Man I was at the cat's cradle show.  The only thing I didn't like about it
was there was no foosball table at the cradle.  Ziggys had a foosball table.
I was there with two dates, played foosball(my favorite game) and got
inebriated.  That rocked more then I could ever say.

At least at the cradle they played a lot of music and what was it two
encores.  I would have liked they'd finish off with Hat's Off.  As far as
being there in Greenville.  That's my Alma Mater so you know I will be
there. No Doubt.  When is there new album coming out Dede?? Whats the scoop
with that.

P.S. My best dude came down from New Jersey.  Shout out to Tony Runyon my
favorite Uncle Scam Employee!!!  He's a decent one out of the lot.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dede Davis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 12:09 AM
Subject: Weekend update!


> Hey, all!
>
> Well, a nasty virus (which I like to call "The Creeping Crud") couldn't
> stop me from goin' on the road this weekend for a coupla shows.
>
> Lexington, VA, at Washington & Lee Univ. was...interesting.  The venue
> was this big garage-like building that had formerly been indoor tennis
> courts, I was informed, so the sound was rough.  Also, since it was
> homecoming weekend, there were all kinds of other activities going on,
> which meant not very many turned out for the show.  Matter of fact, *I*
> was the only one there to hear the Mayflies, which was a crying shame.
>  Needless to say, they were pretty bummed out about it, too.  I told
> them just to think of it as a paid practice.
>
> More people showed up for the second band, The Blue Dogs.  Not my kind
> of music, but the crowd was enthusiastic.  Don't really know how many
> were there--I spent that time...uh...somewhere else.;)
>
> Some of the Blue Dogs fans actually LEFT after their set (!!!!), so the
> crowd was smaller by the time the 'Nells came on.  Small crowd or not,
> the ones who stayed were hardcore fans, and we had a BLAST.  Highlights
> of the evening:  Pumpkin Lady, a jack-o-lantern  decorated by Doug and
> sitting on the monitor all night; the Solid Gold Dancers--two boys who
> totally threw down all night, to be applauded and recogized by Doug and
> the rest of the crowd; and an "unplugged" version of "Darker
> Days"--some guy kept yelling for it, but Steve Ritter didn't know it,
> so Mike played guitar, Doug sang, and the rest of us clapped--did the
> first verse and the chorus--it RULED.  Hate that ya'll missed it.
>
> On to the Cat's Cradle!  Huge turn-out, of course; I don't think it
> sold out but it was packed.  Mayflies played a kickin' set despite
> technical difficulties with the bass drum.  The Connells did pretty
> much the same set that they've been doing--nothing from Darker Days,
> one or two from the rest of the albums.  Did "Friendly Time" with the
> crowd handling the "la la la"s.  Stand-up versions of "Cruel to be
> Kind" and "Here Comes My Baby".  Highlights of the evening:  Matt Long
> from the Mayflies (down front with me) requesting "Try" and GETTING IT
> PLAYED; and of course, the onstage appearance of John "Skip" Connell
> during the encore of "Sal".  If that whole Appellate court thing goes
> south, that boy could get a job as a Chippendale for sure--his dance
> moves are definitely R-rated, if not X-rated.
>
> Now for the thing that rocked this cowgirl's world:  do you know how it
> feels to think you're the best of something, only to have your ass
> kicked so bad you'll never recover?  I do know.  I thought *I* was the
> Queen of Roadtrips, only to discover I'm the Duchess of Lame.  There
> was a girl there Saturday night who...are you ready?...FLEW FROM JAPAN
> TO SEE THE SHOW!!!!!  I am not shitting you guys.  Apparently, she's a
> die-hard Connells and Mayflies fan and had been emailing Black Park
> about attending a show in the States, and I guess she picked this one.
> Her name is Itsoku (O.K., I have no idea how to spell it--that's
> phonetic) and she totally ruled.  I'm serious--I concede.  There's no
> way I'll EVER beat that.  I just suck now.  Like Matt Long said "Did
> you come from another continent?  If you didn't, talk to the hand."
>
> O.K. this has gone on long enough.  I think I need to get some sleep.
> Hope to see some of ya'll in Greenville, NC in two weeks.
>
>
>
> =====
> Dede
>
> "...I asked Mike Watt if he ever got bored with playing rock and roll. I
mean,
> there are only so many chords to choose from. His answer[...] 'The English
> language has only 26 letters, but look at all the great books that have
been
> written with it.' "--Chris Murtland
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