AND BECAUSE NFL FOOTBALL IS LIKE AN OPIATE TO ME...........i almost forgot to mention.......

I wrote earlier about how my band AMERICAN SKIN made it to the finals of THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE SINGER/SONGWRITER COMPETITION........we played that friday night as part of the kickoff for ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA(which is a HUGE annual to do here)......now lemme deny you,dear reader, of any sort of foreshadowing by saying that we came to nail this performance round to the floor.........and be honest, if you were a gambler, would you choose to lay odds on a few guys with acoustic guitars,a "Jesus loving" cheater or a rock and roll band lean with road experience?........the smart money is on the rock band EVERY time.........for many reasons......

I could not WAIT to see Jesus boy's band...........they led voting at the close.....this largely due to his repeated self-love(to which he admitted)and the fact(as he pointed out to us) that music is a "cut-throat business"..........in short, he voted for himself repeatedly online........that was cute...........what was better was how he opened his set at a SONGWRITER competition with a cover of SUPERMAN by THREE DOORS DOWN..........now this song consists of 4 chords.......it's straight rock and roll.........no band could've fucked this song up with any more aplomb than these nimrods(dig my biblical reference)..........they even managed to flip the backbeat and the downbeat.......what else was cute was how this retard managed to SUCK like a hoover for the remainder of his twenty minutes......when he played the song he entered into the contest live, it became very clear that it was recorded with studio musicians........because his band had great difficulty pulling it off......in fact, they didn't pull it off..........this guy managed to BUTCHER HIS OWN SONG..........he finished out of the money.........and deserved to be booed off the stage.........

There were additional attrocities committed onstage that night.........and there were bright spots as well...........MARC THOMPKINS showed why he nearly became an icon..........shamefully, it only netted him 3rd place.........

AMERICAN SKIN took the stage as the last performance of the night..........we were as electric as we could be under the conditions.........oh who am i kidding........we tore the stage down...........we levelled the set............we WON..............nice fat check from the daily paper........big box of cds and a case of hotsauce...........woohooo.............

but while that's all good and great...........we got the best reward yet........VINDICATION...............WE..........WIN...........

Rock it like you're trying to commit to murder.......

Stak