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We're Playing Pride
5/7/2006
Zurtec, Benadryl, shower. Maybe another Benadryl in a bit. It's a cool sunday morning and my allergies are really misbehaving. Will and I are up at Mike and Scott's after a huge bonfire party they had last night. I imagine the combination of pollen and smoke is to blame for this mornings suffering.
Despite the fire in my eyes I'm in a great mood. Things finally seem to be happening with the band. The big news is (drum roll): out of over 4,000 applicants we've been chosen to play 2006 DC pride. I don't know which day or what time, just that we've been chosen. I'm really glad this has come thru and the guys are really excited about it.
OTHER GUY IN THE BAND: "Will there be hot lesbians there?"
ME: "Uh, yes, but they're lesbians."
Chuckle. For the other guys in the band (all str8) I can see it has an exotic edge. Having been attending Pride events on and off since the age of 24 I find it a tad more mundane. :)
Mundane but heartwarming. I've joked Pride in the past but mostly for semantics more than anything else. I don't believe that homosexuality is to be ashamed or proud of. Like having ears it just is. That being said, gays, particularly young gays, have such a avalanche of negativity hurled at them about their sexuality that having events like Pride to act as a counterbalance is a very positive thing indeed. I know it was for me.
I don't have illusions of this being a big break thru moment for the band. I don't know that it will generate any album sales and I'm highly dubious it will land us a choice recording contract, but it is a big show for a good cause that will genuinely motivate us to work hard and give it our best. It also represents a sort of milestone where we're moving away from little club show and towards larger, paying gigs -- a very good thing indeed.
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