Mates of State "Along For the Ride" from All Day Live at The Annex Madison, WI Sep 29, 2005

This was so cool.

Emily and I met at a Rainer Maria show, with Mates of State opening; we've seen them three or four times since. (As a side note, they play Madison all the time, they're back again next spring.) Before their set, she watched the band setting up and asked me if she should go tell Kori -- the blonde, female, keyboardy half of the band -- how we met. I said sure; she did and asked if they would dedicate a song to us, and Kori was all, "Oh, that's so great, of course, etc, etc!"

Emily asked for "Whiner's Bio," and I was all set to record it -- I got the intro where she mentioned us and pointed us out in the crowd. Then, though, she had us come up on stage and dance while they played it, so I had to stop shooting. Thus, I spliced the intro into my subsequent recording of "Along For the Ride," totally fooling all of you. Er, until spilling the beans right here.

[BTW, I'm at my practical limit on web space, so I'll be taking older episodes offline and moving them to the NO! archive; if you want to get any of these archived episodes, contact me and I'll set something up.]