Last Friday I was at the Corner Bar open mic. It was 10PM and the show had just started. I went out to check on my car because it was in a one hour spot and I’m super paranoid about getting towed due to my personal history with towing companies and the fact that a friend got towed out of the ACME parking lot recently (another friend videotaped the whole ordeal! Check it out!).



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While stepping out of the bar I heard drums. Lots of drums. Loud drums and cheering. I looked over to the Mixed Blood theater down the street and saw bursts of flame shooting up and loud cheering. I decided to walk down there to see what was going on and there was a crowd of a hundred or so gathered and in front of the theater there were four guys playing drums on top of the Gutter Punk Pedal Float.



The same Gutter Punk Pedal Float that ran over the girl at the May Day parade a couple of years ago.



This time the Gutter Punk Pedal Float had a couple of new editions. There was a wagon attached to it that had a gas grill with some girl cooking various meats and dancing to the drum beat. Oh yeah there were also pipes SHOOTING FLAMES OUT THE SIDE OF THE FLOAT NOW.











The Gutter Punk Pedal Float now shoots fire because it wasn’t dangerous enough to begin with.



As they pedaled away, flames shooting out of the side of their rickety bike-strewn death machine I thought about what additions they could add to make it more dangerous. Here’s what I came up with.

* Chainsaws everywhere. Just… everywhere.
* Snipers on the roof instead of drummers.
* Have the pipes spew bees instead of flames.



Whatever they do I’m sure the May Day parade next year will be interesting to watch.