The FrogCircus at the FrogFish

Right on, it's 0:58 of a Friday night (technically Saturday morning if we get picky) and I'm bound to bed in a minute or two, but first things first, our silly little diary is here again. I promise I'll continue writing tomorrow, I'm dozing over the keyboard and probably nonsense is the only thing that will come out of it right now (as if you hadn't noticed by now!). Good night...

[Saturday morning, back to life again]
Here I am, freshly awaken and with my eyes still not completely open. Yesterday's gig was one of the funniest, most relaxed and laid-back I've done with these guys. Being an almost private gig, invitation-only, film studio inauguration night, there was really no pressure at all. And we took it to our advantage.

We had prepared a set with more old stuff than usual (Blue Ice, Growing Older, Weekend Lover...) that we've been rehearsing lately, and it paid off well. We bloody nailed it, I'd never believe it after all that time.

Tobi was supposed to bring in a cajón, but instead appeared with the kind of mini drums you normally give your 5 year-old nephew for Christmas. It looked so incredibly silly that it was an instant factor of coolness for the whole band. There we were, acoustic guitars in the hand, an electric bass and a toy drumkit that sounded ridiculously cool. And off we went.



Our little bunch of froggy-friends managed to get invitations and appeared with the mandatory new Frogcircus t-shirts (wear them proud!) and used the occasion to fill their bellies with the free drinks (tasty cocktails by the way) and the free food (tasty schnitzels, tasty mousse-au-chocolat, tasty everything really!). Nothin better than to give your stomach a good treat when listening to the best thing for your ears, huh?

We were playing two short sets, the first one went down pretty well, and even managed to survive "My Hero", the Foos cover we hadn't really rehearsed. But the second set was simply smoking. When we came to the last verse of "Titanium" the energy between us four was amazing. We might have blown up a lightbulb or two in the process, if you ask me...

The FrogFish guys put a huge screen of ugly faces as our backdrop, and were also taping the whole thing, so don't be surprised if you find some footage of the evening while youtubing around... I sure will.


Thanks for wasting your time reading this little piece of mental diarrhea.

Yours truly,

Stone

Phrase of the day: "Shit, where's my beer?" (Jorge, panicking 30 seconds before starting the gig)