What a great night! There was no stress whatsoever going in, and nothing but fun during the whole time.

First, I got to hang out with my friend Lucas for the first time in months, since he was overseas shooting a movie. We hung out and watched Til We're Blue Or Destroy (fantastic, especially with horns!) and then he had to leave. I did catch The Laughing before Lucas got there, and they were amazing. Saw them a year or so ago when they were getting panned by the Chronicle (for being too creative and having too much fun?) and liked them then, but they were much much better tonight. Will have to see them again soon.

After the fashion show - which I missed because I was trying to figure out how to get the projection screen hooked up :( - we kicked off the karaoke with a surprise guest: Ben! He used to be a regular back when we were at Trophy's, during the first year of KU, but he's been living in LA for a couple years. It was great to see him and Robert, and they pulled off a fine double-shot of Pulp in the middle of the show. Some great new singers showed up that I hope we see again: Jen and Ian sang punk classics, Steve sang the indie hits and Joey and Jason brought the Brit-Pop finale with Blur. Of course Erin our hostess was up on stage for Okkervil's "Westfall" (joined by John, taking time off spinning outside with Stay Gold DJs) and The Detroit Cobras "Bad Girl." Jess rocked "Art Star" so hard she had to do it twice, the second time with Grant on backup. Skipper rocked The Hold Steady and The New Pornographers, and Joe was great on Where Is My Mind? and Neutral Milk Hotel. I think only one guy was disappointed all night long, he wanted some Sinatra and I had to break it to him that we don't have any of that classy music.

Helluva good night, thanks to Jen and especially Erin for having us at Fabrication 6! Also big thanks to Blue for getting the sound and video set up, everything ran perfectly. We'll be back at Nomad on Saturday, 12/6, hopefully with a few new songs in the mix. til then...
SING IT LOUD
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