4/30/09 - Choppers - Mankato, Minn.

April 30, 2009
Choppers
Mankato, Minn.

Soundcheck:
| Like a Spy (Not the Stalker) |

Set:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Found My Boogie | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Lady Madonna [The Beatles] | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | M'Lady | Casanova (Jello sex jam) | The Date | Jumpstart My Rocket | Chosen Ones | Clone You | Damn the Man |

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We headed back down to Mankato for the second time in five days. This time we played Choppers for the first time to open the show for Mankato boys, Parallax. The bar was loud, and the crowd was energetic and pumped.

We put together a set of bangers for this one, since Parallax are known for their energetic rockingness. We knew that's what the crowd would dig. And dig they did. The bar was pretty well packed when we started, and it only filled up as the night went on. Folks were dancing and grooving and having a gay old time. My (tony's) remark was that "You Mankato bastards know how to party." It was affectionate of course. And I hope they got that.

Musically, it was pretty much a great Junebug show. No major mishaps or happenings, just a good, solid set. After we were done, Parallax pretty much brought down the house. We'll play with them again any time.

So, yeah. Short this time, but not much more that needs to be said. Awesome crowd, great show.

4/25/09 - What's Up Lounge - Mankato, Minn.

April 25, 2009
What's Up Lounge
Mankato, Minn.

Set:
| Damn the Man | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | M'Lady | Last Night | Good Vibes | Clone You | Casanova (jam) | Aphrodite | Found My Boogie | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Chosen Ones |

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Tonight we returned to the What's Up in Mankato for reunion celebration of sorts. Apparently, a few years ago there was a bar in Mankato called the Albatross or the 'Tross. Tonight was a reunion of people that worked there and loved to hang out there. Leep 27 was a band that used to play there regularly back in the day, and though they haven't been doing much lately, they reunited for this occasion. Nick had been a part of that whole scene and we were invited to play on this bill. So there we went.

At first I (tony) felt kind of odd, myself. It seemed like a sort of "family" affair that I had not been a part of. But everyone made us feel welcome. We had a couple drinks with some folks before the show and visited a bit and it was all good. When we went up to play, however, it was discovered that the stage lights were out. We had thought they were just down pre-show, but they were actually out. The sound guy and another worker man began trying to solve the problem, but we said we were fine just playing the dark while they worked on it. We didn't though. We each took another round with the restroom and grabbed another beverage and by the time that happened, we were ready to roll.

The show started a bit low. Obviously, no one there knew us, so most folks were just visiting amongst themselves, which was obviously fine. But that didn't stop us from putting on a good show, even if there was absolutely no applause between songs. Because we're professionals, dang it!

We had the burden of announcing some sad news tonight. Comedienne and actress Bea Arthur passed away this morning. So in celebration of her life and commemoration of her passing, we played the Golden Girls theme tonight. Nick had never played it with us before, but he's a pro so he faked it for the sake of common good. It's a good thing we did play it, too, because aside from "Found My Boogie" and "Bad MammaJamma" this seemed to be the thing that grabbed everyone's attention and get them up to the stage.

It's too bad that once we had everyone's attention, we went and bungled up "Chosen Ones". And bungle it we did. We don't know if it was the tone on Anthony's guitar or the monitor balance or what, but when he starts the song with only his guitar, we could hear no definition in the sixteenth notes. It was just one big "bla" sound. So we didn't do to well starting it out. It was actually a disaster. I even considered just stopping and restarting, but then it somehow jumped back on track. Yikes.

At any rate, there probably weren't many new Junebug fans born tonight, but we had fun and kicked butt, regardless of any circumstances.

4/10/09 - Whiskey Junction - Minneapolis

April 10, 2009
Whiskey Junction
Minneapolis

Set:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Last Night | M'Lady | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Aphrodite | Clone You | Found My Boogie | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Damn the Man | Chosen Ones |

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Tonight, One World Productions presented "Twin Cities Tonight" at the Whiskey Junction. Three bands, two comics, one helluva good time. Comedian Gabe Noah started the night, then Sunshine Behavior, Junebug, comedian John Conroy, and Parallax.

When it was our turn to play, as we were gearing up, a girl from the crowd yelled, "Blow us away!" We told her that it wasn't even a question. I don't know if we "blew her away" but she ended up buying a disc and enjoying us. So what more can we ask? Also, to introduce the set, Anthony informed the crowd that we had intended to burn the place down with our rock, but the manager of the place said insurance wouldn't cover it. He asked if we could blow the roof off the place, but that wasn't covered either. So he said that we would provide the best time we possibly could without causing any real property damage. It's a bummer, but we stuck to it.

Tonight's set was devised by our very own Nick Wosika. We said that if you hate it, it's Nick's fault, but if you love it, yeah, we're geniuses. We opened with "Pay the Toll" and truly rocked it proper. Afterward, it was so successful that Anthony announced, "That song really pooped us out. We've got one more for ya, this one's called 'Last Night'!" But he was just kidding, silly! We played a full set.

At the end of "Bad Mamma" tonight, Anthony said, "Give it to me negative one time!" We hit once. We are mathematical geniuses, in case you didn't know. We can do the simplest of arithmetic formulas in our heads on the fly.

Anthony had a problem remembering John Conroy's name tonight (the second comedian on the bill). He referred to him as a few different things, but the final time he mentioned him, he called him John Oliver. Dustin and I feigned excitement at the prospect of seeing the Daily Show's John Oliver. But he wasn't there, it was D.C. native John Conroy. Still funny as hell though.

We closed the show with "Chosen Ones" before handing the stage over to John and then Parallax. It was a high-octane, energetic show all around. The Whiskey has been good to us and we look forward to continuing that tradition.