From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V5 #130 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Thursday, June 6 2002 Volume 05 : Number 130 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Rams Head & Robbie's Birthday fun [Shellyus@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:20:37 EDT From: Shellyus@aol.com Subject: Rams Head & Robbie's Birthday fun DATELINE: FRIDAY,MAY 24TH-THE RAMS HEAD, ANNAPOLIS, MD Sob&Friday night at the Rams Head. First off, having only been to Annapolis before for only shows and not experiencing the town, I must say that it is lovely. Yay for the Chesapeake Bay!! We went to a great Irish pub for dinner and I kept everyone honest by having a Guinness. We also found a great Irish shop where we could get the -good- chocolate that usually cannot be found in the states{mmmmmmmmaerobars!!} Arrived at the RH, talked to Bob..waited for the show! THE SHOW Woman of Faith Loitering "So...it was a good trip for us coming from Washington. That was a fun two hours crossing the bridge. We're just a rest stop on your way, aren't we? Laxative Folk!! You're just here for the bathroom. "-Robbie "You're allowed to do that, just buy a disc on the way out."-Mike "Seeing all of the motorcycles on our way up here reminded me that this weekend is 'the great rollout'. Here's the closest thing we have to a biker song."-MC I Don't Think I Know Me Some patrons near the back portion of the house, stage Robbie arrived late and he said "That's okb&we'll wait." And they did. "We're like that obnoxious clown on the boardwalk except you can't dunk us."-MC "You arrived just in time for the ballad."-RS Minnesota 1945 Bleecker to Broadway Quick Irish Dream "Julie, I'm gonna cut out the dance. I feel like 'River Dork'. And I have on my Celtic shirtb&from the county of Buffett"-MC Mike then was explaining to the crowd that he had written this song a while ago and that he had gotten several emails stating that there was an offensive word in it; he had gotten an email from Princess Pale Moon in New Mexico that 'squaw' was a bad word. "It's in the first part..it'll fly byb&you won't even notice itb&I've been trying a couple other words to replace it withb&broadb&injun babeb&{groans and laughs} Thank you! I'll be here tomorrow night!"-MC "I like 'injun babe'."-Julie "I have my RESERVATIONS about that. {-HUGE- groan}GO REDSKINS!!!"-MC "My Mom used to always say to us whenever we'd go on a road trip and see the 'falling rock' signs on the highway that it was the story of an Indian that had gotten lost and I latched onto it and wrote this song. She broke it to me on the cruise that she had made the whoe thing up. So I threw her overboard."-MC Falling Rock Let's Get Mesolithic "Let's complete the offensive trilogy. Usually -Mike- writes the offensive stuff. I wrote this song and have gotten several emails about itb&most of them from women named Sarah. So I've been using this tour to say 'screw you!' This is about a little girl that tortured my little sister as a child."-RS "And she was a squaw!!"-MC One Thousand Sarahs "Wow! That set went by quicker than a Bahamian Storm Warning!! Our Captain on the cruise-Captain Valdize, steered us right into a funnel cloud. Maybe someone gave him a few Bahamian dollars, but he steered us RIGHT into it. It was really quite frightening."-MC "Julie-take us out of this offensive trilogy!!"--RS Great Day SET II Old Dominion One Jack Can't Cook "This is another one of the obscure ones we had to work up for the cruise. Eddie and I couldn't hang-we went to the Lido and pounded. But you're in good hands with Robert and Julia."-MC Undone Jerusalem Not Enough Gold In The World "How 'bout Julie on that low bass note there??!"-MC "How LOW can I go? ~SNAP~"-JMW Number Six Driver Eddie solo{which got thunderous applause and a standing O} "Yeahb&..SO?!!"-RS Candido Lifeguard Stand{with new 'you gotta know the drill to feel the thrill' section..and 'sundial' references'} 3 Fine Daughters KIDDIE-THEMED-ENCORE When The Last Page Is Turned Hey Little Men After the show, I went back to show Julie my cruise pics, give them all doubles that I thought they might like, and coordinate the big birthday surprise plot with her, Mike, and Eddie and hang out a little. Yay sneakiness! SATURDAY ,MAY 25th{the eve of Sir Schaefer's Birthday} Ok..my cohorts and I went in to Annapolis at Noon and explored more of the town. Though I said it before, how very quaint the town is. -THE- find of the day {well..it's a toss-up between -this- and the Gonzo Pez Dispenser..}, though, for me was discovered at this bizarro little store called the 'public sales center' or something. Carey and Gordon wanted to go there in search of kazoos, slide whistles, and jaw harps that they had seen there on their last trip to Annapolis. We went there, made our purchases, and -just- as we were checking out, I noticed that on this little display board on the counter were these magnet thermometers that had this olde-tyme style printing on them-and there was one for 'Squaw Brand Canned Peas'. Cha-CHING!!! A great gag-and its magnetic groovyness would lend itself to be stuck on..ohb&sayb&a bassist's mic stand. ~grin~ I had cleverly placed Robbie's birthday cake and acoutremon in my overnight bag so no one would be the wiser, since it was just in one of those clear plastic bakery containers. I saw Joe and Kitty on the way in and greeted them, as well as Robbie's Mom, Ellen and his sister, Lauren. Ellen knew about the cake and was there when I came up with the plot. She asked if it turned out well and I told her that once we got inside and situated, I'd come show her. Ok---here's the deal; before the cruise, I was hoping that I'd get a good picture of Robbie while on board so I could have it made into a photo cake to surprise him with at the Saturday night show before his big day. Anyone who was on the cruise and went into the photo gallery will understand and appreciate this.{well..so will those -not- on board} On Friday night on the ship, if you went into the lower entrance of the dining room{thank heavens that none of -us- did so..but thankFULLY, Robbie did}, a Carnival employee dressed cheesy pirate jumped out at you with a plastic sword and then made you pose for a picture with him. In the photo gallery onboard Saturday night, we M-91ers, Kerry, and Jill discovered one such picture of Sir Schaefer. Life was good! Seoooooooooo......I had that photo made into a cake and here was the plan: I'd keep the cake at my table and right before the set break, Eddie would do a drumroll and Mike or Julie would say something and I'd make my way up to the stage with the cake. Mwwaahhhhaaaaa! We went in and got situated. Bob helped me by planting my thermometer on the appropriate mic stand. :) After we got situated at our table, I went to show Ellen and Lauren and Kitty the cake, confirming with his mother that Robbie was sure to kill me. THE SHOW Woman of Faith Loitering "I think I could say anything about bikers here with a folk crowd and I'd be ok."--MC " We once had a similar assemling of motorcycles at a gig in Iowa. They have motorcycles in Iowa. Mike took them on---he figured that he had a microphone and they didn't."--RS "They had helmets on----and you can't HEAR with a helmet on..right?"--MC I Don't Think I Know Me "Harvey's surrounded by about 18 hogs--so I'm hanging out with you guys after the show."--MC "This song is awesome...also one of mine. How ya doin doin', Kid Schaef? You see..you should switch to a Japanese guitar instead of one of those crafted pieces of furniture. It's ok....I have Taylor envy every day..in more ways than one."--MC "I know there are some alums from our most recent venture, our 2nd cruise...anyone??? Ok....still hung over..ok, I'll send this out to everyone -else-."--MC Atlantic "I'm in a good mood tonight nd that's because it's May 25th and the Red Sox are still in first place!"--RS Catchers Drummers and Anchormen "We weren't smart enough to get into the Naval Academy--I've got the haircut but they didn't accept me. We got state educations....which was more fun, I think."--RS Quick Irish "That's one of our songs in 6/8 time--it makes people dizzy....mainly the band."--MC "We're just dizzy from watching you dance!"--RS "Lord of the Bass---Michael Flatnote!!!! That's what they call me!!"--MC Mike does the intro to 'Falling Rock' again, explaining again about the Princess Pale Moon story and the offensiveness of the word 'squaw' and that it would fly by and the good thing was that JULIE had to sing it, not him. He also said that they would go into the studio and re-record it but they spent their money on the post cards that they were using as table-tents. He had by then discovered the thermometer, took it off the mic stand. "I see there is a repeat offender in the audience from last night. This is a thermometer with 'squaw' on it. I'm being haunted by it...so thank you, Princess."--MC "The sad thing is that someone spent their entire day looking for that."--RS Falling Rock "If you weren't offended by this song...just WAIT!! This song is for the ladies at that table right over there. I wrote it just for you--this is my pick-up song."--MC Let's Get Mesolithic "My sister, Lauren is here tonight and I know she's here regretfully because her daughter is home with sniffles.{crowd 'awwwwww'd}"--RS "You don't understand--'Sniffles' is their babysitter!!"--MC "I love my niece Chaundra..so much so that I've started to dress my 3 boys in dresses. Yeah...they're pretty pissed!"--RS He then went into this long Mike-esque story about how when Lauren was little, when people asked Lauren what she wanted to be when she grew up, she'd say 'a pickle'..then she abandoned that after a while and said 'a donut'..then she became a lawyer. He then said that he made up all of the pickle stuff, he just wanted to embarrass his sister. But that she was tormented by this little girl as a child and he thought that she was still and asked her about that. "No.", Lauren replied. "Really? Wow. But....I wrote a SONG about it.... Damn! Oh well...here it is anyway."--RS One Thousand Sarahs Next, Eddie did the big drumroll, so I started to sneak my way in 'Crouching Joe, Hidden Murphy'-style across the front aisle and to Stage Robbie.Julie said "This is a special weekend not -just- because it's Memorial Day, but tomorrow is also a very special day--it is Robbie Schaefer's 36th birthday!!! The lovely and talented Shelly has a special cake for the occasion for him." By this time, I had arrived there and gave him the cake. He cracked up and he achieved that wonderful Robbie-thing where his entire face AND head turn pink from either blushing or laughing at something that Mike says. "Oh wow! This is great..it's a picture from the cruise.", he announced. Then he looked at me and said 'Isn't it? This isn't from something -else- that I don't remember, is it?" I said 'No...it's from the cruise.", then made my way back across to my seat. "You know what, Robbie..I did the calculation and I have now known you for 25 years!!!"--MC "25 years? Damn!!!"--RS Great Day At Intermission, I took the paper plates and napkins and plastic silverware to the dressing room coz I didn't know whether they'd wanna cut into the cake then or after the show. Mike said "Squaw thermometer??" "Guilty.", I replied "However, I did -not- spend all DAY searching for it, Mr. Schaefer! We were in this store with kazoos and s**t and I saw it at the last minute and it was perfect and I could -not- resist it for the joke factor!!" SET II Old Dominion One Robbie asked who else had set a cake on the stage during the first set and it was fellow-cruiser, Annie, who was in the front row!{Yayeee!!} Tommy The Canexican{which had an extended banter chorus...where we learned that 'el denoument' was Spanish for 'sad'. Robbie proclaimed the song had now become a theatrical spectacle} "Gracias, Mercy!, and WORD! We worked this one up for the cruise as well. This one will be without the reliable rhythm section that is me and Eddie as we try to beat last call--NIGHT!!"--MC Undone Jerusalem Not Enough Gold In The World After this, Mike looks over to Robbie. "I don't have anything to say. Very disappointing, I know. Here's another song"--RS "Phoning it in on his birthday......"--MC "It goes like this."--RS "Much better."--MC Number Six Driver "We usually canvas the crowd to see if anyone's seeing EFO for the first time...anyone?? Virgins!! So now throw toast at them! Isn't that the ritual? And pick up our bar tabs...and go get my car!!! But watch out for the motorcycles!"--MC Eddie solo Candido Lifeguard Stand{with much added banter..the sundial section, and Mike damning Eddie's angry eyes and his Speedo} 3 Fine Daughters{for Joe's birthday that was celebrated the Wednesday prior to the show---Yay Joe!} "Thanks to the fine staff here at the Rams Head. Treat them well and treat us well and buy our crap. ANd it -is- crap--made in slave labor."--RS "I -like- your solo album!!"--MC "I like yours, too...oh, wait....you don't HAVE one!"--RS "But when I do, oh MAMA!!!"--MC Eddie's Concubine ENCORE When The Last Page Is Turned Stupid American After this, we had cake and fun and brief socializing and then, of course, the inevitable packing of the gear{though the venue dood almost ran down me, Eddie, Margaret, and Sue with Eddie's -own- cases. sillyman!}and loading it up and goodbye hugs. Well..there ya go. The last exciting{well, concert reviewy anyhoo} schtuff I'll write about til after the beginning of July. Shelly who has no concert egg-citement coming her way unless she makes it to The Nields next Sunday in K of P *pout* ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V5 #130 *****************************