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Surprise! It’s the Extra-Action Marching Band!
19May2007 Filed under: Miscellaneous, Observations Author: F. Morgan Whitney
So after the morning sessions were finished at RailsConf, there was suddenly a burst of noise from the lobby outside the presentation hall. It… it was a marching band. I couldn’t see them, so I went outside and down to a lower door, but I admit I was not prepared for what I saw. The Extra-Action Marching Band is like an erotic, punk rock marching band. They must have been crashing, because the convention people seemed pretty annoyed with them. There’s really nothing quite like a marching band, especially one that comes with extra action.
Check out the Extra-Action Marching Band website. They are playing at a club tonight, maybe we will go check it out!
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Alex
May 19th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Actually, the conference organizers loved them… it was the *convention center* muckitymucks who got their knickers all in a twist. They weren’t crashing, either — my company, Pivotal Labs, found out they were in town and arranged for them to bring a little extra action to the conference…
More at http://www.pivotalblabs.com/articles/2007/05/19/extra-action
F. Morgan Whitney
May 19th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
That is what I intended to say, but clearly I wasn’t… clear. Obviously none of us seemed to mind, but it’s inevitable that somewhere, someone will be wearing a tie… and they’re always watching.
awardtour
May 21st, 2007 at 4:59 pm
and the show at dante’s put lunch to shame. who doesn’t love getting doused with champagne while watching a marching band at 2 in the morning?
godzero
May 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
I knew they were in town for the club gig but didn’t know they would show up at Rails (should have guessed!). I heard the first few notes from inside a meeting room, recognized who it was and ran out to see them. It was strange seeing EAMB in such a “clean and tidy” environment; I had seen them at Burning Man many times and at SF Carnaval so it quite an odd experience in some ways. Let’s have them back next year!