I'll tell ya what's new. For the first time in a month, all four bandmates were reunited and played an excellent show last saturday. It may not seem like that big of a deal, but for Los Festingos, a month is a freaking long time. We invaded Penn State University and caused some mischief on Friday night to retrieve our beloved bassist, Rancid Prostrate.
"What? Who's Rancid Prostrate? And why is his name so disgusting? And whatever happened to poor old Tim?"
Relax. They're the same person. Bucky and I just decided that Tim Gould wasn't quite a cool enough name. I mean, it suits him well, but it's not "I'm in a freaking rock band" enough. And so, Tim Gould is henceforth Rancid Prostrate. He's cool with it. Don't worry.
Anyway, after much mayhem and madness, we retrieved Rancid, hit up a Goodwill to shop for gaudy suit jackets and sweater vests, and made it home an hour before we were supposed to be playing. We didn't really have anytime to practice, which would have been problematic for any other band, but we're Los Festingos, so we weren't to worried. Or at least, I wasn't. Bucky was kinda worried. Anyway we rocked that funeral party like nobodies business. Yeah, that's right. It was a funeral party. It was awesome. We put the 'fun' in funeral party. It was the first gig I've ever played without knowing anyone in the audience. Totally fresh crowd. And they loved us!
Anyway, after that raging success we were all weary from travel and playing, and Rancid had a headache, and my voice was fried, so we all went home.
Sunday was national Chris Ruffini day. We told him we were heading back to the studio to work on some vocal tracks. You see, we've been working on our first official album at Cedar Street Studios in Philadelphia, and it's been going really well. Our sound engineer is a genius. Hopefully it'll be out by the Holiday season. And with that cd release comes a cd release party. Anyone reading this right now is preemptively invited.
Well Chris was the only man on the planet who actually believed we were going to the studio on his birthday. But when he came by my house to pick me up Sunday morning, we all jumped out and surprised him. He had always wanted a surprise party, you see. And until that day he never had one. A good time was had by all.
So, what's new with Los Festingos?
-We invaded Penn State
-Tim Gould was renamed Rancid Prostrate
-We went shopping at a Good Will and got some nasty knit sweaters
-We played an amazing party to a totally untapped crowd
-We're working dilligently on our professional album
-Chris Ruffini turned twenty
And...am I missing anything?
Oh yeah
-Me and Bucky got chased by a jedi knight on second street.
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