This has been a rock 'n roll weekend, beginning with Nobody's Favorite at Kraftbrau. They rocked the stage with their dirty, bluesy sneer. Then, Kalamazoo invaded a little piece of Muskegon heritage as Hell or Highwater and Salmon and Beastman joined forces ala the Ice Pick. Despite Mark's jerky and coke-induced paranoia, the show was well-
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I want to come and watch you guys get drunk!?!
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As far as sketches, Jeff is a pretty whimsical guy. He threw those ideas out on the spur of the moment, but that's how he works: He makes a quick decision, for better or for worse, and then he sticks to it with the stubborness of a mule.
The fish/cat comes from the name of the band... Jeff named the band after his fish (named Beastman) and a cat (that he never actually got, but always wanted to, just to name Salmon.) The name, too, is another of Jeff's instantaneous decisions, and was originally heavily opposed. We drew a terrible flier a while back that featured a fish spaceship with a house cat's head, using tractor beams to suck people into it. I think that is where he got that idea.
I don't know what he meant by rockets, but I think he just had a space theme in mind. I'll ask them for more details if you want, but I bet they'll be satisfied with whatever your creative vision conjures.
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