DEVILCAKE | TOM FOOLERY AND THE MISTAKES | MARVIN THE ROBOT | SUBURBAN FABULOUS
Wednesday April 30th, 2003
Bernie's Bagels and Distillery

Kid Chill, KeyZ O playah checking in.

Wow. There's something about rocking out in a basement that should be condemned that is beyond words.

other than, Word.

We were Devilcake Minus Two tonight (MCB had to work and Nancy stayed home). We decided early on that we were going first and secured our spot by setting up on stage. As I was fiddling with the strap, the Keys O Death slipped free and plummeted to the stage. The strap bolt and a good chunk of the case at the end cracked and that was the end of the strap.

Luckily Darrin had some duck tape in his bass drum (don't ask) and in a Punk Rock meets Dusenbury-inspired moment, the keys were again ready to rock.

but enough about me.

The sound man apparently had issues..of the psychological kind which culminated in him asking us to check a mic that he had not yet provided. No problem. Two vocal mics is all Devilcake really needs. We (Ian, Steve, and I) each rocked through our respective amps.

Ian led the attack with Red Pop...an XTC inspired ditty that we hadn't rocked on stage since Carter carried his own clubs.

Then came Salad Bar man...and the sweat onslaught had begun.
Ian and I shared the second mic while Gourley worked the other one like a college kid at a high school prom.

The set as I remember went a little like this:

RED POP
SALAD BAR MAN
HANDS OFF MY OREOS
CEREAL AND BEER
MARSHMALLOW
WEINERMOBILE
(shouts for more)
SACRIFICIAL LEG OF LAMB

I'm sure I'm missing one.
Afterwards we gathered our shit up and got the hell out.

The vibe was decidedly better this time 'round at Bernie's.
The whole vibe of the set was just balls to the wall-sweat overload-fuck you we're rocking here, but thanks for letting us...kind of thing.

It was a good show...and the keys'O actually sounded better tonight than they have in the past year. Partly because I was rocking straight out of the amp...but I think the duck tape helped a little.

Hell, everything sounded good tonight.

I was just jazzed that the show went so well.

If you're keeping score, the next confirmed Devilcake Show is July 3rd at Little Brothers.