Youmacon

Neil, Aaron and The Spoony Bards

Youmacon is an anime convention held annually in Metro Detroit area during November. A rapidly growing convention compared to others in the Midwestern United States, who after their second year ranked 3rd largest in the Mid-West. Youmacon's inaugural year brought a variety of guests together from various facets of anime and Japanese culture inspired fandom. These guests included well known American voice actors in Japanese animation, American television and film actors (Power Rangers), professional and fan-based music performers, and comic artists and creators. ^{From Wikipedia}

The 2007 iteration of the show had Lemon Demon performing their furthest from home so far, and their first show out of the North-East. It marked the first performance of the song The Machine, and is also notable for being the first meeting of Neil with Aaron Ackerson, and Austin Wolfclaw outside of the internet.

In 2008, Neil was asked by Youmacon to record a cover of "This is Halloween" from "Nightmare Before Christmas" with new lyrics written by Tom Palazzolo, a staff member of the convention, called This is Youmacon.

Setlists

2007 Friday show

(On the Youmacon stage)

• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Fine
• Gonna Dig Up Alec Guinness
• Subtle Oddities
• Lawnmower
• Action Movie Hero Boy
• Marketland
• White Bread Boyfriend
• The Machine
• Elvis Porn
• Your Imaginary Friend
• Indie Cindy & the Lo-Fi Lullabies
• Stick Stickly
• I've Got Some Falling To Do
• The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

2007 Saturday show

(Collaborations with Aaron Ackerson and The Spoony Bards in the lobby) (note to self: last.fm short links for songs and artists would be nice! :D)

• Impromptu Do The Mario
• Hyakugojyuuichi 2007 {Slight edits from album version of 2003} (Video)
• The Artichoke Song (Video)
• This Hyper World (Video)
• The Ninja Song
• Pokémon Theme (Video)
• Impromptu Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon theme
• The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
• Impromptu Geeks in Love with Veronica Henry of the Spoony Bards
• Impromptu Ultimate Showdown of Johnny Yong Boschity
• Impromptu Ebaum's World Dot Com
• Impromptu Birdhouse In Your Soul with Dave Kitsberg of the Spoony Bards

2008 Friday Night Concert

• 123456 Pokemon
• I’ve Got Some Falling To Do
• Amnesia Was Her Name
• Being a Rockstar
• Pumpkin Pie
• Action Movie Hero Boy
• The Ocean
• Subtle Oddities
• The Only House That’s Not On Fire (Yet)
• Ode to Crayola
• The Machine
• Marketland
• Fine
• Bill Watterson
• The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Illemonati attendees

2007

• Czar of Funktopia
• Geozo
• LordPichuPal
• Psyne
• SaintSmythe
• Vibrating Piggies
• WhyNotJon
• Xlycanthropicx
• Aaron Ackerson
• Dylan
• Efanis (Youmacon Staff)

2008

• Efanis (Youmacon Staff)
• Aaron Ackerson
• LordPichuPal