2/24/11 - Nomad World Pub - Minneapolis

Set:
| Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Refrigerator / Law & Order Theme [Mike Post] | M'Lady | Jumpstart My Rocket | I'm a Bad Mamma Jamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Crossroads | Sledgehammer [Peter Gabriel] |

It was the Nomad's Minne-Series featuring the Twin Cities' own Pictures of then. This means that every Thursday night this month, Pictures of Then is showcasing and putting together other bands to play with them. Tonight was interesting because each of the four bands participating (Pictures of Then, Capital Sons, Tasha's Laughter, and Junebug) all have members who work at Apple Stores across the Twin Cities. So when Dustin was asked if Junebug wanted to play, we gave a mighty "uh-huh."

Junebug started off the show. According to the Pictures of Then guys, the best slots this month have been the first couple. So we gladly took on the responsibility of kicking things off.

Notably, tonight's setlist was derived by one Mr. Dustin T. Marks. This is notable, because Anthony is usually the brains behind the nights' programs. But Farmer D wanted to give it a go tonight, and it turns out that he didn't blow it. 'Twas good.

We kicked it off with a rockin' rendition of "Poet" and moved on to "Refrigerator." If you've been reading the Show Diaries, then you know the past few shows have been fraught with technical difficulties dealing with my kick drum pedal. There's a broken part on it that I'm MacGuyvered a couple times and another part that just plain comes apart relatively often. Well, tonight, that wasn't to be a worry since the Pictures of Then drummer graciously offered the use of his kit. So midway through the first chorus of "Refrigerator," the kick drum pedal stopped working. I must be cursed. I continued playing sans kick drum up through the half-time bridge. Then at the part in which I shout a count-off and we come back in, I motioned to the others that it would be a moment. As fast as I could, I jimmied the necessary hardware into place. Meanwhile, the other members of the band played the theme from television's popular police drama, Law & Order. Anthony narrated a brief mystery tale. When things were fixed, I joined it. When there was a natural break, I counted off "two, three, four!" and we kicked back in to finish "Refrigerator." That's live spontanaity, folks. I love it.

We played "M'Lady" and afterward, Anthony explained that Dustin is the reason that this song has 30% less sodium since the last time we played it. I added, "It's like 'The Biggest Loser' up in here."

We continued on with a solid, bangin' set, which the crowd responded to very well. We felt a good energy tonight. Furthermore, the other bands kicked ass, too. Overall, this was a great show, and it was a great lineup. We can't wait to play with these bands again.