OK, take a deep breath. Because, I’ve got enough here to keep you from sleeping for nights on end! Group hug, first;
Aw that’s better…CANDLEBOX ROXX, I think we all know that. But it was ROYAL BLISS I was most eagerly awaiting to see~ after such an incredible MOSH-PIT PERFORMANCE just a few months ago. I had been wondering how they’d be LIVE. And, we were NOT dissapointed.


JET BLACK STARE, as well, lit up the night and there were many surprised faces in the crowd who apparently had not seen their IN-STUDIO JAM from last time they were in town. (or they would have known what to expect!)

So, by overwhelming popular demand, and for those people, HERE THEY ARE:

• ROYAL BLISS MOSH-PIT PERFORMANCE (VIDEO)
• JET BLACK STARE IN-STUDIO (VIDEO)
• CANDLEBOX MOSH-PIT (VIDEO)
• GEOFF’S BACKSTAGE PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW!

Friday night, ALSO an excellent kick-off to 1st weekend of spring~ We had “the fever”, BAD… Opening the brand new CLUB EDGE on Sprague & Vista with THE BUD GIRLS, MISS RACKTOBER, and even STICKMAN turned out for this Grand Innaugeration. Thanks to EVERYONE who came to party, we had a great time! STICKMAN promises to JAM again wherever BUD GIRLS & MISS RACKTOBER hang out, count him in!

• SEE THE EDGE PICTURES HERE! (mostly safe-for-work)
• HEAR STICKMAN’S JAM HERE (definately NOT-S.F.W.)

Welcome to spring everyone, we’re off to a great start- and that concert calendar is only getting longer…

Just like STICKMAN’s drumsticks.

-=Gs=-

This just in:

QUEENSRYCHE / GEOFF TATE stops by the Friday Flamethrower to WORLD PREMIER the new disc ‘American Soldier‘ exclusively on Spokane’s Best Rock, and talks about the making of this heart-felt tribute to Americas War Veterans. Interspersed with commentary gathered while speaking one on one with hundreds of GI’s the music speaks these words that are too deep for many to express. Geoff Tate discovers an inner respect and deeper gratitude for the men & women of our nation’s armed forces.

Oh yeah, and IT ROCKS!!! The interview is posted on THE FREEWAY500 AUDIO page while our webmaster recuperates… and our thanks to Geoff for stopping by to play it for us! DJ Note: a THIRD segment was taped during the songs and will be run on the FREEWAY500 at a future time. So, stay tuned~ there’s MORE!

* Special thanks to SUSAN for letting us borrow HER copy of the disc to play for you, while it was still dripping wet.

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JOFF-MANIA!!!
*** MONTH’S END TOP 10 ***
Was a very busy month with 7,700 Hits since Feb 1st, and a new TOP DOG in the downloads list has knocked IN THIS MOMENT to second place, stIll with a commendable overall lead in the 3 months of the websites exsistance – OVER 300 GIGABYTES of the download bandwidth of has been Maria & that legendary “first” Mosh-Pit performance! Ah yes, Maria, we never forget our firsts!!! *It’s doing fairly well on YOU_TUBE, also, but if you want to see the whole thing you have to do it here:

*** FEBRUARY 2009 TOP 10 DOWNLOADS ***

• 10. FLYLEAF MEETS SPOKANE (AUDIO)
• 9. FLYBOY-11 GEOFF PRACTICES SOLO FLIGHT/PALOUSE (VIDEO)
• 8. THIS DAY / CURT LOWERY PROJECT SONG (AUDIO)
• 7. HELL’S BELLE’S MEET ACDC (AUDIO)
• 6. SNOW-MEGGEDON ’08 BROADCAST DOCUMENTARY (VIDEO)
• 5. WASHINGTON PILOT’S ASSOC TRAILER (VIDEO)
• 4. JET BLACK STARE “IN-STUDIO” PERFORMANCE (VIDEO)
• 3. ROYAL BLISS “MOSH-PIT” PERFORMANCE (VIDEO)
• 2. IN THIS MOMENT “1ST MOSH PIT PERFORMANCE” (VIDEO)
• 1. SAVING ABEL “MOSH PIT” PERFORMANCE *NEW* (VIDEO)

Drum roll…. AND, Congratulations to SAVING ABLE debuting with a big fresh NUMBER ONE! And, a big #1 type THANK-YOU to everyone who has made a “pit stop” to THE FREEWAY500… we are enjoying our 4th month of posting highlights from the radio show. And~ THE WORLD IS LISTENING. 27,559 “hits”, including visitors from CANADA, U.K., ROMANIA, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, INDIA, and JAPAN. We are mighty thrilled to have the chance to share our Pacific Northwest Air with cool people who know how to ROCK ALL OVER THE PLANET.

Crank it up!

-=Gs=-