Holy crap guys! I almost broke my promise!! I'm sure at least 3 people would have been really pissed if I didn't update the blog this week, but I've until midnight (pacific) because my Week ends on Sunday, not Saturday! Also, fair warning here: This blog will have a lot of images of my face, so if it's not something you enjoy, I would suggest stopping right now!
So here's the update:
First, the Doc hit the OC fair already but I'll add a recap because that makes my post look way longer. So the show was a lot of fun and it was actually the first time anyone in my family has
come out to see me play since my days in The Guilty Parties. Everything was great onstage except for the facts that my strap decided to stop being a guitar strap and decided it wants to spend an eternity as garbage! Luckily my ever present roll of duct tape was on hand and I was able to fix my bass while Dave regaled the crowd with tales of wonder and mystery (or so I would like to think, anyway).
Despite the ease of which we performed onstage, the day was not without it's adversity! First, the Doc had to tune three instruments (tenor sax, trombone, alto sax) and check two different horn mics! Then, it turned out Lindsay was lost and couldn't find her way into the fair. Security wouldn't let her in the front and the mystical gate 7 was nowhere to be found. Country Dave rode off in his mighty steed (Honda Element) and dashed off to Lindsey's rescue just in time for her to get into the gates two hours before we played.
After the set is where the real fun began though! We waited around and enjoyed some S
keletones tunes before my friends decided they were famished and that we needed to watch the ALASKAN PIG RACES! So Lindsey and myself arrived first and saved seats for Dave and Curtis; while we were waiting we bet cold hard cash on the which pig would be the grand champion. Of course my pig (good ol' number 3!) won his first championship! So now Lindsey owes me a Dollar with a Pg drawn on it that is to be presented to me at the next Half Past Two practice! There will be pictures and/or video of this pig presentation ceremony for sure!
More about the fair though... Not only was there good old fashioned fun at the fair, but there was 100% pure American fair goodness in the form of ridiculous fired food! Most eye-popping was the
Fried Butter, which tasted like a delicious buttered churro! It was the bomb!! Also the bomb was the deep fried
Klondike Bar!! (pictures courtesy of
Animal Style Records)Speaking of extreme fair food: I decided I would tackle the infamous Jumbo Mexican Funnel Cake Challenge!! This challenge, however, proved to be far too much for a man like me to handle. I'll leave the professional chomping to the pros like Adam Richman of Man Vs. Food fame. Here's a before and after of my valiant effort to consume this beast:
As you can see, I didn't go down without a fight, but I left the fair beaten and drunk on funnel cake. I also left with a new hatred for anything churro or funnel cake until I can recover fully from this hearty beating.
Oh yeah, news. You guys are here for actual news, aren't you! Well, we're playing at Bella Terra in Huntington Beach on August 28th. We'll be playing three 45 min sets, so you'll have plenty of times to check us out and watch us perform both originals and covers while looking fantastic! More details on that soon!
Anyway folks, that's all she wrote, so I'm out!
Peace,
Anthony
come out to see me play since my days in The Guilty Parties. Everything was great onstage except for the facts that my strap decided to stop being a guitar strap and decided it wants to spend an eternity as garbage! Luckily my ever present roll of duct tape was on hand and I was able to fix my bass while Dave regaled the crowd with tales of wonder and mystery (or so I would like to think, anyway).
keletones tunes before my friends decided they were famished and that we needed to watch the ALASKAN PIG RACES! So Lindsey and myself arrived first and saved seats for Dave and Curtis; while we were waiting we bet cold hard cash on the which pig would be the grand champion. Of course my pig (good ol' number 3!) won his first championship! So now Lindsey owes me a Dollar with a Pg drawn on it that is to be presented to me at the next Half Past Two practice! There will be pictures and/or video of this pig presentation ceremony for sure!
As you can see, I didn't go down without a fight, but I left the fair beaten and drunk on funnel cake. I also left with a new hatred for anything churro or funnel cake until I can recover fully from this hearty beating.
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