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ended up in chico last weekend.

jesse and jon from flipwreck started a new band, belladonna, which debuted at mr. lucky's on saturday night. belladonna was cool; an amalgam of techno with live instruments. the synthesis claimed belladonna was a "lo-fi nine inch nails." i wish. it was the kind of thing you could dance to, and it wasn't particularly spooky. i helluv backed flipwreck, and it's good to see jon and jesse continue on.

abe, the former guitar player/singer of flipwreck was also there. it was good to see him. after a stint with HPA in the south bay, he's moving back to chico, and is planning on doing some solo work, along the lines of elliot smith. abe has some gosh darn talent, so i am looking forward to hearing what he comes up with.

before belladonna's set there was a drag-queen contest. the key was the posse, about 10 deep, of gay hicks that showed up in full hick regalia, including moustaches, goatees, wranglers, hankerchiefs around necks, and shirts. the gay cowboys were slipping their fingers into the back pockets of each others tight gay cowboy wranglers, and rubbing each others gay cowboy backs. the contest concluded with a lip sync by all the queens to shania twain's "man, i feel like a woman." never in my life have i wished more that i brought a camera or tankass. i think he would never sport wranglers again if he saw that shit.