People,

Never underestimate the power of free food.

Last night we were on our way to a gig at Westfield State College which, as it turned out, was about and hour and a half further away than any of us thought. So everyone was kind of dejected and cranky, especially the 12-G. What pulled us out of it?

Gordon:Oh, I forgot, we get free Subway at the gig.
Pete: For real? You're not messing with me?
Gordon:Um, yeah.
Pete:Anything I want?
Gordon:Yeah
Pete:This is the best gig ever! I'm going to take some meatballs to bitch school, and when they graduate they're going to 12-G belly university for their Ph.D. in digestion science!
Gordon:You're a nerd.
Pete:My math club friends don't think so, troglodyte.

Now, people, this was a good paying gig. Even though we were all aware that the money we were about to make could put us all on the Jared diet for quite a while, the fact that dinner was free was the thing that got us back in the rock mood. And I don't think it actually had anything to do with Subway. Gordon could have said "Oh, I forgot, they're giving us free pigeon turd on bread" and we would have been just as happy.

And so, again, never underestimate the power of free food...