Look Back In Hunger

It occurs to me that I haven't really done a rundown of last Saturday's picnic.

Thanks to all of you that came out - it was a blast! Cap'n Ed had a pretty good recap.

It was a very bright, hot, sunny day - and I think the seats in the ampitheatre emptied when Brian "Saint Paul" Ward offered the crowd a chance to sit in the shade onstage. There was a pretty fair little crowd gathered there all day.

Of course, between that little crowd and the teeming throng up at the food tent, we were told we drew somewhere around 600 people. It's not the biggest event that AM1280 has thrown with the NARN - that was last fall's Third Debate Party - with for a mid-summer event with no presidential election going on, it was huge.

We interviewed District Six Congressman and Senate candidate Mark Kennedy. I have to say, I was impressed. Kennedy has a reputation as someone who'll do his homework - and when we talked with him at the Fair last summer, one area where he needed work was in dealing with the media in face-to-face interviews. He's done his homework - he was relaxed and in complete command on Saturday, and just plain sounded good. Whatever he's been doing, he needs to keep going.

Ed mentioned our little troll problem - a guy dressed as a caricature of a Patriot fan (tricorner hat, a bible verse t-shirt) tried to corner Rep. Kennedy on a couple of questions. Kennedy handily beat the questions back - and the followup. Then, I continued the interview - as the troll kept trying to yell his question loudly enough to be heard on the air (it didn't work).

Anyway, it was a blast, and I can hardly wait for the next one.

In the meantime, I've not heard from anyone who attended the local FrankenNet affiliate's party at Diamond Bluff - but after four days, there is no reference to it on their website. That can't be good.