APRIL 9th 1997
ALL IOWA AIDS BENIFITS
PANSY DIVISION
@ Safari Nite Club
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This was a big deal for me because it was a chance to give a little back to the people so to speak and we did raise a fair amount of AIDS money.
I can't remember who the opening band was. All I can remember was they were from Souix City and they were really artsy.
OK let's clear up something that some of you may or may not know about. Borris the Sprinkler had this date first but when Pansy offered to do a benifit and to drop their $$$$$$, I called Norb and asked if they would drop their's too. Norb said "no", and somehow (god It could have been something I said I don't know), Norb took this as Pansy Division not wanting to play with them (They weren't thrilled but they were more then willing). OK it's a benifit to make money for AIDS and the amount that Norb wanted (an amount they are more then worth)(god there's almost enough() to be one of his columns in MRR) would have cut too much into the $$$$$$ going to AIDS. So I dropped them. Norb took this (quite entertaining as usual) that the Lookout is evil a thing he's had going on for sometime. As far as I know there is no ill will from either side and I think it's more of a joke then anything.
With that out of the way now and forever, Pansy Division came out and did their witty set of Gay but still not pushy set. In this day and age of millitant everything, they are a breath of fresh air with their no one's right but then again everyone is right. Their sound is a bit on the soft side almost hitting on Folk and 70s Pop but these guys do know how to get a point across with humor and straight to the point (no pun intended) style that gained my respect. Their deal is we're gay and we're gay and we're gay but we're gay and this is how our life is and we don't care what your sexual thing is at all. The crowd was mixed and everyone enjoyed themselves and they kept us all laughing with songs like "Horny In the Morning", "Dick of Death", and "Vanilla".
