Saturday, February 17, 2001

2/17/01 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

Dustin and Tony Play the Hits of Junebug


Set One:
| Cake | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Chesky Gypsy Bruce | Piper | Casanova | Downtown Liquor Store | Sunday Bloody Sunday [U2](tease)/To The Next Episode | Dig Dug [Fed By Doris] | Da Bomb [Fed By Doris] | Seldom the Optimist [Tony] | Cupid | Bumblebee |

Set Two:
| Breasts | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) (partial) | Ketchup (sup) | Down South (partial) | Near Me (mellow) | Raise Your Voices | Cupid | Rich & Poor | The Beautiful People [Marilyn Manson](tease) | The Amazing Tall Tale of the Venture Through the High Wire Maze (partial) | Everlong [The Foo Fighters](tease) | She Don't Love Him | She Talks to Angels [The Black Crows] | Prince Caspian [Phish] / Piper | Crystal's Answering Machine | Chambermaid | Zero [The Smashing Pumpkins](partial) | Bother | Copenhagen |




Tonight was "Dustin and Tony Play the Hits of Junebug." Since our good friend and musical companion now lives out of town, we're forced to continue without him from time to time to keep the music alive. Tonight was one of those nights. Dustin and Tony came together to play the songs acoustic for a small crowd in an intimate setting.


The first set was planned. Dustin on guitar and bass, Tony on guitar and vocals. We had a setlist written out and stuck to it, mostly. These were favorites of ours that we figured we could pull off without much practice. Also included were two Fed By Doris songs (aka Don Johnson songs) and Tony's newest song from his solo work. When we got to Fargo Gypsy Girl, we got a pleasant surprise; Anthony was actually at the show but dressed as Bruce and wearing a Bruce mask. They must have switched identities. Overall it turned out well. The audience sang along, laughed along. We had fun with what we did. It was a fun little experiment. Though many of the songs lacked the power they require, the quiet, intimate setting of tonight was nice.

After we played, Brian Schultz, Eric Topp, and Chris Ruud played for awhile. Dustin suggested to Tony that we play another set. This we did. Dustin on guitar, Tony on drums, guitar, and vocals. As this set was completely spontaneous, we had no setlist. So we took requests from the Junebuggers present. We played common favorites and old rarities. In all, we had over two hours of material from tonight. And though Tony had frequent memory lapses on lyrics, the show went well.

After the show we stayed at the Rooster till 3:30am hanging with the Buggers singing random songs that came to our heads. We even signed autographs. Cool.

Friday, January 26, 2001

1/26/01 - NDSU Memorial Union - Fargo, N.D.

Soundcheck:
| Jumpstart My Rocket | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Found My Boogie | Rich & Poor |

Set One:
| Vacation to Oblivion | The Altar of Rock | Prince Caspian [Phish] / Cake / American Pie [Don MacLean](tease) | Raise Your Voices | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Woo-Hoo (Song 2 [Blur]) | Breasts | Jack and Diane [John "Cougar" Mellencamp](the Macho Man Mix) | Rich & Poor | Couch | Death Monkeys | Modern Day Fairy Tales |


Set Two:
| Piper | Casanova | Back in Black [AC/DC] (Worcester Remix) | Cupid | Jumpstart My Rocket | Found My Boogie | It's Been a Long Time | The Cacophany Trilogy (Burn the Children / Kill Your Parents / God Bless Love) | Downtown Liquor Store | Like a Dream | Breakout [Foo Fighters](tease) / To the Next Episode | Bumblebee |




Well we packed up our gear and headed up to Fargo, ND. Finally, PJ could walk to a show. But he didn't. We kidnapped him and made him show us where the venue was. Fliphed walked though.

The crowd was diverse. We had some loyal fans find their way up to Fargo from Aberdeen. We had a few friends from high school show up and that was a nice surprise. There were also many many people we had never seen before.

The gig was in the basement of the Memorial Union which also houses a pool hall, food court, bowling alley, and video arcade. There were many people engaged in these activities while we played the evening's music.

Most of tonight's songs hadn't been played since November, some not since September. So as you can imagine, things started off rocky, but we fell into the Flow as the night went on. With the exception of a couple false starts, and a couple shaky endings, the rock felt good.
Afterward, Anthony attempted to trash our hotel room, PJ did the Elaine dance, Bryna and Becky did some synchronized swimming out of water, and we were all awakened in the hotel by a woman's soothing voice saying, "Ladies! Would you like to look more beautiful?"
Special thanks to Dex for running the board, Dan Cl. for the use of extra cymbals, and Tony's family (Laurel, Angell, and Hunter) for showing up.

Sunday, December 10, 2000

12/9/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

December 9, 2000
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD

Set:
| Jumpstart My Rocket | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Jo [Pegtop] | To the Next Episode |

Encore:
| Downtown Liquor Store |


Pegtop played at the Rooster tonight. Fed By Doris opened the show with Junebug following. Pegtop played and afterward, two members of December Stars closed.

We felt really on tonight. "High Octane" as Anthony might say. There was definitely a lot of energy as we played to a packed house. We started with Jumpstart and moved right into a rockin' version of Modern Day. After that, we payed a small homage to Pegtop by playing our own version of their Jo. And we threw the crowd into a tizzy when we sang "Jo just wanna go...TO THE NEXT EPISODE!!" Tonight's version of Episode had a couple surprises and new items (i.e. 60's surf style drum solos, Twilight Zone guitar solo behind the head). And just as we said "Thank you Aberdeen, Good night," Dan Cleberg approached us and asked if we'd do Liquor Store. How could we not? So there it was (dedicated to Tony's sister Wendy as usual).

After we were done, Pegtop rocked the house. Right on boys, the rock was good.

Thanks to everyone who came out. This might be our last show for awhile. We appreciate the support.

Sunday, November 19, 2000

11/18/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

November 18, 2000
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD

Overture:
| Jumpstart My Rocket / Fargo Gypsy Girl / Bad MammaJamma / Found My Boogie / Bumblebee |

Set One:
| Roly Poly | Ditched | Casanova | 500 Miles [The Proclaimers] | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Cake | Fargo Gypsy Bruce | Jack and Diane [John "Cougar" Mellencamp](the Macho Man Mix) | Jumpstart My Rocket | Modern Day Fairy Tales |

Set Two:
| Junebug's Intro | Raise Your Voices | Piper | Fargo Gyspy Girl | Back in Black [AC/DC] (Worcester Remix) | Breasts | Prince Caspian [Phish] / Farmlife | Woo-Hoo Sing Along (Song 2 [Blur]) | Cupid | The Cacophany Trilogy (Burn Your Parents / Burn the Children / I Eat Cheese and Crackers with my Ghee! with Bruce on Vocals) | Found My Boogie | Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nirvana] / To the Next Episode | Bumblebee |

Encore One:
| Downtown Liquor Store | Like a Dream |

Encore Two:
| Crystal's Answering Machine | Near Me |


We played some rock. We played some roll. On the television screens we showed Neon Genesis Evangelion (the big TV) and the video from the annual Twine Trips. At the break we removed Evangelion and added Akira.

We tried something new tonight. We added an overture which consisted of a medley of portions of a few of our songs. It went okay.

We followed that with the unlisted track from The Big Orange Van, "Roly Poly". Also from BOV we played "Farm Life" for the first time in front of an audience. We put our hearts into it and let everyone know about life on the farm.

Another highlight was "Back in Black". We performed it as it would be performed by a choir of red roosters. It was beautiful.

Unfortunately, PJ didn't have his gear. Unfortunately, when PJ stopped by Tony's mom's house to get the camcorder, Tony's mom wasn't there. Unfortunately, Dan's camcorder got knocked onto the floor by a person at the show and broke. Unfortunately, we have no recording of this show. Awwwww.

Big Kudos go out to PJ, Bud, Shane, and Kate for driving 100 miles or more to be here.

Thursday, October 19, 2000

10/19/00 - Dragon Radio - Moorhead, Minn.

KMSC 1500AM
Moorhead, MN


Set:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | A Junebug Christmas | Terry's Apology Song to the Guy Who Fired Him Once Before | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Cake / American Pie [Don MacLean] | Modern Day Fairy Tales | La Bamba / Twist and Shout / Wild Thing / Louie, Louie / La Bamba / Twist and Shout | Breasts | Downtown Liquor Store | Found My Boogie | Back in Black [AC/DC] | Junebug's Introduction | Rich & Poor | Cupid | Jumpstart My Rocket |



This was our radio debut. A couple friends of ours, Terry Brown and Josh Trumbo, have a radio show at Minnesota State University Moorhead. The Late, Late Morning Show. They invited us to be guests on their show and we jumped at the chance.

The show lasts two hours, from 10pm to 12am and we were there for the whole thing. We talked alot about nothing (which was fun) and we played a stripped down, "unplugged" set. Anthony used Dustin's classical guitar, Dustin used Josh's acoustic guitar, and Tony used a hi-hat, a cymbal, a snare drum, and brushes. It was a little different from how we usually play. It was pretty cool.

The show was broadcast in the student union where the studio is, and people would walk by and look in the window and wave. We gave them names like Timmy and Ashley.

Thanks go out to Jeremy, Bryna, and PJ for being there at the studio with us. Thanks also go to Lisa who helped us carry stuff out and sent us email. And HUGE thanks go to Josh, Terry, and Katy for bringing us onto the Late, Late Morning Show.

Saturday, October 14, 2000

10/14/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

Set One:
| Vacation to Oblivion | Prince Caspian [Phish] / Piper | Raise Your Voices | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Breasts | Woo-Hoo Sing Along (Song 2 [Blur]) | The Cacophany Trilogy (Kill the Children / Kill Your Parents / Jesus is Lord) (feat. Bruce Likness) | Crystal's Answering Machine | She Don't Love Him | Bumblebee | The Altar of Rock | Modern Day Fairy Tales |

Set Two:

| Junebug Mark Two | Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Cake / American Pie [Don MacLean](tease) | Fargo Gypsy Girl | The Amazing Tall Tale of the Venture Through the High Wire Maze (tease) / Voodoo Child [Jimi Hendrix](tease) | Casanova | The Radiskull [Joe Sparks] | Jack and Diane [John "Cougar" Mellencamp](the Macho Man Mix) | Like a Dream | Rich & Poor | To the Next Episode | Found My Boogie / Punktry (tease) | Cupid | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Jumpstart My Rocket |

Encore:
| The Everlasting Gaze [The Smashing Pumpkins](tease) | Downtown Liquor Store |





Tonight was a good night. We had a moderately small crowd, but that was okay. We kind of like that sometimes.


We had a TV screen on stage and during the first set we showed an Anime series called Esca Flowne. The first set started off with "Vacation to Oblivion" followed by "Prince Caspian" but this time, instead of going into "Cake" we blasted "Piper" out there. Whew! That was risky. We revived an old sing along that we used to do back in the day...yeah, like two months ago. Woo-Hoo!
And then for a special guest spot, we had Bruce Likness come up and do vocals on the third slot in the "Cacophany Trilogy". He sang "Jesus is Lord" in his best hard-core voice. Hard. Core. to the Bone. Bruce.

Crystal was finally at a show to hear the song that was written for her answering machine. It was good that she finally heard it.

During the break, we switched Esca Flowne with Transformers: the Movie for the second set.
We played the Radiskull's song for PJ and a brand new version of JCM's "Jack and Diane". Ah yes, the Macho Man Mix. Dustin sang "Oh yeeah" just like Macho Man Randy Savage and fun was had by all.

Then on the next song, we definitely had some Pink Floyd/Wizard of Oz-ish stuff going on. We debuted a brand new song called "Like a Dream". It's kind of a somber tune, very dreamlike in nature and even sad and angst filled at times. While we played it, the television screen showed the dramatic and mournful death of Optimus Prime. Cosmic coincidences don't happen every day.

Dustin dedicated "Rich & Poor" to Unicron and after that, a few in the crowd chanted, "Hat, hat, hat." It was weird. Then we played our peppier dancier tunes. Our most devoted fans found their boogie and rose to their feet and danced the night away. THANKS, JUNEBUGGERS!!!

Sunday, October 8, 2000

10/7/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

October 7, 2000
Red Rooster Coffee House

Set One [Shaggy Bandits]:
| My Dad | It's Been a Long Time | Da Bomb (Reggae version) | Dead Beat Duck | Jumpstart My Rocket |

Set Two [Credulous Copious]:
| Potatoes & Cream | If I Could Cook | Tragedy | She Makes Me Happy | Chambermaid | Purple Haze [Jimi Hendrix](Dustin's Bass Solo) | Rhinestown Cowboy [Glen Campbell](tease) | Big Bottom [Spinal Tap] | Now You're a Man [DVDA](tease) | Da Bomb |

Set Three [The Stone Cold Fobstoppersons]:NOTE: I am unsure of the order of this set at this time.
| Da Bomb (Bruce on Vocals) | portion of I'm a Bad Mammajamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | The Ugliest Girl in the World | The Brain Song | To the Next Episode | Prepare for Y2K | portion of Dupree | Fargo Gypsy Girl (Bruce on Vocals) | Downtown [Petula Clark] | Peanut Butter | I Try [Macy Gray] | Blues in G | Dan's South Dakota Story Song | More Blues in G |


Tonight is a long story, I guess. First off, Mark Hilstrom from somewhere in Wisconsin was booked to play. He didn't show up. He didn't call, he didn't write, he made no contact, he just didn't show up. Fed By Doris was supposed to open for him, so they just figured that Fed By Doris would be the openers and the headliners. That was fine. Jer left at about 8:30 to get something to eat. Then 9:30 rolled around and where was Jer? Dan and Tony K. ran down to the flame where Jer and Ky and Tony J. and Sharon were. They hadn't even received their meal yet and it turned out Jer had almost completely lost his voice. So it would be almost impossible to do a real FBD show.

Dan asked if Junebug would like to play an acoustic set since we were all there, so what we decided was that Anthony would do some solo work and Tony would do some solo work and that Tony and Dan would do a few FBD tunes.

Anthony began with a quaint little tune, "My Dad". On a whim, Dustin told Tony, "Let's go up." So they did and played the first set under the name "Shaggy Bandits." The set included "It's Been a Long Time" which appears on The Big Orange Van, Dead Beat Duck, which appears on Anthony's Rebel Without a Car, and Jumpstart My Rocket which will be on the new Junebug album.

Next was Tony with some stuff from his solo album, Drama Queen. Dustin joined in on drums on "If I Could Cook" and moved to bass for the rest of the set. This set included some of Tony's originals, some "rare" Junebug songs and a few covers and teases.

Dan got a chance to come on up and we played Da Bomb with Bruce on vocals and the third set of the night was underway. Dan named this group "The Stone Cold Fobstoppersons." I'm a little fuzzy on how things went for this set because Tony's camcorder stopped and I can't remember such things very well. I remember that at one point Dan, Dustin, and Tony were talking about various celebrities they'd met; the Smashing Pumpkins, Mary-Ann from Gilligan, the guy that wrote the "That Thing You Do" song from that movie, and Bruce chimed in saying he's met Mickey Mouse.

Peanut Butter was pretty fun too. Dan had Anthony take a mic into the audience Oprah style and have audience members sing verses.

Bruce requested Fargo Gypsy Girl and we said we'd play it if he sang it. So we did. And he did. He actually knows the song too. That's pretty cool.

We ended up playing more and more stuff till about 1:00am and then Dan closed the coffee house and everyone left. But we still played till about 1:40 just to amuse ourselves.