Like Joining the Circus, But Less of a Commitment

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Guess what... We'll be heading back to The Carousel Lounge this Saturday Night... AND... It's probably going to end up being an awesome time! You never know who's going to show up there. One night a woman who I assume is a regular there at "the CL" was feeling our music so much that she created her own dance to it. We called it the one-foot possum clap/stomp. Complicated, but pretty magical. Another time an urban polygamist with a bad attitude came in and sat on the front row with two of his wives. Not too friendly, but they seemed to enjoy the show.

We like playing there because it's laid back and the beer is cold and reasonably priced. They don't sell liquor, but you can bring your own... they do sell "set-ups," which is the non-alcoholic part of a mixed drink.

We also have the new Possum Posse T-Shirts - hot off the presses! They're yellow with maroon lettering and I'm pretty sure all the kids are going to be wearing them pretty soon. You can take a look at the "merch" section of our site.














We go on at 7pm and we'll be playing with Bread and Bridge Farmers.

Hope to see you there!

Bringing Trashy Back

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

So last weekend we were invited back to be the "house band" at the 2nd annual White Trash Bash in Houston, TX. The idea of the party was to dress up in your best trashy clothes and have a good time. We found the ease at which we came up with completely appropriate attire to be somewhat bothersome, but were happy that it helped us get a gig. Most of our songs are either trashy or grossly inconsiderate, and last year we melted everyone's hearts with our rendition of "the re-remix to ignition."

While there were only two band members available this year, we pretty much took the WTB to a whole new level. Here's the photo recap:





















Liz and Everett Hosted us. Nice folks. Their yard was littered with kiddie pools, discarded refrigerators (which conveniently doubled as ice coolers), flamingos, and empty beer cans.


















Brian brought his "let's party" belt, which added a touch of class to the party. It also signified that Brian thought partying was warranted. In addition, we found ourselves without beers a couple of times throughout the evening and it really came in handy.


















We ditched our traditional attire and went for more of a "back to our roots" look. Adding to the theme was the fact that Jomo's guitar pickup quit on him and he had to purchase an add-on... only to find that it wouldn't exactly fit in the sound hole of his guitar - and had to be duct-taped to stay in place. Keeping it classy.























We finally got our new Possum Posse T-Shirts in. We used them as speaker covers and shamelessly promoted them. By the way - they're for sale. $10 at all Posse Shows. We even sold a few! Granted, we sold them to a couple of people who looked like they just felt sorry for us, but we'll take what we can get.


















We left the P.A. set up overnight so we could get a little rest, and headed back to the motel. When we returned the next morning, we found this kind gentleman "guarding our gear." Somehow his last beer had ended up in the bobcat's paws above his head. Nice guy. His name is Ben and he works for the government. I mean the guy on the couch, not the bobcat.

So all in all, an extremely successful gig. We were told that we would be the house band should there be a 3rd annual White Trash Bash. I'll keep you posted.