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2007 Gay Pride: Proud To Have Gotten Thru It
By Fitz - 6/11/2007

Some gigs are smooth sailing on a tranquil, glassy sea (ahhh). Others are frantic struggles not to be drowned by raging white rapids (Wo!! WO!!!). Guess which variety this year's Pride was?

So what went wrong? We'll let's list them off:

• Peter (our drummer) arrived to find they DIDN'T have a drum set he could use causing a mass-band-panic as we all scrambled back to our studio to retrieve a kit for the show
• Jay dramatically went for his big guitar solo only to yank his cable from his amp! He succeeded in re-attaching the cable but not before missing almost the entire solo! He came back in on just the last note!
• Dave was having power troubles for his main keyboard causing it to drop out for a few sections. He had to rush back onstage to switch power sockets.
• Because they were running late they cut our set almost in half! We only got to play 4 songs!
• And in the rush to get the drums from the studio I left all our CDs behind so we didn't have anything to sell afterwards! Ugh!!

Despite the mishaps we actually had a great time, and I think, put on a great show. I firmly believe a band can endure anything onstage as long as they keep their cool and have fun with it all. Just look at David Letterman. He's a master of stage jujitsu who built a career turning every bombed joke, every failed prop, and every guest gaffe into genuinely golden entertainment.

A huge thanks to the Pride committee for having us again this year and an equally large thanks to all of our fans and friends who came down to see us! It was great to see so many familiar faces in the crowd!

The two picture here are from Rob Gutro. Thanks Rob! We'll post another round later in the week so if anyone has some good ones send em our way!

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