I don't think I could have more dirt on my body 
if I jumped into a mud wrestling pit. I'll be 
blowing black boogers for weeks to come till 
it's all out of my system.  The spiders and 
cockroaches in my tent each night were a welcomed 
and unexpected pleasure and gave me plenty of 
protein for the long week I endured. 
Especially the one that crawled across my face 
and the one that got cold toes and had to join 
me in my sleeping bag.

Aside of those exciting experiences, here's some 
highlights of my week at Cornerstone Fest 2005!

MY BAND ROCKED!  I luv these guys.  I've named 
them "The B-side Boys" on account of all their
names having "B" in it!  Make sure to check
out more of all my personal pics as well as my
Cornerstone Band page to find out more about
these Dudes, plus all the other band pics I  
shot for The Indie Rock Show press coverage 
at the links provided at the bottom of 
this page!!

Signet:  
One of my favorite bands of all time and a 
#1 charter on The Indie Rock Show is Signet 
who also played the Fatcalf Stage with me.  
They put on a great show and had the crowd 
moshing.  Yes, I did get in on that action 
and did a stage dive during their set too, 
but the funnest part for me was the little 
cameo duet lead singer Alfred Porter 
let me share during "The Touch" which held the 
#1 spot on The Indie Rock Show several weeks 
this year.  During our time meeting
our friends and fans at the merch tent, 
Alfred and I had a contest to out-promote 
each other's CD but he won when he got 
a kid to buy my CD and get his for free.  
Cheater. Signet now has a brand new CD 
available and if you didn't get your own 
autographed copy at the fest, 
YOU MUST CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME CD 
produced with Jesse Sprinkle of Dead Poetic 
(Poor Old Lu/Deamon Hunter)Please check out 
these awesome rockers at www.signetplanet.com

Speaking of my friend Jesse Sprinkle, 
Dead Poetic totally rocked the Encore Stage 
and I got my own backstage view.  Jesse also 
hung out with me at the Damos merch table where 
his two solo CD's were available.  They were an 
awesome backdrop for my 20 hour drive back home 
to Florida.  You gotta get these CD's!  
Heavily influenced by Daniel Amos and
Terry Taylor's early works.  Ok, so like
walking around with Jesse at Cornerstone is 
like being flogged by the Paparazzi, but I do 
have to say the highlight of my week was when 
we were walking out of the merch tent together 
and some kid stopped us and said 
"You guys are really great!"
(assuming Jesse who was holding his drum 
sticks at the time was my drummer) and then 
looked at me and said "You're a really great 
singer!" - Wow!  Somebody who actually knew 
who I was and not Jesse!  Apparently that 
cool kid with great taste in music
attended my show!  I guess it's hard to 
forget my "crazy red hair" and all that 
other stuff that raises eyebrows.  
All in all, I had fun rockin' the
Fatcalf stage and apparently was the only 
female rocker for the entire week on that 
stage!  Thanks to everybody who came out to 
the show and had a fun time rockin' with me!  

AIR Glory - What is "Air Glory" you ask?
Basically it's this big crane that sits
20 stories high that hoists you up in a what 
looks like a sumo wrestler/turtle suit held by a 
bungy cord, and then when you pull the cord, 
you fly to meet your maker "in Gloryland" 
- literally have your life flash 
before your eyes...did that with my drummer 
Matthew Burgess - we were the only daring ones 
in the bunch but I must say Matthew grabbed 
onto my arm rather tightly for the
entire swing through the sky.  Glad I 
could be there for ya wild monkey boy.  

Flatfoot 56 - rockin' freaks at their best 
- mohawks, leather, chains and spikes and many
tattoos & piercings in the crowd of their 
audience - the only band that can get a true 
mosh pit going and have the crowd going 
completely insane with thrash celtic punk 
and still end in a crowd of freaks 
worshipping at the top of their lungs 
accompanied by bagpipes to Amazing Grace.  
By the way,, thanks FF56 for the front-stage 
experience to your set  - drummer I couldn't
have asked for more of your sweat all over my 
face during your solo plus enjoyed those kicks 
in the face and head from the moshers - it was 
rad and yes, it left a mark -
- one I'm glad for the experience. 

Kurios - One of my other Damos comrades was 
Kurios who also rocked the Fatcalf stage along 
with Fusco, Trump Dawgs, Million Time Winner &
Bastian who won the New Band Showcase spot!  
Kurios has held the #1 spot on The Indie Rock 
Show for, oh, it's going on several months now 
and I'd have to go back and count to really 
tell you how long, but it's a really long 
time!  And justified cuz they really know 
how to get their fans moving and
voting for them with their "When all is 
Said and Done" single currently spinning 
on the IRS.  It was awesome to hear these 
guys live and they are just as awesome
live as the recording!