Done.
The weather held up, the Summerstage show went off without a hitch. The first half featured The Defibulators, and Becky Drysdale rapping with a goddamn 20 piece highschool drumline called “Blackfire.” After a short intermission, we started the second half with our little 3 song set. It was super! I was finally in a big enough venue (and far enough from the theremin) that I could really beat the shit out of the drums - which was superfun. Our set went great - people actually danced to Wake-Up Time and Careless Whisper. When I got up from the drums to close with Sweet Child O’ Mine, I asked if anyone wanted a t-shirt. Approximately 400 people said yes… I had 3. My song went really well - the crowd always gets excited when they realize what song it is and then again when we slip into Kelly Clarkson (dirty, right?), but the crowd isn’t usually GIGANTIC. We were all having so much fun, and were so proud of ourselves for not forgetting how to breathe or stabbing ourselves in the eye or anything.
When we came off stage, all the performers and staff backstage were cheering for us also. We all got hugged and picked up a few times. The hosts - Horatio Sanz and Rob Riggle - came back out and asked the crowd what they thought of us and they cheered AGAIN! During the next acts we got fucked up backstage and trashed the dressing rooms (for us this mostly means breaking some jars of glitter and putting stickers everywhere.) We were able to catch most of Reggie Watts - who is a crazy genius - and Cracked Out - who I can’t help but love (’cause I’m Bennigan’z, ya’ll!), though.
Afterwards we signed some autographs (I am so serious- this actually happened) and went to Hooters.
photos by Nate at TheApiary and Brian Fountain, respectively
July 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Your are officially a rockstar now.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:03 am
So glad to know the vibes I sent worked. Rock on, Stickerbook! (But watch out for the groupies who want your underpants.)
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
What are you wearing in that first picture? It looks like a feedbag-lei combination.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Wow, you are a sweeeeet talker, DeCoster.
It’s my halter Butter dress - I usually wear it to play out. You can also see it here: http://static.flickr.com/106/315759883_cd3b397cf0.jpg
But really, you should be writing fashion ad copy or love poetry - don’t waste these talents!
July 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am
I like your feedback dress, fuck’em all!
So I wish I had been around to see your big show in Central Park, but it sounded like it went great without my presence….
July 27th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Not to taint perfect purity of DeCoster’s sonnet, but I don’t think he was referring to your dress. Rather, I’d say he meant the pink feathers hanging from your hair, which might look like a lei. And there’s one feather near your mouth that could possibly be interpreted as a small satchel for tasty tidbits. Unless he was seeing the microphone as a bag of oats. Hm.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Oh. Well, that was a roachclip with feathers hanging off of it. Like this - http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/roachclip.jpg
I wear one of those to every show, too.
July 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Looking at the photo again…mad props to Becky for ever rockin’ the beard - she is one committed woman.
July 31st, 2007 at 7:18 am
I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but you are beautiful. Add in the fact that you are a rockin’ gal that isn’t afraid to put on a show and that equals one hot combo. Where can I go to listen to the fabulous stylings of Stickerbook? The bearded lady ROCKS!