THE STORY:
We followed up our NYC debut with a trek up to Rhode Island to perform at Captain Nick's Rock & Roll Bar as part of the Block Island Music Festival. We were selected to play the plum Saturday night at midnight slot & honestly, I had no idea what to expect. I'd never been to Rhode Island, no less Block Island (about an hour boat ride off the mainland), & to make matters worse, it was about 55 degrees & raining when we left. I was going thru some personal shit & was an emotional wreck, but I was almost thankful for the distraction of having to go up & play this show.

I was honestly blown away by the organization involved once we got up there - the organizers took care of our travel arrangements, our gear, our lodging - extremely accommodating. Boon & I snuck a peek at the early artists & were a bit intimated by the fact that most of them involved acoustic guitars, upright bass, and/or banjos. How would these people react to an act like Q*Ball??

We got our answer at midnight, when Boon warmed up the crowd with a 15-minute DJ set - the crowd went nuts. Dancing, drinking, cheering - it was awesome. When we finally all got on stage to perform "Edith," girls were coming up on stage & dancing with us - it was a great time. Unfortunately, it was cut short due to the curfew laws up there, so we had to end about 2 songs short of a full set. We literally closed the place down. We met some interesting peeps, hung out at some kid's house & spun records all night, & drove home to the harsh reality of NYC living the next day.