Current mood:	satisfied
Current music:	The Gaslight Anthem

Hot Topic Acoustic Show Review
So I just got back from the much promoted HT acoustic show. I thought I did pretty good. Everyone else thought so too. I was pretty pissed that I couldn't play as much as I wanted to, but I put in even more effort into those 4 songs I did play. So here's how it went:

"What's up. How you guys doin'? I'm Not Holden Caulfield and I've got your attention for 30 minutes, so if you wanna shop, go ahead. This song's called Jack Terricloth"
Jack Terricloth

"Thanks. Umm...This song was available for free on the myspace, but it's not anymore. You can still get it if you wanna shell out 99 cents for it. It's called Kira
Kira (attempt 1)
"Fuck, wait. Umm, I haven't played this in a while so...yeah. Umm :hums song to myself for a little bit:. Ok, I got it"
Kira

"Thanks. So this song is actually available for free on the myspace. It's off of the EP I put out by myself. It's called Epic and I'm playing because somebody wants to hear it"
Epic

"Thanks alot. This is the song I usually close with, so I'm gonna do that tonight. I wrote this song when I was a senior in high school and it's about leaving home for the first time, and I have a friend leaving home for the very first time so I'm dedicating this specific performance to Melissa. Hopefully I won't screw up. This song is called Leaving Here and it's off the new record"
Leaving Here, pt. I [with one line from A Favor House Atlantic from Coheed And Cambria]

"Thanks alot....that's it, that's all I got"

So yeah, I had fun. Afterwords, while And Then There Was You sold their cd, I gave away There's No Place That's Home for donations because "Music is free, but gas is not". I made like $8. I had fun, I can't wait until I get to play a full set. By the way, in case anyone wanted to know, the FULL setlist was supposed to be:

1. Everyone Loves Yanette (a short 30 second "joke" song I wrote specifically for this show)
2. Jack Terricloth
3. Mrs. Ellison
4. Kira
5. A Favor House Atlantic (Coheed And Cambria cover)
6. Epic/Oh Comely (NeutraL Milk Hotel cover)
7. Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't (Brand New cover)
8. No One Here Gets Out Alive
9. Leaving Here, pt. I
10. My Sunset Shadow/If It Makes You Less Sad.../The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot (Brand New Cover)/Yellow (Coldplay cover)

Thanx go out to everyone who came and supported, and to And Then There Was You for letting me play with them, and to Hot Topic for putting this thing together. Cheers!

:Peace Love Unity:
There's people in business suits who want to screw you/They'll make you cut your set/Don't get upset, it's just what we do - I'm Not Holden Caulfield (the changed lyrics to "Jack Terricloth")