CSIS: Think Long - Mates of State

NEVER EVER doing that again.

 

Gary found some old Encyclopedia Brown books in his garage. You know the kid that would solve mysteries for a quarter. He thought it would be a good idea for a show. Not solving mysteries but having the audience pick what the song would be about for five dollars.

 

So basically, the audience would fill out a slip and The Singer would need to ad-lib lyrics based on what they wrote. We weren’t writing new songs, just reworking what we already had.

 

INDIE ROCK IMPROV NIGHT is what Gary called it. The Singer was dreading it. I didn’t care. I only play the snare.

 

We only had 5 people that filled out requests. One song was about Pabst Blue Ribbon, that one went over alright. Another song was about a grandma getting attacked by a shark. I think I saw a girl in the audience crying during that one. Especially when The Singer ad-libbed a line about how grandma won’t have an open casket.

 

The Singer did let Gary know that we will not be playing any themed shows going forward.