THE WEEKLY IS HERE YOU CRAZY MUSIC LOVIN BUTTERSCOTCH SHOT DRINKIN LOONIES!!!  AHH WHAT A WEEK...  WORKED ALL FRICKIN WEEK AND THEN AT LONG LAST MY RELEASE...  A BAMBOO SHOW!!  CLOSE TO HOME AT THAT!!  OSCARS IS ONLY 6 MILES FOR ME AND ABOUT 5 MILES FOR JOHN!!  (OK ADAM AND JOSH HAVE A BIT OF A DRIVE BUT AGAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ME!!  HA HA!)  FUN TIME TOO!  LOTS OF FRIENDS!  ACTUALLY THE WHOLE CROWD WERE ARE FRIENDS!!

     FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A LITTLE "PRE-PARTY" AT MY HOUSE!  AND A FEW OF THE SOCIALITES STARTED EARLY!!  HA HA!  GOOD TIMES!  NICE TO SEE SANDY THE BARTENDER AGAIN, SHE IS AN OLD AVALANCHE CLUB ALUM!!  AND TURNS OUT THE WAITRESS KARI THINKS SHE SAW THE BAND BACK IN THE 90'S!!  COOOOOOL!  I LOVE ROCK CHICKS!!!

     SPEAKING OF ROCK CHICKS....  MANDY'S RENDITION OF "I KISSED A GIRL"  WILL GO DOWN IN THE ANNULS OF ROCK HISTORY!!  HA HA!

     THANKS TO BRIAN THE MANAGER FOR ALL HIS HELP, THE BEER, AND PUTTIN UP WITH US!!  WE HAVE A FEW "TENTATIVE" DATES DOWN FOR OSCARS THIS FALL.  ONCE WE CONFIRM WE WILL LET YOU KNOW!!  GOOD TIMES!

     I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS WEEK...  FOO ON WEDS, SEETHER ON FRI, A NEW BAR UP IN LIMA ON SAT!!  IT IS ALWAYS FUN PLAYING A NEW PLACE. BUT IT HAS ITS DOWN SIDE TOO.  FIRST YA GOT TA FIND THE PLACE!! SECOND YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WANT YOU TO SET UP, AND HOW TO GET YOUR SHIT IN.  THEN HOW TO POWER UP WITHOUT BLOWIN THE PLACE UP!!  HA HA!  FUN FUN FUN!!  BUUUUUUT NEW PLACES ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GET TO MEET SO MANY NEW PEOPLE!!  IT IS A REAL THRILL WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE GROOVIN ON YOUR TUNES FOR THE FIRST TIME!!  KEEPS IT ALL FRESH!!  AND BESIDES WE ARE A PEOPLE FRIENDLY BAND!!  WHOOOOOOO!  I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME WE WERE PLAYIN AT "LEE DOGS LOCKER ROOM"  IN MARYSVILLE FOR OUR FIRST SAT. THERE AND THERE WAS A SO SO CROWD WHO DIDN'T KNOW US FROM DICK.  THEY WERE ALL PLAYIN POOL AND HAVIN THEIR OWN FUN, WHICH IS COOL, BUT THEY COULDA CARED LESS ABOUT US!!  HA HA!  ANYWAY  WE ARE INTO OUR ABOUT 3RD SONG OR SO,"WHEN I'M GONE" BY 3 DOORS DOWN, AND WE
WERE JAMIN IT OUT AND, (I REMEMBER THIS SO CLEARLY!!) THEY HAD ALL STOPPED PLAYING POOL AND WERE WATCHING US!  JUST STANDING THERE STARIN AT US NODDING ALONG TO THE BEAT!  THAT WAS SO COOL!!!

     ANOTHER FUNNY ONE WAS THE FIRST TIME WE PLAYED AT JOHNNY'S  ROCK BAND IN A COUNTRY BAR!!  WE ROCKED OUT ALL NIGHT, AND WERE PLAYING PRETTY GOOD THAT NIGHT TOO!  JASON FARROW WAS STILL IN THE BAND THEN AND I REMEMBER WE WERE BOTH HEAD BANGING AND SWEATING OUT A SONG AND WHEN IT WAS DONE WE LOOK UP, ALL ROCKED OUT AND PANTING, AND......  NOTHING!  NOT EVEN A "GOLF" CLAP!! I LOOKED AT JASON AND WE WERE LIKE " THEY HATE US!!  HA HA!  IT WAS LIKE THAT ALL NIGHT!  BUT LATER ON I NOTICED THAT THE BAR WAS REALLY STILL PACKED, NOBODY HAD LEFT!!  ALL THE TABLES ARE FULL AND IT IS 130 IN THE AM.  AGAIN WE ROCK OUT... "THANK YOU! WE ARE BAMBOO HARIS...(BIG FINISH!) GOOD NITE!!".  AND AGAIN... NOTHING!!  HA HA!  SO WE START TEARING DOWN AND I GO OUT INTO THE CROWD TO SAY THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND GET A WATER FROM THE BAR AND ALL THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO JUST FUCKING LOVED US!!!  THEY WERE LIKE "WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK, AND WOW YOU GUYS ARE GREAT ETC."  TURNS OUT
THE CROWD ACTUALLY LIKED US, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE US!!  WE WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY WERE USED TO SEEING IN THERE!!  THEY JUST SAT THERE STUNNED!! SO NEXT TIME IN WE COAXED THEM ALONG A BIT, THEN THE NEXT TIME, TILL EVENTUALLY IT HAS BECOME ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PLAY!!  NOW THEY GET IT!!  HA HA!  MAKE SOME NOISE!!  SCREAM FOR ME!!  BUY ME SOME FUCKING CABO!!  WHOOOOOOO! GOOD TIMES!

     HEY SPEAKING OF JASON FARROW, HE HAS A NEW BAND UP IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH OF WISCONSIN!!  YOU CAN GET ON THEIR WEB SITE VIA OUR "FRIENDS" TAB ON THE HOME PAGE.  CHECK IT OUT HE HAS SOME SONG DEMOS ON THERE AND INFO ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM!!  B SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!!

    I WILL TALK TO YOU NEXT WEEK AND FILL YOU IN ON CUSTARD'S CHATEAU IN LIMA AND THE SEETHER AND FOO FIGHTERS SHOWS!!!  LATER YOU FUN LOVING, PSYCHO, CRAZY MUSIC MONGERS!!!  AND REMEMBER...  ROCK CHICKS RULE!!!!

ANTHONY C. TUSSING.