Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA - 12/27/00 - Live Alien Broadcast, Mary Prankster, Martini Bros.

Wednesday, December 27

Live Alien Broadcast kicked off the night at 9 pm at the Chameleon Club. It was our first time seeing them, so we were unfamiliar with their songs. They were in matching white outfits and Shannon got a flashback of the Beastie Boys. They were entertaining (the drummer's comical facial expressions kept us amused) and they sounded good.

Now, we usually we feel really out of place because there are drunken older people all around us, but now there were younger, less drunken ones around us. Shannon had felt a little out of place until she saw someone walk by with a long blue wig on. Phew.

Mary Prankster took the stage at 10 with her glittery red cowboy hat and her guitar. She had more fans in the crowd. This was our first time seeing Mary. Her favorite topics for songs were alcohol and sex, which was fine for the crowd assembled there. A resounding cheer would go up as she introduced each new song. She was entertaining and Mary and her band put on a grand show.

Ha, we were sort of um... uncomfortable with the annoying, twenty-something drunk guy that was all around us. He pushed by Shannon and started snapping his fingers, asking Melanie to dance. She gave him the get-away-you-drunk-crazy-man look and Shannon felt like she was in a bad A Night at the Roxbury skit. He asked Shannon with his oh-so-lovely beer breath what color her sweater was. May we quote, "ORANGE OR RED!?!!!" Shannon asked him what he said again because she didn't think someone would ask something so stupid, but obviously it was possible. Shannon gave him an "ewwwwww get away from me" look and he backed up for a bit. By the way, her sweater was orange. He had been throwing his hands above our heads and bopping all around like a complete psycho and Shannon sort of pushed her way up a bit more towards Melanie and the other sane people. The guy next to Melanie, and also another nice gal cleared a wee path for us and let us in front of them. They said we had to experience Mary Prankster closer up if it was our first time. We thanked them and we were definitely happy to be away from the spastic drunken lad.

After Mary's set, The Martini Bros. finally made their appearance at 11. We were in the front row and very jolly. Shannon hoped that not too many people saw her doing her wee jigs around in her little area. Oh well, everyone else seemed busy dancing too. We know that Shannon's dad was more towards the back, by himself, probably watching us be all crazy.

Early on into the set, Mary was invited up to share a mic with Mike and join in on "Nightmare (Party on Wheels)." She grooved on stage with Mike and Deuce and even laid her hat on Deuce's head. **we hope we got some good shots of that**

Anyway, Deuce and Mike were right up front on the stage so it was a little odd to have them right there, but it was definitely cool to see them playing so close. Mike's cigarette butts even fell on Shannon's camera case - eep! Rej was playing drums as great as usual and they were all having a jolly good time. They played quite a bit of older songs from Portable, some from Transmission, and a few covers. We missed out on their Christmas song, "Santa Claus is Back in Town" because Mike didn't know the bass part. (Check out their site for the MP3.) Oh well. We left at midnight which was right after they finished. And if Melanie was paying attention, she would have gotten a set list. We had an awesome time there that night and we can't wait to see them again.