DONNAS, The - VZD, Oklahoma City OK

Revue:

Mon March 6, VZD, Oklahoma City OK

With a venue name like ‘VZD’ I expected this to be some punk-dive warehouse, especially on a Monday night, but this turned out to be one of the best shows of the whole tour. VZD is in actuality a fancy old drug store / restaurant / bar, and by the time we got to the show, the venue was already packed and sold out! The promoters turned out to be big Smugglers fans with all of our records, and the crowd was jammed up against the stage and ready to PARTY. Even though this was our first time playing here, we had some manic fans surrounding the stage, already singing along to the songs from "Rosie". The dance contest trophy went to a stocky little guy who made the trek to see us in Texas last year and is apparently into internet animal porn. An even stranger fan emerged later, presenting the Donnas with custom-made "Donnas" license plates that he thoughtfully had "all done up" just before he got out of prison. A very sweet gesture.

We stayed with the promoters at a great old house with a beautiful porch, and as we sat there enjoying the cool Oklahoma breeze... jeez, we ended up torchin’ cheeba again tonight! We’re finally stoners!