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October 22, 2005 Mess Hall, Rogers Park .

Line up:
Gene Booth
Rachel Hanes
Maureen Loughnane
Thom van der Doef
Ben Brandt

Set:
End Easy Hearsay
Satisfaction Ba'on Oxen
Maoming Gluttony

The evening was hosted and fed by Salem Collo-Julin, member of Temporary Services.

Attendance:
7 (NOT including the band)
Every song was evaluated by the band members by showing a thumbs up, down or halfway.

The songs were rated as follows:

End Easy Hearsay: 4 thumbs up
Satisfaction Ba'on Oxen: 4 enthusiastic thumbs up. Everybody agreed that this 10 minute exploration was executed twice as good as at the MucusCircus at the MCA.
Maoming Gluttony: Initially Gene had a half thumbs up, but after some coaxing he too agreed that it was a pretty great version.

Even though there were only seven people attending Gene managed to offend at least one Rogers Parker. During a conversation about Kurt Weill (sigh) Gene put his hand lightly on RP's shoulder in a gesture of camaraderie. He was quickly rebuffed by a "Don't EVER touch me!" Gene stands corrected.

Paul Nudd poster in the john. We fell in love and feel aligned completely with the Mess Hall way and with its inhabitants, Temporary Services. Salem promised 150 at the December show. She anticipated 25 here, so the ratio for December means we'll actually get about 42.