I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend as much as I did, my little whophins - that's a half-whale, half-dolphin hybrid. And yes, it's real. Way to go, science!

The show at the Paradise Lounge was just terrific - even better than the last show we did at the Paradise Lounge. And if you'll remember, THAT show totally reeked of awesomeness! So you can imagine how much of an awesome stank Saturday's show had on its downlow. Some highlights:

- We showed up early, as is the custom in Scamper. We're very prompt young laddies. As I mentioned last time we played the Lounge, the Paradise doesn't give the band free drink tickets as is the practice of most clubs. Instead, there's a V.I.P. area ("Very Incontinent People") where they have a case of beer for all the bands to "share" the beers.

Well, Scamper's report card when it comes to beer-sharing may as well read "Does Not Play Well With Others." We hoarded that beer like a bunch of Afghani warlords. We figured Casey Desmond is underage, so we could drink her beers. When the Glass Set showed up, they were very sweet. They asked us permission and apologized for taking our beer. We tried to explain that it was their beer too, but our body language (hunched around the cooler like jackals) must have told a different story. Yay free beer!

- As I've mentioned before, the onstage sound at the Lounge is the best in Boston. We really love playing there - even Nate managed to straighten out his monitor/amp karma that was bugging his ass last time and have a great show.

It wasn't flawless, by any means. During one particularly sexy part of the set, Nate and I jumped off the stage to seduce the audience with our manly pelvic thrusts, which was working fine... until I became unplugged (my bass, not my pelvis). Sheepishly, I had to creep back on stage and plug back in to finish the song. That's what I get for trying to sex it up.

Of course, everyone that came to the show were awesome awesome AWESOME. It doesn't matter how the club is set up or what the situation is, you guys always infuse the room with such energy and fun. We never forget - it is a joy and privelege to play for you guys. For real.

- Speaking of priveleges, we are really lucky to have gotten to play with Casey Desmond. At only nineteen, this girl has a voice that will knock your head down your throat into the base of your stomach and then you'll throw your head back up and look at your Uncle Bob and say, "Wow - that was weird. Did you see what just happened to my head?" and your Uncle Bob will say "Will you shut the fuck up? I'm trying to listen to Casey Desmond, ass wipe!" She's that good. She's on the fast track to stardom, so catch her in town next time you can.

Thanks again for all the folks that came out to see us. We heart you a million times.

If you haven't checked it out, Episode Three of the Scamper Podcast is up and running, featuring our good friends Aloud.