And here, the performance I have been waiting for since I last saw the Damnwells last November. When they broke out with their older "Star/Fool" song, I got chills. So good. I had to record it.

After their performance, I snagged frontman Alex Dezen away for 10 minutes for an interview (
listen here). Okay, now that I have seen all three of my top rated Bumbershoot bands - Army of Me, For Years Blue, Damnwells - I should probably quit obsessing over how I discovered them all in a little tiny coffeeshouse in little tiny Spokane last year. I have met a lot of cool people through my Bumbershoot excursions, and I'm pretty sure that each one of them suspects my abnormally constant preoccupation with just how awesome it was that they were all scheduled here and they all must think I'm just psycho or something. But... still, wasn't it amazing? All three of those thrilling performances within a mere 24 hours in one location again?

I feel quite spoiled. If this is an annual celebration then in September 2008, I will highly depend on my expectations for those three to reunite for me once again.

Julia Lipscomb