extremely intoxicated and creepy old dude trying to hug and kiss a table full of young ladies just as Anthony sang the line "Maybe I'm not the stalker you've been looking for." Life imitates art. It was amusing.

Oh, man. The energy level continued, even grew until the night ended. From "Found My Boogie" on until closing time, the dance floor was taken up by younger and older alike. EVERYONE found their own boogie tonight. It was BEE-YOU-TEE-FULL. We played up until roughly 1:45 a.m. and after our last tune, "Clone You," the crowd was chanting "One more, one more!" Unfortunately, we couldn't play on since Generation Xtreme was closing. So Tony said, "You know how they say 'leave them wanting more'? That's what we're doing."

Great show. Great music. Great people. Rawk.

3/10/06 - Generation Xtreme - Aberdeen, S.D.

March 10, 2006
Generation Xtreme
Aberdeen, SD

Set:
| Raise Your Voices | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Casanova | Sunshine Superman [Donovan] / New Pollution [Beck] / Piper | Purple Haze [Jimi Hendrix] / To the Next Episode | Clone You | Breasts | Found My Boogie | Bullet in Your Head | Downtown Liquor Store | Jumpstart My Rocket |

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Tonight was the first of a two-night gig at Generation Xtreme with Aberdeen band V-Twin. Tonight, we opened with V-Twin headlining and tomorrow will be a flip-flop.

First things first... this show was not our best show. The sound was really off, sometimes tuning was off and there were other things off too. The crowd wasn't very big and the music just didn't feel right. So, you know, we've had better shows. That being said, I'll continue on.

The set tonight was made up of mostly older-era material. There were only two newer-era songs; "Clone You" and "Bullet in Your Head". We also whipped out for the first time in four years our ode to breasts entitled "Breasts". (The last time we played it was December 1, 2001 at the Last Chance bar.) It went over quite well here too. I mean, really. Who doesn't like boobies?

Sometimes when we play in front of a new crowd, we're not surprised, but mildly disappointed at the lack of understanding that goes along with "Next Episode". Those who are fans realize that any time we begin a cover tune, "Next Episode" might just rear its ugly head. But I could see the drunken confusion on the faces of this crowd when we started "Purple Haze" and Anthony sang, "'Scuse me while I kiss the next episode!" I get it. You get it. And that's all that matters.

"Downtown Liquor Store" always goes over well in the bar setting and tonight was no exception. Same with "Bullet in Your Head".

Alright, so it wasn't the best set ever. Someone was even overheard saying "horrible". Tomorrow will be better.

3/2/06 - Yapatorium - Aberdeen, S.D.

March 2, 2006
The Yapatorium
Aberdeen, SD

Set:
| Theme from Inspector Gadget [Mike Piccirillo] / In the Hall of the Mountain King [Edvard Grieg] / To the Next Episode | Chosen Ones | Underneath the Sweet Love | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Back in the U.S.S.R. [The Beatles] | Jumpstart My Rocket | Spring Fever | Place | Poet Who Didn't Know It |

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Tonight was the big show at the Yapatorium in Aberdeen. On the bill were The Cha-Cha, Junebug, Passions, and Claire de Lune. The crowd was made up mostly of a good number of local teens with a bunch of college students mixed in as well.

Our set tonight was about 45 minutes long and we tried our best pack in the rawk. We opened with a tribute to the metal kids in the crowd; a metal version of the theme from "Inspector Gadget" intermingled with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg. We then, of course, kicked into "To the Next Episode". I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's the first time we have ever opened a show with that amazing hit. The end of "Next Episode" was surely a treat as Dustin smashed an acoustic guitar, earning a place in the hearts of the crowd and giving a few eager fans some coveted souvenirs which, I might add, were autographed after the show...yearbook style.

We flew through "Chosen Ones" and rocked it out, flying into a brand new song, debuted tonight; "Underneath the Sweet Love." A funky little ditty about the way a man loves a woman. You know what I mean.

From there we went directly into "Bad Mammajamma". The looks on some of the faces were that of recognition, as if to say, "Oh THIS is the band that does that song." Yeah, that was kind of cool.

We kicked "USSR" and "Jumpstart" in the pants in the usual manner. Elizabeth then joined us onstage for the remaining three songs. On "Place" there was an inexplicable pileup in front of the stage during the beginning. Dustin got pulled in and then got tangled in his cord. Fun was had by all.

"Poet" was started in an unusual manner, much to the chagrin of our violinist. We all played in different keys and Tony played a different tempo and poor Elizabeth looked baffled. Unfortunately, when the song kicked in normally someone was so out of tune that it didn't sound much different. Ah well. It's a good story to tell to the grandkids. Or not.

The Yapatorium was good to us. It was nicely intimate and supremely loud, and it was quite a fun venue to play. We hope to again soon.