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how lucky am I?

Tuesday AND Wednesday - My Morning Jacket "Under the Sea" Prom

Thursday - The Slip (my first slip show since 9/16/04 @ the Bluebird in Denver)

Friday - brother's birthday party

saturday - sleep

make sure to spike the punch at the prom.

that's funny I'm fairly certain I have that bluebird show and have listened to it alot. I'm not one to have a tonne of shows like friends do. That was quite a good show to my ear, I've actually talked to the band about it. I want to say the Paper Birds was particularly inspired.

nice, have fun. today was my first day back in the real world (ie work) since a nice little run of 2 slip shows, smmd and apollo sunshine to finish things out. brain still no work good...

woo. one night down.

no idea how i'm going to come out alive at the end of the week.

how was last night?

It was awesome. only in athens would something like this happen. highlights included steam engine, dondante and off the record. lowlights included my friend getting peed on by this kid cause he didn't want to lose his spot 10 feet from the stage in a 500 person venue. he was quickly exited from the area anyway.

the show was sooo loud, and my friend brought in a flask of two fingers tequila and kept making me drink it. end result is a huge headache today. i think i may have to keep it to a couple of drinks tonight and use some ear plugs. otherwise, i don't think i'll be able to hear the slip on thursday.

unfortunately there was not a punch bowl to spike.

this is from the mmj forum

after Follow...the lights went down and the band came on...each of them sporting a tux of a different color and enormous silver plastic pompadours.

carl--orange
tt-tom--lt. blue
pat--red
bo--orange w/a top hat, no helmet hair.

jim--pink

the SET LIST!
-Oh What a Night! w/carl sax solo
-wordless chorus
-gideon
-way he sings
-wonderful man
-banter: "we're gonna play the first all-skate of the evening. everybody skate."
-golden--some feedback at the top of the song, which had tt-t and carl making some funny "booop" faces at each other
-it beats 4 u
-off the record--out. of. control. also jim had a 2 ft. inflated pink dolphin attached to the end of his guitar thru a good portion of this song.
-laylow
-banter: "another all skate"
-cobra--YOW. cannot get enough of this tune! during the instrumental break of the vocal section, carl was swaying back and forth and jim was shaking his head. at some point in the song jim got ahold of a rubber lobster and was petting it during the song.
-dondante--gorgeous! it still kills me the amount of chatter and noise during this song at every show. sigh. then they just RIPPED into:
-one big holiday
-banter: jim greeted the Class of 2007, thanked us all for celebrating prom with the band and crew. he described the 40 Watt as the "most magical cube in the universe."
-run thru--bad. ass.
-they ran--love this song. period.

break
--band crowns the prom king and queen, and plays the song for their dance:
-wonderful tonight (with amended lyrics to follow... )** at this point, monitor dave was sporting one of the pompadour helmets.
-dancing in the moonlight (!)--"you can't dance and stay uptight!"
-steam engine--TAKE YOUR MONEY AND YOUR DRUUUUUUUGS!
-mahgeeta
-anytime--blow out. hot damn!

mmj's lyrics to "wonderful tonight" go something like this...

i put on your makeup
and your beautiful bra
slip on your panties
start on your tights
and you say
i look wonderful tonight...

holy shit. thats sound like an amazing night.

-banter: "another all skate"