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[Lisa!]

Jee, the excitement on here is overwhelming!

4 weeks!!!! And it's hump day, what better reason to party??!!?!?

Cups up!
Ow

[pink flamingo]

Oh my... passed the middle of June already, summer always flies by soooooo fast (but we need to slow it WAY down for a week in July to ENJOY)!!! Hope all you Duluth Peeps aren't floating away & good luck to everyone who has had power outages & storm damage... get this crap out of the way before MDJ time!!!

BTW... how was the Aerosmith concert... I don't think I saw any updates from anyone (SO wanted to hit that concert, but was in the Dells soaking up some sun/fun for my daughters dance competition)!!!?

[Mick]

Oh my... passed the middle of June already, summer always flies by soooooo fast (but we need to slow it WAY down for a week in July to ENJOY)!!! Hope all you Duluth Peeps aren't floating away & good luck to everyone who has had power outages & storm damage... get this crap out of the way before MDJ time!!!

BTW... how was the Aerosmith concert... I don't think I saw any updates from anyone (SO wanted to hit that concert, but was in the Dells soaking up some sun/fun for my daughters dance competition)!!!?

AEROSMITH was AWESOME!!!!!!!, They still have IT!, I WANT MORE! Stayed in the cities so partied till weee hours.

aww...the dells , always a good time!

[pink flamingo]

Of course you did (made it to see the sunrise I'm sure) Mick... you are my Concert-Going-Party-Animal Hero!!!

So, what's the next big concert (in our area) I should try to get to (before MDJ that is)!!!

I'm sad there are a lot of friends who won't be attending the Jam this year (for one reason, or another)...I'm going to miss seeing them... BUT!... I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends who have been posting... bring on the Meet & Greets, bring on the brews, bring on the sunshine, bring on the bands!!!

[The Jam Web Guy]

FYI - Atomic Punks and Motley Inc flip flopped on the schedule. I know it isn't anything major, but figured that I'd give you guys and gals a heads up. Also, I am going to start posting songs/video of the day on our facebook page as a countdown to the Jam. I'll throw in some of Chris's info with each song.

[Mick]

AEROSMITH:
"I fu**ing love you!" Tyler yelled out into the blinding stage lights mid-set, grinning like a young schoolboy. He was addressing the crowd, not his bandmates. But it didn't matter. Because as long as Aerosmith keep treating fans to momentous gigs like Saturday's triumph, they need not be best friends – or even like each other, for that matter. They just need to keep doing what they do best: rocking hard.

Setlist:

"Draw the Line"
"Love in an Elevator"
"Oh Yeah"
"Walkin' the Dog" 
(Rufus Thomas cover)
"Livin' on the Edge"
"Cryin'"
"Rag Doll"
"Last Child"
"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"
"Combination"
"What It Takes"
"Legendary Child"
"I Don't Want To Miss a Thing"
"Mama Kin"
"Sweet Emotion"
"Walk This Way"

Encore:
"Dream On"
"Train Kept A-Rollin"
They were in TOP form!

[Doug]

Nicely worded Mick! Sounds like it was a fantastic show.

I saw Aerosmith in '98 in Duluth, a rescheduled show on their scaled back smaller venue leg of the tour, the time Steven Tyler was recovering from getting hit in the knee with a mic stand. We got our tickets just before selling out, and we were actually behind the stage. Most of the show we could see their backs, but on some occasions some tapestries would rise along the back and totally block our view. We got a lot of pyro heat and smoke too. However, during a longer guitar solo, Steven Tyler ran to the backstage, came down, and ran over in front of us. As expected, many of us crowded the railing and reached down for a hand slap or something. He stopped about 7 feet below us, pulled out a tissue, blew his nose in it, threw it up at us, turned and ran back on stage. Not sure if anyone caught the tissue, but I know I pulled my hand back a bit. Still worth the ticket though. Would've been cool to see one of their bigger shows though. A lady on my trivia team saw them too this weekend, and gave a very positive review as well.

[DJ Dizzy Darcy]

Memoirs Of An Avid Beer Drinker Pt. II: The Short and Final Chapter

You see, there was a time when beer made me do great things. When I look back, I think age 32 was the turning point, the age where the magic seemed to disappear.

Pre-32 after several beers-----Flexible as Plastic Man, graceful as a ballerina. I had superhuman strength and could snatch a running cheetah by the tail. The poetry flowed. The storytelling was grand, vocabulary swelled. Both sides of my pillow were cool, and I could have inside jokes with any passerby I've never seen before.

Post-32 after several beers-----Still flexible and loose, but in ways that make me far less graceful. Not so tough either, and I really don't care to run. I speak with incomplete sentences, usually because I forget in-stride what I was talking about in the first place. I tune out, and can gaze into the setting sun for minutes on end, mouth hanging open, blinking once every 2 minutes or so. I try to lock in to a conversation to see if I can add something to it, but the numbness of my brain overtakes me, and I can't figure out what the hell they are talking about. I break out in a good laugh over something stupid and tinkle in my cow print boxers.

Somehow.....somewhere.....something got lost along the way.

Just got done talking to Angie and I read her your post. She said "Can't wait to see the cow print stance this year!" LOL!

[The TyGuy]

Nicely worded Mick! Sounds like it was a fantastic show.

I saw Aerosmith in '98 in Duluth, a rescheduled show on their scaled back smaller venue leg of the tour, the time Steven Tyler was recovering from getting hit in the knee with a mic stand. We got our tickets just before selling out, and we were actually behind the stage. Most of the show we could see their backs, but on some occasions some tapestries would rise along the back and totally block our view. We got a lot of pyro heat and smoke too. However, during a longer guitar solo, Steven Tyler ran to the backstage, came down, and ran over in front of us. As expected, many of us crowded the railing and reached down for a hand slap or something. He stopped about 7 feet below us, pulled out a tissue, blew his nose in it, threw it up at us, turned and ran back on stage. Not sure if anyone caught the tissue, but I know I pulled my hand back a bit. Still worth the ticket though. Would've been cool to see one of their bigger shows though. A lady on my trivia team saw them too this weekend, and gave a very positive review as well.

I know a girl from Moondance Jam a few years back. She would catch everything that was tossed her way. She kept a smoked up cigarette butt from the Scorpions so I'm sure she woould have kept Steven Tyler's tissue.

[Whysper]

Big weekend here with the Rivers Edge fest in St. Paul. Really looking forward to seeing Tool on Saturday night, should be pretty exciting from the sounds of it, and Dave Matthews on Sunday... I took Monday off as I doubt I'll make it home before midnight on Sunday. Decided to go VIP. Should be fun.