It's like an Atrios Open Thread, only a lot less people!
That bit of wierdness up there? That's STUMP, a woefully short-lived band. I saw most of "Soylent Green" on Saturday, so Charlton Heston has been on my mind. The Soylent Red was made with spiders.
It's another live music night, starting with Okkervil River at the Pabst, based on a tip from Baco Punko over at the 3Bullsies; then off to Linnemann's for a free Snopek show, always sparsely attended....
My music buds are all bagging tonight-it's like a whine tasting:
"Oh, it's a Monday. I can't go out on a Monday! I've got work/school/a medical procedure tomorrow!"
"I've got an appointment"
"My wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/waterfowl won't let me go out this week!"
"I'm washing my hair."
"My feet are sore"
"I've never heard of these bands"
"I don't have enough money"
"my shorts are filled with eels"
Bunch of namby-pamby wastrels, all of 'em. Turn 'em into Soylent chips, for all I care.
But first, I go to a Dem fundraiser, to see if we can find somebody with a yarble or two to defeat that suburban bastard Scott Walker....
Nuking Your Bank Acc't.
5 hours ago
"my shorts are filled with eels"
ReplyDeletelol. Well, that's a lame (or llama) excuse!
Countdown begins BP! Two weeks till G-Day. We're going to go to the House of Blues Fri night to see a Genesis cover band. Do losers do that? The Skimmer says we're total losers if we go to that. I don't care.
Have you been getting all those emails about Genesis this and Genesis that? Seems a little desperate to me.
First things first, BG. Before Genesis, there will be the Mekons here in MIlwaukee.
ReplyDeleteWhat a warmup. I bet I'll be the only one who is going to BOTH of those shows.
I already ordered a copy of the Chicago show on CD.
And yes, you are going to be tattooed with a forehead L for seeing a Genesis cover band, so soon before the real show. Especially if the cover band does the lame-os like "INvisible Touch" and "Illegal Alien"
And yes, I AM bitter that you'll see them in Cleveland before I see them in Chi.
You're banned.
Losers never get banned!
ReplyDeleteWe must all stick together!
L7
NOT Losers, BG.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as a bad cover band. Cover bands are always cool, especially Genesis cover bands. Cuz you can really never get enough Genesis. But will they be as painstakingly accurate as The Musical Box? Tribute bands are even cooler.
Evidently I'm the only other person in the world that is seeing the Mekons and Genesis within a week of each other. The Mekons still have to convince me they are as good as BP raves about. Genesis, on the other hand, is guaranteed to be SPECTACULAR.
Cover Bands? Might as well say Cover BANNED.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how far this blog has fallen. Cover bands. It's like arguing that paintings of dogs playing poker is art.
Live music is where it's at, but cover bands are like zombie music. Oh, sure, it's amusing to watch them lurch about for a short time, in a pale mockery of real life, but eventually they're gonna want to eat your brains and you need to put them down with a good head-shot. I'm talking large-bore weaponry, Z, if not a full speed Bruce Lee reverse hook kick to the head.
Zelmo is banned. Plus I'm gonna tell the Mayor to jack his house tax tonight.
I shall Kill The Musical Box and steal their wigs, as well as their Rickenbackers. They have stagnated by not learningTrespass.
ReplyDeleteYou Shall KNow ME By The Trail of Dead Cover Bands.
...and a chili dog.
Thank you, Zelmo. You will never be banned and neither will BP. *You* should take pride in that and BP should *not.*
ReplyDeleteIf I go to see a cover band that plays lame-o music like Invisible Touch, though -- I will have to sneak out the back and never admit to anyone in a hundred years that I EVER went to see such a thing.
They better play the cool stuff....or else!
BP, on a Curb Your Enthusiasm last night (you watch that show?) Jeff and Larry got banned from each other's homes.
Banned! Banned! Banned!
It's the new cool hip thing to do.
No, BG, us proles can't affords all these high-falutin pay cable extra radio-video channels like you swells.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if they play lame music BG. I will add them to My List of Cover Bands That Must Die.
BTW, Kathleen rocks.
Dogs playing poker IS art. Especially if you get the one where the bulldog is passing the ace under the table! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm speechless. Blogless.
ReplyDeleteyears and years of this blather, and SilentMike finally comments.
Woooo.
That's quite... umm.. well I don't really know what. A little Stump goes a long way, I guess.
Although I expected SM to be on my side in the Cover Band/ Original Band fracas.
Silent Mike is ALIVE ! ! !
ReplyDeleteGotta agree with Silent. Poker playing dogs may not be HIGH art, but it is art.
ReplyDeleteOne man's Elvis on velvet is another man's Mona Lisa.