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This was a busy weekend - but it's more fun that way :)
Thursday night The Humiliators shared the stage at the Troubadour Saloon with Red Line Riot - and if you have never heard these cats play, then you better get with the program! Playing a mix of original tunes and Jimi Hendrix covers, they are guaranteed to get you moving... check them out this Saturday night at Room 710, along with Drifter (Iron Maiden tribute) and Big Balls (AC/DC tribute) for Tribute Night!
Friday night SuperCrash played at Headhunters... I stopped by and chatted with Jaime, Kay, Jim and Steve on my way to Games & Dames at Emo's Lounge - poker, blackjack and burlesque acts from some very talented and beautiful performers, headlined by the incomparable Miss Maulie... definitely a nice way to spend a Friday night! Only one problem - Emo's poor A/C unit was not up to the task of cooling the house in the August Texas night... it was cooler outdoors! After the show was over, I headed back to Headhunters with Todd and Michelle to catch up with John and the SuperCrash gang for some ass-kickin' rock... then off to bed to recharge for the next day's fun.
Saturday was a full day indeed - a friend of mine from work (Lee) was throwing her annual pool party / birthday bash... I showed up about 3.30p for pool volleyball, Rudy's BBQ and strawberry daiquiris (w00t!) With the temperature in the high 90's the pool was *the* happenin' place to be :) Around 8ish I left for downtown, because The Humiliators were playing in the Purple Pain Festival at Trophy's on South Congress - Grub Dog, the man who brought you the Freebird FU, put together another fun show for us! Every band had to play Purple Rain, and one other Prince tune of our choosing; we chose to do a lounge-version of Kiss :) Everyone had a great time, and the highlight of the night was when all the bands (and some extras) got onstage for the Purple Rain Extravaganza Jam - Collin got a free purple shirt, we got money thrown at us, and best of all, Grub Dog didn't taco someone's ride cymbal this time (probably because there was no community bottle of Jack Daniels), so everyone left a winner!
Sunday was a day of recuperation and (oddly enough) blowing things up with artillery, courtesy of Operation Flashpoint and my brother Jacob - this is one of our favorite ways to release the day's tension and frustrations! After the artillery battles, we went head-to-head with helicopter duels - yeah, we're geeks - deal with it!
The Humiliators are taking some time off for family, plus we have a number of new tunes that are in various stages of completion - keep your eye on the website for scheduling!
