Burnin' Sensations

Last Friday was another hugely successful night for Ames on the Half Shell. The band was Burnin' Sensations and they were phenomenal. Here are a few pictures from the evening.



Abi and Melissa



Dennis



Sara



Birthday Girl



Scott



Derrick



Burnin' Sensations



Chad



Andy and Charby



Working the Picnic Table



Possibly Discussing an UnHingd Reunion?


Every once in awhile when I'm editing pictures I find something that amuses me in a picture that was completely unintentional. Sometimes that happens when I'm not really concentrating, but just taking pictures quickly. One of those pictures above amuses me in just such a way.

I took a picture of one of the singers from Burnin' Sensation out working the crowd. I was impressed by this because they were the first band to really work the crowd in such a fashion.





I think if there was somebody standing on top of my table playing a tambourine, I would probably be so impressed I would watch them, but that isn't the case for everybody. Some people would rather text message.





I also made a panoramic image of the event. These are really hard to post because of their extreme width. So below I spun this image counterclockwise 90 degrees so that you can at least go through the image to some degree. It is also compressed to about 10% of its actual size. In its full resolution it is much crisper.





Of course there are about 40 more images in the Snapshots Gallery in an album named AOTHS-Burnin' Sensations. It is located right next to the Family Night Photo Album.


Snapshots Gallery


I should also point out that I had a new life experience on Saturday. To say it was my life experience isn't really fair, but I overheard something that I thought I would never hear, not even in Iowa.

After a long discussion about life with Becky on her sweet front porch, I made my way down to Tradewinds for the conclusion of Shannon's birthday shindig. While I was there I was sitting at a table where a creepy guy was putting the "moves" on a lady friend.

One of the things he said to impress her was that he was once up to his nipples in pig feces. I guess you go with what you got, but if that is what you got, maybe you should lie.

Of course, it all happens again this Friday. Not the pig poo guy, but Ames on the Half Shell will happen again this Friday. 5-8 at Bandshell Park. 3 bucks gets you in the door. Another 3 bucks gets a beer in your hand.* 1 buck gets you some Red Monkey.

This week the band is Vivace. They are also excellent. They are one of the two bands that I booked. I got to play hardball with them. The conversation went something like this:

Me: So how much do you charge?
Vivace: XXXXXX bucks. A little more for an outdoor show.
Me: Well this is an outdoor show.
Vivace: Well we can keep it the same.
Me: Sounds like a deal.

Hope to see some of you there. Even my Corporate Sellout friends.

*Technically 3 bucks gets you an orange token that magically gets turned into beer at the beer tent.