stoogeaphilia @ the fairmount, 8.14.2008

here's molly horn's vid of us playing "chinese rocks," including my rubber-legged performance. (this afternoon, i'm pondering how to break the linkage between overindulgence and playing music that really has its roots in teenage stage fright but has persisted for over 35 yrs.) note how katboy's repositioned to preserve our onstage longhair/shorthair balance -- very feng shui of you, matt. richard hurley played his ass off and rekindled my sg envy _yet again_ with a beautiful '65 -- same model as my first good gtr. thanks to fairmount soundguy clay -- who confided that he's more used to mixing country music than the kind of noise the li'l stoogeband, one fingered fist, and the the fellow americans lay down -- for the great mix. (i could even hear the vocals from the first two bands!) the new three-piece fist, with josh and will splitting the difference vocally, sounded more focused and driving than ever. and the fellow americans were as tuneful and heavy as always. gonna try and book an eclectic bill with yells at eels in november.