big day

Yesterday Rufus interviewed The Thunderbirds Are Now and did a couple songs karaoke with them, it was fun.

That afternoon we went downtown with the camera for some "man on the street" interviews and got to meet Daniel Johnston and watch him perform.

We stopped in at the Sire Party last night, saw Old Time Relijun perform at Emos, and then stopped into the Blender party and saw Midnight Movies.

Menomena was playing at Buffalo Billiards at 1 am but we just couldn't make it - Rufus needs his beauty rest. The streets were still packed with people at midnight when we packed up our gear and headed back home. Yes, we are lame. Yes, we are old. But we're working! This isn't a pleasure cruise (not really though we did have some good BBQ for dinner.)

Today is just JAM PACKED with bands. We've got an interview room set up from 10-6 and bands coming in every 30 minutes. Revolving Door of Musical Goodness! Some of the bands on our list for today:

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club
The Dansettes
Manomena
Northern State
The Annuals
Sara Wasserman
Monotonix
Chin Up Chin Up
The Emeralds
Genghis Tron
and The Watson Twins

We start at 10 am and our last show is at 11:55 pm. Wow.

Hopefully somewhere in there we've got time for a nap. Or that there is a steady stream of espresso at the hotel to keep us all jumping! We're packing up the gear right now and downing some coffee to get us up and running. It's going to be a great day but I'm sure we're all going to be wiped out at the end of it.

And we still have a full day of bands anad interviews on Saturday! Will we make it? Can we do it?

Stay Tuned...

- tracy