Sunday, March 21, 2010

3/20/10 - Nomad World Pub - Minneapolis

Set:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Modern Day Fairy Tales | I'm a Bad Mamma Jamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Clone You | Downtown Liquor Store | Found My Boogie | Jumpstart My Rocket |


We came together tonight to celebrate the EP release from Nervous Hands. We met Peter from Nervous Hands at Fur Seal last month. He was in to pick up the EP that his band recorded there and we visited a bit, resulting in an invitation to play with them at this show. This invitation, we happily accepted. In addition to it being an EP release show, Nervous Hands also debuted a killer music video.

The lineup tonight included The Humbugs, Junebug, Twin Star Rocket Bug, and Nervous Hands Bug. That's our little joke, of course. There were only two "bug" bands.

Dustin wasn't available to play this show, sadly, because he is currently on tour in Europe with Wive. So I (tony) took the beloved Princess Leia stand-up from our rehearsal space and put a big ol' Dustin face on it, so he could be with us in more than just spirit. He stood on stage with us, mic'ed up and everything. He gave a bit of an understated performance. It left something to be desired, surely.

Tonight was a short set, clocking in at right around 30 minutes. But we made up for it in energy. It was a good, light-hearted, rockin' set. There was actually a decent sized crowd tonight, and they were diggin' what we were laying down. There was dancing, drinking, screaming, maiming. It was perfect.

Tonight we met a friend and former co-worker of Nick named Anne. She qualifies as one of the newest Junebug superfans, telling Anthony and me the titles of the songs off of Share that she "love loves." She was dancing and having fun. She reminded me a lot of Brittany from the Elizabeth show. By the end of the night, she may have been somewhat partied out, but you know what? Good. That's the goal, right? To cut loose and feel good on the weekends. Way to be, Anne. We salute you.

While Anthony was thanking the rest of the bands in the lineup, he gave an accurate description of who we are. "We're the middle child that nobody really cares about. We get okay presents on Christmas." Spot on? I think so.

Anthony introduced Dustin again, saying he was unusually shy tonight. I then confessed to the crowd that after looking at the cutout of him tonight, there'll be a problem when he comes back. I won't be able to look at him in the same way. I'll be aroused in a strange way -- and that could be a problem.

All in all it was a fun show. All the bands tonight were a good mix. It would be fun to meet up with them again in a similar fashion.