[Trash-talk] road report

[Shell Bryson]

LOL go Stef! :)


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:46:26 -0400 "Stefanie Schwartz" 
<skull at spastica.net> wrote:

> alright.  we're officially done with our garbage shows. 
> they were good.  in boston they played 'metal heart' 
>instead of 'hammering in my head,' which really surprised 
>me, and it's actually quite good.  they also replaced 
>'right between the eyes' with 'run baby run,' which was 
>great.  we met really cool people on the line (and some 
>not so cool people too, but let's focus on the positive). 
> had a few words with billy beforehand; what a nice dude. 
> the other roadies teased him because of all the 
>attention he got.  anyway the show was vastly better than 
>philadelphia in all respects.  we ended the night pleased 
>but very very very tired.  efforts to meet the band 
>afterwards were thwarted as they all dove into escape 
>vehicles and sped off into the night, presumably to shoot 
>whatever video in nyc yesterday.
> 
> the new york show today.  we knew the minute we showed 
>up that this was going to be the show that would redeem 
>garbage shows for us forever.
> 
> i NEVER do this and i always hate fans who do this, BUT 
>i made a sign.  it said:  "COME ON STEVE, BE MY BALD 
>BOYFRIEND."  and NOBODY fucking noticed it during the 
>actual song!  it was only during "when i grow up" that i 
>held it up again in a fit of frustration and got a 
>confused thumbs-up from mr marker.
> 
> anyway everything sounded great.  they played metal 
>heart again but still closed with right between the eyes. 
> everything was totally amazing.  shirley fucked "cherry 
>lips" up hardcore and looked so perplexed and adorable 
>while she collected herself, laughing hysterically and 
>reading the lips of the kids in the front row to find her 
>place and get back on track.  she saw my sign at one 
>point and took it from me, promising to torture steve 
>with it endlessly, to which i replied, "that's all i 
>ask."  he flipped her the bird.  beautiful.
> 
> after the show was over we were all extremely pleased 
>and went out back to try to meet them.  shirley, butch 
>and steve came out at once and climbed into the waiting 
>van.  i got ahold of steve and apologised for 
>embarrassing him and he said it was cool, so i asked for 
>a photo.  i promptly kissed him on the cheek and he 
>rushed off to the van looking horrified and annoyed.
> 
> so the point is, the shows were fabulous, we ended up 
>having a great time, and tormenting that poor bald man 
>never gets old.  i should have photos tomorrow.
> 
> stef
> x