Tri-State Area Dominated
I have to say last night's metal tribute wars at bb kings was pretty wikkid. By far the highlight of the evening was Tragedy, the number one All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees in the Tri-State Area (tm). After their rocking set, i cant understand why the Bee Gees weren't metal in the first place. It sounds pretty frikkin good. Turns out last nite was Tragedy's CD Release party as well, so now i have my very own copy of "We Rock Sweet Balls and Can Do No Wrong".
But it's not only the fact that Barely Gibb and bros can put the power cord hurt on "Shadow Dancing" and "More than a Woman" that makes for such sweet hawtness, as their attention to detail. Their act includes homage to Bee Gee's glam and tendency towards excessive entourage - stage right you will find three requisite female back-up singers/harmonizers/disco dancers in silver lamé, and one in angel wings. Stage Left, however, you will find the pièce de résistance - a translator signing the lyrics throughout the entire show in American Sign Language. There were also about three ancillary characters who occasionally filled out on cowbell or tambourine, but mostly glided around the stage, stage-dove and mimed atrocities during the acts. And last but not least, there was Lance. The band intern, who's job it was to mostly piss off and swab down given Gibbens and Glibb's between songs.
It was the most fun i've had in ages. And in midtown/times square no less, so that's an extra surprise bonus there.
Pity Youth Is Wasted on the Young
Spent part of my current vac with some friends i met online / ingame who were in diapers when i was hitting puberty. The age / generation gap was actually unnoticeable. Mostly only in retrospect did it strike me that there are 15 or so years between us. Key takeaways:
- I did not have my shit that together when i was their age
- There is good 'new' music out there
- Between 28 and 38 something reptilian and evil happens to your skin
- Once i was cool, but now it is too much of an effort
- I can still drink any of them under the table
eBay Discipline
I've been flirting with eBay lately. Although i've had an account for several years, somehow i've actually only ever bid on a couple things and each time i was always outbid. Mostly, i think i just don't have the patience and dedication required to keep up with an auction. For that kind of work i'd better get a real bargain... When i saw this hot little item however, i was sorely tempted to just hit the buy it now button. But i didn't - instead i am planning on catching a wild one in the park or somewhere and taming it myself.
I can't promise i'll show the same level-headed restraint regarding this pimp cup auction, though.