6/25/09 - O'Gara's Garage - St. Paul

Basilica Battle Finals

Set:
| Last Night | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | M'Lady | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Crossroads | Chosen Ones | Jumpstart My Rocket |

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Tonight was the Final round of the Basilica Block Party's Minnesota Band competition. The first round consisted of Cities 97 crew selecting twelve bands from over seventy. The second round consisted of four groups of three bands with one band from each night advancing based upon audience vote. Tonight's finals consited of these four bands performing for a panel of judges. Additionally, voting would take place and the top two vote-getters earn bonus points. The two bands with the highest scores win slots at the Basilica Block Party. I (tony) am happy to announce that even though we didn't get any audience vote bonus points, we got second place, behind Section 30, earning a place on the Basilica stage on Friday July 10!

Postina opened the show, with Junebug second, followed by Section 30 and the Brian David Band.

This was a very, very fun show. Our energy was high, we had fun and we were very musically on. Our set was comprised of sure-fire crowd pleasers and we took no prisoners. We were pretty nervous, however, once we heard the other bands. The judges said that all four bands were worthy of the Basilica. It's cheesy, but it's true. Everyone was really good, so we were pretty pleased when they said our name.

In spite of the fun we had tonight, it was also a sad day. This was the day that both Michael Jackson and our beloved Farrah Fawcett passed away. Michael - what can we even say about him? He influenced us all even if it's not readily evident in our music. And Farrah - we used to have a pre-show ritual at the Red Rooster Coffee House in which we would all drink communally from a Farrah Fawcett mug. Since then we've also kept posters of Farrah up in our rehearsal space. Tonight, "Crossroads" was dedicated to her because we will meet her there someday.

Furthermore, Dustin (somewhat wonderfully inappropriately) mentioned her "perky tits."

That's that for this show, kids. We made it through and we're playing the Basilica Block Party on July 10^th! Thanks for all your support, folks!