So,

This year FXA is playing in the WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, which is a great honor. I grew up in these parts and the rumble has always been a sort of goal for me, even when I didn't know what it was exactly. I remember being a kid and thinking that playing in a battle of the bands in the big city would be the culmination of my rock dreams. That, I assumed, was making it.

Of course, now I know that playing in the rumble, even winning the rumble, is not making it, but it is still pretty cool. And when I found out we had been invited I felt all those emotions from when I was a kid and to tell you the truth I got pretty nervous.

But then yesterday 12-G sent the band a bunch of posts from the Noise's (Boston rock 'zine) message board concerning us and our respective chances to win. Some people (OK, a lot of people) think we suck, some people think we're good and plenty of people have no idea who we are. As I read all these opinions from people I don't even know concerning the relative merits of thing I'm proudest of I realized that the rumble is in fact nothing to be nervous about. These people care far more about the outcome than I do.

All we can do is go and play our best which, as you all know, is purely ass-kicking, and then let the chips fall where they may. It should be fun.