So Matt the Electrician and Southpaw Jones are already performing when I get to Flipnotics North, but I get a mocha (one shot regular so I can stay up until 2am, one shot decaf so I’m not up forever) and still find a seat up front. Fortunately, the song title challenge songs are still to come, and one of the previous week’s song title songs returns (MtE’s Obama song, which is now stuck in my brain).

Did you realize that the upcoming February has five Fridays? That was part of the challenge thrown out last week, which also somehow got some rainwater thrown in, perhaps due to the bottled water. So it was that we had two songs called “Five Fridays in February Rainwater Green Blues.” Or something like that. It’s obviously too long for a proper title.

But the songs were fine and I was ready to propose the next week’s: the Dean’s list. But as I didn’t make it clear that it was related to The Child, it got interpreted as having something to do with Howard, so I had to issue a stern injunction against smart remarks about the scream. Southpaw said he sympathized because he understands the damage a PA system can do. But I still have to return to hear it, because the only other time that my suggestion was accepted (years ago–something about chicken pox), I was unable to return for the results.

So the show is over and it’s 10pm-ish, and I head back to Alamo Village, hoping that I don’t find too many people waiting to get in.

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