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May 22, 2005 - Mem of Sun Descends / Exumer
The first hour of the show was prerecorded as everyone was attending The Xtreme Soundscapes Showcase at Castaways. When they returned, around 1:20, they brought with them the vocalist from one of the bands who had just performed at that show. Mem, the vocalist for Sun Descends (also former vocalist for Exumer and Humongous Fungus). He gave a long interview, telling us about his band and his thoughts on the music scene in the past and today. We also got to hear several tracks from the bands CD played. They're cool, and I hope all of you in the area attended the concert at Castaways. After Mem had gone, they asked Just Joe how he was feeling, if he was over his insanity of the previous week, blubbering about an awful sea monster in the basement? Just Joe said that he was fine, absolutely fine, and that he was no longer afraid of the basement, or any monster. They told him that, if that were really true, then of course he would have no trouble proving it by going to the basement... At first he seemed a bit reluctant to do this (they have locked him in once he was there many times, after all). But, they assured him that all would be well, and promised that no one would lock the door on him. Being stupid, Just Joe decided to trust them. He went to the basement... Now, unbeknownst to Just Joe, they had put a big cardboard cutout of an ugly looking monster in the middle of the basement. They waited to see what his reaction would be... After a bit, Just Joe emerged from the basement. At first he seemed pretty much ok, and they congratulated him on overcoming his totally unwarranted, irrational fear of the basement... But then Just Joe started muttering about a monster in the basement. Feigning innocence, they said "what monster??". "there is no monster." At the next talk break, Just Joe had somehow acquired an axe, and declared that he was going to show that monster and take care of it once and for all. And with that, axe in hand, he went charging down to the basement. Then there was a terrific amount of noise. A lot of crashing and banging, and yelling which went on for a long time. They speculated that maybe Just Joe had impaled himself on the ax (that would be a very Just Joe thing to do, after all). But then Just Joe emerged from the basement saying that he had gotten rid of the monster. Oh, and one other minor, insignificant item of note btw, (almost left this out, it's so trivial), he was absolutely covered in blood... Just Joe was bragging about how he had dispatched the monster. He was informed that there had been no monster, that it had been a cardboard monster for a joke on him. At first Just Joe would not accept this, but, as the truth slowly began to sink in, he seemed to become worried for some strange reason, who knows why? He posed the silly question that, if the monster had been cardboard, then where did all the blood he was covered in come from? No one seemed to have an answer for this. Just Joe started muttering some other nonsensical things. Weird stuff like how maybe he shouldn't be there, and something about the cops for some reason. Now why would he mention cops? Can you figure that out? I sure can't. But then, who can ever figure out Just Joe, he's so stupid, nothing he says ever makes sense! Azkath went down to the basement to have a look. When he came back, he reported that, the cardboard monster was gone, that there was a lot of blood... And nothing else... Somehow, the conversation got around to the broken toilet, which had started this whole sea monster business in the first place by flooding the basement. Just Joe was told that it was still broken, and he said not any more, he had fixed it, he had found something to drop down it that stopped up the leak. He then mumbled something that sounded like "human body", but, why on earth would he be saying something like that?? I must've misheard him, he was mumbling and ranting, after all. I can't imagine what he seemed so upset and worried about! Ah well, it's just Just Joe being Just Joe, I guess. He is insane. The sanity test they gave him the week before concluded that he was a maniac, after all, so there you go, and don't forget stupid. So who can figure out what his weird ramblings might mean!?
- Fire Eater Wizard
Brianna, guitarist for the band If Man Is Five, was there since she had been ill a couple weeks ago, when her band mate Angela had been on, and, thus, had been unable to be there then. She updated us on the band. They have a new bass player. Her name is Kate. And Brianna told us about what projects If Man Is Five is working on and what's coming up in their near future. She also was asked and gave her answers to lots of those crazy questions from 
Just Joe was there. So was his pretend dad, Crow, the drummer for The Pushrods. It was decided that the Just Joe appreciation hour (which had ended the show the week before), would now be expanded into a whole Just Joe appreciation night, which would be that night. Just Joe was told that, barring any really bad behavior from him, it was his night. Just Joe was happy with this, and things went well... For awhile. But, it is Just Joe we're talking about here, so, it was to be expected that this could not last for long. Apparently the toilet was broken (that, amazingly, was not Just Joe's fault, but what came next was all his fault), and there was a sign on it informing everyone of this fact, and warning against flushing it as the water would keep on flowing and flood the building if anyone did. Wouldn't ya know, Just Joe somehow missed this sign and flushed... Causing massive flooding. He promised that he could fix this. His solution was to route all the flooding to the basement. He was told that that was not acceptable (some people are just sooo picky and hard to please!), as there was equipment and a large part of the CD catalog down there, things which were needed for the show. Just Joe said that the basement door could not be opened any more. They tested this and found that he was right. They threw Just Joe into the door many times to try to get it to open. No luck. So they threw him through the window. By Now the water down there was waist high and stunk badly. Next break they ordered Just Joe back to the basement. He said that he did not want to go down there because there was something bad down there (something besides the stinking waist deep water), something which had grabbed him. He resisted strongly, insisting loudly that there was something bad down there. They threw him back down there anyways (with a huge rough toss through the door and down the stairs)... Just Joe could be heard screaming in terror down there. So who knows, as that was the end of the show (or, at least the talking part of it). 
Angela, the Vocalist from If Man Is Five was there, (unfortunately band mate Brianna was ill and thus could not make it). She was there to talk about an upcoming concert. Saturday, May 7th (this Saturday) If Man Is Five and a bunch of bands, one of which is another LE visitor and favorite, the band Others, will be performing at The Lordes Breast Care benefit at The Skatepark In Johnson City. It costs $5 and should be a great show, so you should attend it! Angela performed lots of If Man Is Five songs acoustically on the air. She has an awesome extremely powerful voice as anyone who is at all familiar with the band knows. Her performances on LE rocked, her powerful voice blowing out all the levels as usual. It was awesome! A member of Lotus Project was there. No, of course not David, the worst co-host ever, he's too busy getting totally wasted every weekend, which is more important to him than his co-hosting duties, to bother to put in an appearance. No, it was Pat, the guitarist. Just Joe was there and being his usual stupid annoying obnoxious self. He and Azkath got into a fight, one which was to be the first of many that night. This one started when Just Joe threw a cup of water at Azkath. It hit the board, hitting a button that caused a squealing sound. Azkath grabbed a cup, put a little water in it, and began chasing Just Joe. Just Joe grabbed Pat and pulled him in front of him, meaning to use him as a human shield against the water he knew Azkath wanted to throw on him. But Pat just casually reached back and tossed his own cup of water (which had much more water in it than the one Azkath had), right into Just Joe's face. Pat was roundly congratulated for his nice work. It was decided that although Just Joe had not been told this beforehand, (who cares about such minor unimportant technicalities!?), that that was going to be considered his challenge for that night, which, of course, he had now lost. Just Joe just doesn't seem to do too well with any challenges involving glasses of water apparently. Pat got to pick a song to be played for winning the Just Joe Challenge, and Just Joe did not get to pick one for losing his challenge. Then there was another brawl. Pat threw Just Joe on the ground, and Azkath stepped on his head and made it bleed. Later, Just Joe was becoming rambunctious and annoying yet again (he just can't seem to help himself). Pat and Azkath both attacked him again. And this time, in edition to thoroughly beating him down, they totally destroyed his chips. Azkath sat on the chips many times. By the time they were through, the poor chips were absolutely totally and thoroughly crushed. Now you can kill Just Joe, you can brutally beat him, you can torture him... All of this he is just fine with. But mistreat his potato chips, well, this he finds absolutely and totally devastating! He was crying over his ruined chips. Pat left, and Azkath told Just Joe that he wasn't going to beat him any more. Well, not any more for the rest of that night, at least. In fact, Azkath told Just Joe that the rest of the night would Be Just Joe appreciation time. This time was spent telling Just Joe that they liked him and loved having him there. And in fact, as part of this Just Joe appreciation, Just Joe finally got a song by Triumph (one of his favorite ones) played for him. And so that was the show. At the end of it, Azkath told Just Joe that now Just Joe appreciation time was over, and that that would be the last of it. So, this week, we go back to hating Just Joe and to trying to destroy him.