the weather was great, three gigs and a blast on all three days. more sunshine than we've seen all summer, and tons of happy faces at all the gigs. we couldn't ask for anything more. Friday at whips was crowded with new faces and a bunch of the regulars that we love to see. while we always see a ton of familiar faces at the anchorage, there was a whole slew of new ones, and we enjoyed laughing and having a great time with you fools on Saturday. Sunday was a great day to play outdoors with fantastic weather, a fly by with the DHART helicopter and some air show smoke blowers who kicked off the Rollins ride in Newport. there were over 300 bikes, and a good time was had by all, especially LKP since we got to listen to Newport's own Ground Cover for a great set, and some afternoon fun in the sun.

this weekend is another three-fer with gusto's Friday, the outback Saturday, and stewstocapaloozaroofest on Sunday. the weather looks great for another outdoor Sunday gig, so get ready for it and get your buns down to stew's. we'll be traveling fools and having a great time this weekend, so don't miss it, summer's now headed out, so we'll aim for a few more nice days before we get the snow tires out!

this week's awards go to:

the gravity award goes to one speaker that toppled off the flatbed once we got everything turned up on Sunday.

the honor award goes to helping the Newport and Sunapee ladder trucks fold up the HUGE American flag on Sunday, as well as to all our boys and girls in the military and in harm's way.

the crazy pigeon eyes award goes to.....you know...

the hot stuffed peppers and other goodness award goes to Sunday's cooks!

and the narcolepsy award goes to all of us by Sunday night.

UPCOMING DATES

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

GUSTO'S, BARRE, VT

802-479-7919

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

THE OUTBACK, WEST STEWARTSTOWN, NH

603-246-7265

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

STEWSTOCKFESTAPALOOZAROO, NEWBURY, NH

AIM FOR THE LAKE, LISTEN FOR THE NOISE!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

THE WEST SHORE PUB, NEWPORT, VT

802-334-9149

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

THE DERRYFIELD, MANCHESTER, NH

603-623-2880

that should do it, so make your plans for a great weekend and we hope to see you. fall is coming, so get your windbreakers out, and have a blast with the great autumn weather. we'll see you all soon, and have a great holiday weekend.

KEJJ

Last Kid Picked
PO Box 658
Belmont, NH 03220
603-359-5999 cell
john@lastkidpicked.com

A weekend off will do wonders for getting stuff done around the house, and being able to catch up on weekend activities that the average band person doesn't get to do. So, with the engines recharged, we're up and ready to head off into the great wide open and have a killer weekend! August always seems to be the month where there is some time off, and we get a chance to relax a little bit, so we'll ease back into this weekend with one night, and then go all crazy next weekend! We're heading downstairs to the Front Row Sports Tavern on Friday night, and it's been a while since we've been up there. We hope that you can all come out and put on your party hats for some fun in the coolest little spot in St. J!

The following weekend, we'll be all over the map. We're hitting whips on Friday the 22nd, the anchorage in Sunapee on the 23rd, and then finishing out the weekend at the Rollins Ride on Sunday afternoon with our friends Ground Cover opening up the show at 2pm. Check out www.rollinsride.com for information on this motorcycle ride for the fallen, in memory of Newport's Justin Rollins, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. The ride leaves Newport High School at 10:30 am, and returns to the Newport High School at 2pm for BBQ, and 2 bands for some entertainment in the sun (come on sun!). This is an event we did last year, and had a great time. We should be well rested since we're at the ANK the night before, and we may even hop on and go for the ride if it all works out! Check it out and come support the scholarship fund that they are raising money for.

That should cover us for a while, we're getting ready for fall, and still looking for the person to stand in Eric's shoes, so tell your bass player friends to give a healthy gig schedule and some greenbacks a chance. Fall's looking busy, and we're getting stoked up for it!

UPCOMING DATES

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

FRONT ROW SPORTS TAVERN, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT

802-748-1133

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

OFF

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

WHIPPERSNAPPERS, LONDONDERRY, NH

603-434-2660

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

THE ANCHORAGE, SUNAPEE, NH

603-763-3334

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

JUSTIN ROLLINS RIDE FOR THE FALLEN, NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL, NEWPORT, NH

DETAILS AT WWW.ROLLINSRIDE.COM

That should do it for a couple of weeks, come out and enjoy the summer temps while they're still here! We'll be looking for you in the fray (this is the fray) on the dance floor!

JJEK

Last Kid Picked
PO Box 658
Belmont, NH 03220
603-359-5999 cell
john@lastkidpicked.com