Flicker Jamboree

(my FRENCH TOASTS set-up: toy piano, alligator xylophone, and shaky banana)

Hi Everbody!

Finally, here are some photos and video snippets from our show this past wednesday...all this stuff happened on June 25th, 2008 at the FLICKER THEATER & BAR...Missy and I performed as THE FRENCH TOASTS, a band from Long Beach, California called FAMILY TREE shared the stage with us, and lastly, GEMINI CRICKET helped round out the show.

Missy and I got to Flicker a bit after 8:30pm, after hauling our equipment a couple of blocks. Good thing we don't use amps! We set up our instruments on a couple of tables in the middle of the room, shunning the stage (we hardly ever perform on stages if we can help it):


(Missy's FRENCH TOASTS set-up: toy piano, kazoo, xylophone, happy apple, triangle, and alligator xylophone - we have two!)


(Missy talks to our friends, Shelly and Tina, under the watchful eye of R2-D2, who lurks in the corner and scans everybody's brain waves)



After we performed a brief but rousing set, our new favorite live band hit the stage full force with folky sing-alongs and pitch perfect harmonies...this is what you'd get if you K RECORDS and the movie "A MIGHTY WIND":





















Some of the SPILLAGE HOUSE tenants, dressed in splendid headgear, stopped by with a gift for Family Tree - a one-eyed alien/monster thing they made with cardboard and schoolhouse craft supplies:





We bought a cd off the band, and Missy bought a crocheted finger puppet bear. Not only are Family Tree an awesome live band, but they also have awesome merch! Missy hit up Flicker's FREE POPCORN machine between bands, and took pictures of newly-christened JOLLY OLLY BANJO BEAR frolicking in salty-buttery goodness:









Sara performed a little dance with Ian (FAIRMOUNT FAIR, FOLKLORE, NANA GRIZOL, etc.) while Blake ran to the restroom:





Jolly Olly Banjo Bear and his newfound friend (Ian couldn't resist the crochet bears either) on the attack...I don't know what happened next, because the flash on my camera depleted the last bit of energy left in the batteries...