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Day 13:“Andy Man O’ Warhol”; the transformative properties of puppetry; Dumbledore’s guitar; finale.
Paul: Our friend Nick lives above this coffee shop that has the most insane muffins ever. If God was in the muffin business, this is probably what his muffins would be like. The strawberry cream cheese is a winner, as is the cinnamon coffee cake.
Joe: We just finished tracking “Andy Man O’ Warhol!” If Andy Warhol were in a metal band, this would be his theme. “Smash the antiquated window of the ennui/With the bloody fist of redundancy!”
Marty Allen: Philly: the perfect way to end the best tour ever. Ending as she began, boldly and in a church basement. Contrary to popular metal mythology, God totally does know how to rock. With everything in order and a solid sound check under our belts, we hit the stage ready for thunder and poised for lightning, destiny awaited, like a gussied up elderly relative with both your favorite dessert AND main course ready for you all at once.
Jesse: The posted maximum occupancy is 150. Luckily for us, there's no fire marshal present because double that number turns up at the First Unitarian.
Marty Allen: I puttered around a bit, checking on this and that as I am wont to do, excited by the sheer number of kids, when I heard a sudden uproarious cheer.
Jesse: Normally, before the show starts, Uncle Monsterface pokes his puppet head up to look around and perhaps one or two people notice. Seeing them, he’ll then jump down and hide. Tonight a huge cheer reverberated through the crowd when he appeared. He was stunned — visibly, jaw-droppingly stunned — before he turned tail. The crowd was so happy, so excited, so ready to have a good time that Uncle Monsterface could not let them down.
Marty Allen: Philly audience, how much do I love thee? Philly utterly, completely, and unabashedly threw down. They screamed, they rocked, and they rolled like no other audience I've ever seen. They were a gift to us, the perfect end to the most amazing tour. Three hundred screaming kids, dancing and born to rock, the best present ever. After playing this rock show, I can truly die a happy man.
Jesse: I’m watching as Uncle Monsterface performs their last set of the tour, no one wanting this to be over. For their finale, “Lobster Building,” the band usually asks a handful of people from the audience to rock out with them, and these people are given inflatable prop guitars, lobsters, and puppets. Tonight, so many people join them onstage — including Harry and the Potters — that it looks like a Prince’s Trust concert. When Uncle Monsterface himself makes his appearance at the climax of the song, he needs to gingerly step between fans, careful not to crush toes with his size 13-and-a-half feet.
