Don't burn the locals---Follow Up

So here we are, glad our foot was not too deeply inserted in our mouth over the battle of the bands hosted by X96 for a chance to play the main stage at the Big Ass show this September.

The other day we were reading up on Portia's blog and the comments directed at her. We noticed a few things: 1. We were not alone in thinking that some of the line-up, was less than stellar. 2. We were a LOT less vocal than some other people. 3. The criteria by which bands were chosen. This last one, #3, was of most interest to us. On the X96 blog, Portia lists the criteria as bands having, "variety, fan base, and stage presence." This was slightly surprising (emphasis on the word "slightly") as TALENT was not listed. The smart ass in us, wanted to say: "So you're not looking for the BEST band out there, just the one with a lot of members that play music people don't listen to and have a lot of friends." But we would never say that.

We even got a personal message from Portia explaining (sort of) why we weren't chosen. They (X96 people) apparently weren't sure if we could "fill a big stage." Well, we, or rather THEY shall see. This is because the band "Loom" has dropped out, and we were apparently first in line as "runners up." So the honor is now ours of showing whether or not we can actually compete against these bands we so quickly dissed.

This is fantastic news, really. Yes, we weren't chosen right away, but we at least were NEARLY chosen and first in line should another band cancel. Thanks Loom! Love you guys, whoever you are. Also, imagine if we win. Then we get to say, "isn't it totally weird that you didn't even want us on here to begin with and we won? Weird." So the victory would be just a bit sweeter given the opposition.

Be still my heart as Phil Collins sings "Against All Odds" to the beat of our life!