The andy sims Free T-shirt Of The Day, 18 May 2009
Good (if fuzzy) memories associated with this one:
Another fantastic sold-out KWOD show, with Cake, Alien Ant Farm, Sum 41 and Tantric. I have no recollection of Tantric, but that’s more than likely entirely my own fault.
This was a weird show, due to it being the first big event we put on post 9/11. The attacks had only happened three months beforehand, and you may recall, almost everything scheduled for the Fall was cancelled. Bands stopped touring altogether, and everyone just went home to regroup.
Still, the geniuses in the KWOD promotions department thought what we all needed was a big-ass show, and a big-ass show is what they put together. Friend of the morning show, Wil Wheaton, came up from LA with his wife and son, as he is one of the world’s biggest Cake fans.
The real beauty of the deal, though, was that Mrs. Wheaton was wearing this shirt:
Of course Wil is best known for his roles as Ensign Wesley Crusher from Star Trek, and Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me. Now, even though Wil has been in lots of other stuff, and also writes one of the best blogs on the intarwebs, he’s got something of a nerdy image, which he rolls with. His wife told us she bought the shirt with that in mind.
We were kind enough to point out the other possible meaning of this three-word sentence. She was mortified.
While the show was being soundchecked and put on, I was running around with a huge backpack stuffed with liquor bottles, and functioning as the mobile bartender. Never, before or since, have I felt so useful.
Now, I’m under a lot of pressure here to really just nail this blog entry, because when Wil notices the dozen or so page hits he’s sure to get as a result of my readers clicking through, he’s going to come back to the source, to see what the hell is going on.
God damn it, I got nuthin’. How about a Fresca?
May 18th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I was there!