"Junebug in June" Weekend
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD
Set:
| Vacation to Oblivion / Modern Day Fairy Tales | Like a Spy | Bumblebee | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Cake | Downtown Liquor Store | Bullet in Your Head | Piper / To the Next Episode / Piper | Jumpstart My Rocket | Chosen Ones | Clone You | Place | Damn the Man |
Tonight was the first night of the "Junebug in June" weekend at the Red Rooster Coffee House. Adam Hoox played tonight as well as a sort of reunion by the Blue Orange.
Tonight's show was a "Choose Your Own Show" show. After we started the show out with "Vacation to Oblivion" and "Modern Day Fairy Tales", there were song titles in a Country Crock tub. The members of the crowd were to come forward, draw one title out, read it allowed to the rest of the class and we would play it. And we did.
The experiment worked and it was fun. There was talk that it may become an annual thing: The Bucket Show -OR- as Anthony called it, the "Choose Your Own Show Show". The experiment worked well although "Bumblebee" showed up a little sooner than we usually play it, as did "Bad MammaJamma". But no worries we still rocked the rest of the show.
"Piper" was drawn out of the bucket and we all gave one another an imperceptible acknowledgment and started the song. In the middle of the number, "Next Episode" pushed it aside and took over! We played through the whole song, and when it was over, "Piper" took over where it left off. It was much like the "Episode" incident that took place on June 9, 2001. When it was done, Anthony explained to the crowd that you never know when that song is going to rear its head. Dustin referred to it as a "two-fer".
This show was kind of like coming home for us. The Rooster gave us our first show on May 6, 2000 and we have played there like crazy since then. In recent months we haven't played there so much, but this show was great and so welcoming - people in the crowd knew our songs, they danced, and when certain songs were pulled from the bucket, people cheered.
It was a fun, fun show.
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