![]() ![]() eventually he left and i asked bill who he was. he told me he was a veteran, and that he could get military surplus tubes, which they used in old radios but work fine in an amp. we started even spitting some shit about ohm’s law and other electrical theories. and hes grilling me about guitars, amps, effects…i could keep up with his ass though. he said that he missed our set, he got there late. so me and bill are sitting at a table and this guy starts asking me what kind of guitars i play and shit. he looked kind of weird, had dark skin…i dont know. there was this one other dude, i had seen him talking to bill eariler. i emailed the 4 i took for the site (see them here). he wanted to get a copy of the pics and of course i obliged him. he said that moto was signed with them and he saw me take pics. then a guy named jon from windy city punk, i guess they are a label. ![]() momo said how he used to sell those steaks door to door, and he said the trick is, ‘youre not selling the meal, youre selling the deal’. i said riverside, i made momo guess and he named dixon, i brought up robbins, but the worst is ford heights (ford city?) fuck if i know what its called. he buddy who he called momo was there, we were talking about the dirtiest suburbs. Matt from smear campaign was in there getting tanked in the bar afterwards. ![]() but i guess that he took a shit in his drawers on stage. well i was only out there to take some pics and then i went back to the bar. i can understand that, youre hot up there and sweating. smear campaign played and matt was pretty drunk. the one he had was old but looked pretty awesome. their singer/guitarist had an ampeg guitar which are rare. Moto played, they had some wicked guitars. the bartender thought our last song (‘summertime’ by crimpshrine) was fifteen (same singer, jeff ott) so i gave him props for being so close. the set was done quick and we gave out 10 cds to people we didnt know in about 20 seconds. i kept wiping my head with a towel but wasnt that sweaty. ![]() it was real cold in the place, hilger and i were the only 2 with shorts on. the set felt really good, wasnt very tired. pop punk from elmhurst, or so i was told (what i was told as far as their home, im quite sure it was pop punk. so anyways, the members of smear campaign are very cool, very friendly, were all laughing together.īill knobs and i go have a beer, didnt even step out to the see the 1st band. they were definately unfiltered, but they arent shorties like lucky strikes. but he didnt smoke them, he would lite them and just drive around with the thing burning in his mouth. he smoked cigars but sometimes he would buy cigerettes - pall malls. i related a story to everyone about my dead grandfather. i asked him for a smoke and he pulled out a very rare cigerette. he said that no, with a laugh, that he was a mechanic. so i just asked him, ‘hey dude, are you a fucking construction worker or what?’. so i go right up to the bassist, hes wearning a flannel shirt, and some bgi ass fuckin boots, like construction boots. he was definately awesome but just did his own thing i guess. they came off stage after their soundcheck and we start talking to them all (actually, i never did speak even once, nor did any of us, to the guitarist. now as if it wasnt crazy enough to be representin cicero, hes representina small part of it. i see 1st thing that the singer is wearing like a softball jersey that says ‘south cicero’. smear campaign was the headliner but they were soundchecking early before any of the bands. So bill knobs of The Powerknobs showed up and we had a drink while the 1st band played. i think a lot of people (hilger said it and i agreed) that reality was a little off kilter that day, either from partying over the weekend and/or the daylight savings bullshit that ‘the man’ uses to steal an hour from us. So we got there and found out we were playing 2nd of 4 bands. this is my personally 13th time there, i played there twice with C.F.D., my first band. i found myself telling alot of people that statistic because i myself am amazed by it. This is our 11th time playing here, but first in 2 years. ![]()
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