Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
The Gay Blades are a tribute band of sorts. According to guitarist and vocalist Clark Westfield, the original Gay Blades was a two-piece band in Brooklyn whose members died on tour in a car accident. Westfield and drummer Puppy Mills appropriated that band’s name and, apparently, its songs as well....
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