Deaner's Tour Diaries:
we have 3 new crew guys on this tour that we've never met before and all 10 band members and roadies went out to eat the night before the show. typical south florida tourist restaurant. i had a lousy crispy grouper sandwich. the gig was pretty much a nightmare for me, the climate change from pennsylvania to south florida made the neck on my guitar warp 
like a banana. the thing was almost unplayable for the gig. the action is so high i can almost slide my fingers under the strings and the frets look like they're literally popping out of the fingerboard. the gig was plagued by feedback most of the time and aaron's amp blew up during the show. our old friend, bandmate, and label boss kramer came out to the show with his family and sat in on bass for captain fantasy so that was cool at least. you have to have gigs like this from time to time though, maybe we're lucky it's on the first night. everyone at the club was really cool to us and all but it was just one of those shows i'd rather not remember. the club served us chicken francaise for dinner and after the show the empty tray was sittin there with only the sauce left in it, which had coagulated from sitting out all night. it was about 2 inches of oil and solidified butter, chicken skin, and fat. me and one of the bouncers were trying to convince a girl to get down on all fours and lick the butter and fat while we pissed in her shoes but we struck out. kids just don't know how to have a good time anymore. 

Dont Shit Where You Eat, Spinal Meningitus, Piss Up A Rope, Now Im Freaking Out, Happy Colored Marbles, Take Me Away, The Grobe, Zoloft, Voodoo Lady, The Stallion Pt. 3, Light me up, The Mollusk, Buckingham Green, Did You See Me?, Final Alarm, You Were the Fool, Johnny On The Spot, Touch My Tooter, Stroker Ace, Please Help My Pony, Baby Bitch, Bannannas & Blow, The Stallion Pt. 5, Gabrielle, Dr. Rock, Buenos Tardes, Crowd Banter, Dont Get To Close To My Fantasy, Homo Rainbow, Tried & True, Help Me Scrape The Mucous Off My Brain, LMLYP

Deaner's Tour Diaries:
again, we had another long ass drive on a show day. even though this is a really short tour, the schedule is pretty rough. 4 gigs in a row to start the tour, all with long drives on the show days. on top of it, aaron is recovering from pneumonia. i hadn't had any food for the last 2 days so i was excited to get some take-out after soundcheck. we ended up ordering from some mexican place and their crappy food tore up everyone's assholes and gave us all diarreha. anyway, as it turned out, this gig was a fuckin' blast. the band was really loose, pretty much lettin' it all hang out. we played l.m.l.y.p. for the first time in a couple years and almost on cue the stage just filled up with people, mostly young college girls and the usual loser dudes that are stupid enough to actually believe we want to share the stage with them. the bouncers there were very cool about it, some of them are members of p-funk's road crew so i guess they're used to dealing with people dancing onstage. after the gig i went to the room and passed out in a deep, dreamless black hole of sleep. had to get up in the morning and drive all the way to fuckin atlanta to do it again.

Deaner's Tour Diaries:
yhis show sold out very quickly and i was looking ahead to it on the calendar all week, although monday night isn't exactly the most rock and roll night of the week. this venue is really fuckin' cool, it's a gigantic old church and the backstage area is like a maze, or something out of spinal tap. stairwells and hallways going in every direction. the dressing room is one of the nicest anywhere (complete with pool table) and they served us an amazing meal before the show. we played a nice, long, totally brown set. the music was good and ugly, reggaejunkiejew, poopship destroyer, etc. the band was super loose and i felt like i could've played all night it was so much fun. afterwards,like 30 or 40 people managed to weasel their way backstage for the usual rock and roll bullshit. the only problem is that my guitar is fucked up again, and i don't really have a backup at the moment. i'm gonna have to hit up a music store when we get to raleigh and buy a cheap mexican stratocaster to beat on i guess. 

Golden Eel, Baby Bitch, Piss up a Rope, Take me Away, Waving my Dick, Voodoo Lady, Exactly Where I'm At, Mutilated Lips, Roses Are Free, The Argus, Bananas and Blow, Touch my Tooter, You Fucked Up!, Johnny on the Spot, Tried and True *, Scrape the Mucus off my Brain *, Buckingham Green >Captain, I Don't Want It, Spinal Meningitis, Leave Deaner Alone, Zoloft, What Deaner was Talking About, Mollusk**, Ocean Man ***, Pandy Fackler, Someday
::encore::
Light Me Up, Pork Roll Egg and Cheese, Gabrielle, Doctor Rock, Buenas Tardes Amigo
* Gener and Deaner, acoustic guitar.
** Technical difficulties with keyboards.
*** Gener, mandolin.

Deaner's Tour Diaries:
finally a night off before the raleigh show. went out for thai food and stayed awake late enough to watch the re-run of sunday's episode of the sopranos. got up the next morning and took my guitar to get looked at again. basically the guy couldn't help me, the frets need to be taken out and the neck needs to be planed. so i'm pretty much stuck playing it this way until after we get home. fuck. the gig was at the same place we played years ago when it was called the ritz. now it's called "disco rodeo". it is a strange place and the dressing room is a really bad vibe. only flourescent lights with the walls painted bright yellow, covered in peeling paint and tape. the club itself is strange, try and imagine what a gay, mexican cowboy bar would be like and you'll get some idea. the sound onstage was total shit but we kicked ass nonethless. i was kinda happy to get the fuck out of there to tell you the truth.

Deaner's Tour Diaries:
the last gig of our little mini-tour. we played a place called the pavillion, a massive outdoor venue that 
holds like 5 thousand people, maybe more. between recovering from pneumonia and playing 6 shows in 7 days, aaron had no voice at all and i was wondering how we were gonna pull this one off. it actually turned out to be a lot of fun and kind of changed the direction of the whole set. aaron got all las vegas onstage and we managed to do our normal 2-3 hour show, including a bunch of really rotten cover songs like girl from ipanema, hello dolly, ace of spades, and redemption song. that night we were on the local news. i guess some local people have a problem with the noise coming from the venue and they weren't very happy about some of our lyrics either. i'm just glad to be able to piss people off from time to time still. i want to come back and play this place again, very cool venue. 

Exactly Where I'm At, She Wanted To Leave, Spinal Meningitis, Take Me Away, Transdermal Celebration, Wavin' My Dick In The Wind, Even If You Don't, Buckingham Green, Back To Basom, Light Me Up, Ocean Man, Voodoo Lady, Touch My Tooter, Johnny on the Spot, Puerto Rican Power, Gabrielle, Stroker Ace, Tender Situation, The Mollusk, Dr. Rock, Someday

:: encore::

freedom of '76

The Joy Diversion hosted by Joy Askew:
Aaron Freeman, Freedy Johnston, & Michelle Shocked

1. Intro - Joy Askew
2. ? - Joy Askew
3. Gener's Gone - Aaron Freeman
4. ? - Freedy Johnston
5. ? - Michelle Shocked
6. Aaron Freeman Interview - Joy Askew
7. Baby Don't Turn Around - Aaron Freeman
8. Freedy Johnston Interview - Joy Askew
9. ? - Freedy Johnston
10. Michelle Shocked Interview - Joy Askew
11. ? - Michelle Shocked
12. ? - Michelle Shocked
13. ? - Aaron Freeman
14. ? - Freedy Johnston
15. Michelle plays bashful
16. Midnight Special - everyone
17. Tried & True - Aaron Freeman
18. applause
19. ? - Freedy Johnston
20. ? - Joy Askew

Exactly Where I'm At, She Wanted To Leave, Spinal Meningitis, Take Me Away, Transdermal Celebration, Wavin' My Dick In The Wind, Even If You Don't, Buckingham Green, Back To Basom, Light Me Up (Before You Kill Me), Voodoo Lady, Touch My Tooter, Johnny On The Spot, Puerto Rican Power, Gabrielle, Piss Up A Rope, Roses Are Free, The Mollusk, Dr. Rock, Someday, Vince Herman outro

::acoustic::
Don't Shit Where You Eat, Chocolate Town, Mutilated Lips, Tried & True, I Don't Want It (Deaner electric)

:: Electric::
Don't Get 2 Close, Take Me Away, Transdermal, Waving My Dick, Mr Richard Smoker, Voodoo Lady, Zoloft, Hey Bulldog, Buckingham, Spinal Meningitis, Light Me Up, Piss Up A Rope, Pumpin 4 The Man, Tear 4 Eddie, Baby Bitch, Roses Are Free (Lounge Style/Bob Weir version), Mollusk, Happy Colored Marbles, Bananas & Blow, Pandy Fackler, Ocean Man, Homo Rainbow, Ace of Spades, You Fucked Up

::encore::
LMLYP (with about 50 women from the audience on stage dancing)

She Wanted To Leave, Spinal Meningitis, Marble Tulip/Juicy Tree, Piss Up A Rope, Happy Colored Marbles, Take Me Away, You Fucked Up, Even If You Dont, Waving My Dick In The Wind, Voodoo Lady, The Argus, Light Me Up, Demon Sweat, Roses Are Free, Tried And True, Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain, Drifter In The Dark, Dont Get 2 Close, Mollusk, Johnny On The Spot, Stroker Ace, Touch My Tooter, Ocean Man, Hey Bulldog, Gabrielle, Doctor Rock, Zoloft, Poopship Destroyer

::encore::

Bananas & Blow, Leave Deaner Alone, Baby Bitch, Blarney Stone

Golden Eel, Baby Bitch, Spinal Meningitis, Piss Up A Rope, Happy Colored Marbles, Nan, Take Me Away, Grobe, Stallion Pt 5, Buckingham Green, Exactly Where Im At, Mutilated Lips, Voodoo Lady, Bananas & Blow, Springtheme, Waving My Dick In The Wind, Fat Lenny, Goin Gets Tough From The Getgo, Johnny On The Spot, Frank, Booze Me Up, Mollusk, Ocean Man, Hey Bulldog, Pandy Fackler, Cover It With Gas & Set It On Fire, Help My Pony, Cocaine, Gabrielle, Doctor Rock

::encore::

Roses Are Free (Dance club version), Drop The Bomb, Chant>Cant Put My Finger On It, Ace Of Spades

pork roll, hiv, spinal meningitis, now im freaking out, happy colored marbles, bananas and blow, take me away, transdermal celebration, even if you dont, dont get 2 close, zoloft, voodoo lady, mollusk, piss up a rope, light me up, el camino, buckingham green, captain, stallion pt 3, what deaner was talking about, exactly where im at, leave deaner alone, sweet texas fire, touch my tooter, stroker ace, waving my dick, richard smoker, goin gets tough, ocean man, gabrielle, dr rock, fluffy

::encore::

help my pony, LMLYP

Golden Eel, Baby Bitch, Spinal, Light me Up, Marbles, Take me Away, The Grobe, Even if you Don't, Wavin my Dick, Voodoo Lady, Exactly Where I'm At, Bananas and Blow, HIV, Buckingham Green, Captain

::acoustic::

The Mollusk, Chocolate Town, Tried and True, Mutilated Lips,

Johnny on the Spot, Dr. Rock, Puerto Rican Power, ICPMFOI, Ocean Man, Reggaejunkiejew, Someday

::encore::
Blarney Stone

Exactly Where I'm At, What Deaner Was Talking About, Marble Tulip/Juicy Tree, Spinal Meningitis, Stallion Pt 3, Dont Get 2 Close, Help My Pony, Take Me Away, Sweet TX Fire, Roses Are Free, She's Your Baby, Piss Up A Rope, Buckingham Green, Tear For Eddie, Buenas Tardes (Mickey on drums, Claude on guitar), HIV, Leave Deaner Alone, Bananas & Blow, Mollusk, Blarney Stone, Johnny On The Spot, Zoloft, She Fucks Me, Ocean Man, Waving My Dick In The Wind, Homo Rainbow

::encore 1::

LMLYP >Crimson & Clover

(house lights come on, go home music plays),
(lights come back on)

::encore 2::

Ace Of Spades

She Wanted To Leave, HIV, Spinal Meningitis, Now I'm Freaking Out, Light Me Up, Nan, Take Me Away, Transdermal Celebration, Even If You Dont, Voodoo Lady, Did You See Me, Ice Castles, Eel, Baby Bitch, Waving My Dick, Fat Lenny, Powder Blue, Johnny On The Spot, Buckingham Green, Mollusk, Ocean man, Sketches Of Winkle, Sorry Charlie, Pandy Fackler, Bananas & Blow, Cocaine, Gabrielle, Touch My Tooter

::encore::

Tried & True, Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain, Drifter In The Dark, Mutilated Lips, Squelch The Weasel, Dr Rock, Someday

exactly where im at, what deaner was talking about, spinal meningitis, stallion pt 3, light me up, take me away, touch my tooter, mr wont you please help my pony, voodoo lady, baby bitch, buckingham green, captain, aids, piss up a rope, the mollusk, ill be your jonny on the spot, waving my dick in the wind, ocean man, dr rock, you fucked up, someday