July 11, 2003
Rock Stars On Heroin
Getting caught up from the Cstone trip and gearing up for the Sep/Oct issue. David and Bonnie are watching a video with David Berkowitz talking on it about choices. David Allen has done an interview with Berkowitz that will show up in a future "Intermission" section in an upcoming HM.
More Cornerstone flashbacks:
The 20th Birthday Bash celebration/show on the mainstage last Friday was cool. The 77s came out first, with Mike Roe clad in a personalized Packer's jersey (guess which number?) as they launched into "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes And the Pride of Life." They played two songs, Rez played two songs (including "When The Love Comes Down") with Dave Beegle on lead guitar, as Stu Heiss was up in the Maryland area (I think) attending the funeral of a close relative. Rumor was that it was the very last Rez show ever. This is sad, but the fire, energy and boogie found in the Glenn Kaiser Band kinda makes up for it.
Squad Five-O came out, romped through a recent song, and then introduced an icon, Michael Knott, who ran out on the catwalk stage in the middle screaming, "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess ... that Jesus Christ is ... (then he sang) Lord." The band backed him up for a rousing version of "Rock Stars On H."
Jan Krist, Ashley Cleveland, Derry Daugherty & Steve Hindalong, Relient K, Lost Dogs, and Karin Bergquist & Linford Detweiler(?) of Over the Rhine all shared wonderful songs, enriching the star-studded "all-star jam" variety show vibe. The fairly long "coming out of retirement for this" set by Steve Taylor was fun, and preceded by an even funner mockumentary film on the jumotron screen about his career and propensity for falling down on stage. I loved the comment about his Meltdown album, being what many critics called "his second album."
More flashbacks and highlights will come later (and in our Sep/Oct issue, of course).
JFK is still dead...
