It felt good to be playing September the 11th.  An extremely heterogenious
collection of bands put a lot of effort into "Celebrating the Birth of NeoPatriotism".
Nobody had to work too hard to stay "on message", though
Trophy Wife's irreverent sense of humor ("Lyle is a god-damned communist")
probably represented the evening's most value-neutral content.  The Portland
trio did grace us with their epic rock opretta about the arrival of small-pox
to the new world with Columbus and were well in the spirit of the occasion with
 between-song banter.  Sadly, we've heard it rumoured that the 'Wife is
 no more, at least as of mid-October.


 The Crimes of Ambition played an excellent, tightly focused set of modern post-
punk.  This was their new singer's 2nd (I think) new show, but her presence
was seamless.  This band is serious about subverting the dominant paradigm
and uses a well-executed, tom-tom-ey, dreamy arpeggio-ey style as a framework
 for their covert agenda.  The song "Animal Planet" rocked hard.

 Tonight represented the introduction of The Avatar of The Self-Proclaimed Ruler
 of the Free World actually subsequently referred to by some
 awed onlookers as "Busholini Himself".  The show rocked hard in general and
 represented our continuing improvement and refinement of our performance.
It is always a long voyage from nowhere to somewhere.


 What a good night!!!

And special thanks to Crimes for taking these awesome pics!!!