Paulton, MS

     Oh, I remember Paulton.  "Just Call Me 
Paul" went over big.  They were all wearing 
their Paul shirts.  Anyone named Paul got in 
free.  Some crazy kid showed up with the word 
'Paul' tatooed across his chest.  They let 
him backstage.  Paulton was the first real 
concert, I think.  I had this weird light-headed 
feeling all night.  Of course, though, that 
could have been the pot smoking fans lighting up.  
There's always some of them at every concert.  
I wonder if they even remember who they went to 
see that night.  They sang "Just Call Me Paul" 
I think... 5 times.  They were chanting "Paul, 
Paul, Paul, Paul."  It was wild.  Then Melissa 
started stage diving.  I thought, "She must 
be bloody insane," but she explained that we 
were too new of a band for anybody to want to 
kill us yet.  She may be right.  They really 
started rocking when the band launched into 
um... "CBH 101" I think it was.  You know, the 
really long song.  It was fun.  They sold a lot 
of Paul shirts that night.  And special shirts 
that said "Just Call Me Paulton."  Good God.  
Some censorship committee tried to give them 
Parental Advisory stickers, but they don't 
say enough horribly bad words to get them.  
"Satan's Song" is a little, but besides that... 
forget about it.  They're pratically clean.  
Of course, I bet KMart would censor them.  But 
that's just how they are.  You know, that's 
life in the music business.  Always someone 
trying to censor you.

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