Friday, July 22, 2005

Let Them Eat Whatever the Hell They Want

Cake was incredible. Please go to www.cakemusic.com and purchase all of their music. Listen to it all five times in a row. Rinse. Repeat.

The concert was fab, they played stuff from Motorcade of Generosity, which made me happy, but no "Mr. Mastodon Farm", which made me sad. Such, however, is life - a series of ups and downs, punctuated by the occasional brick wall.

I would just like to send a shout out to The Sketchy Guy Who Wouldn't Leave Us Alone: Thank you for telling us we are "Smaht". I also appreciated some of the Art History discussion, and your observation that one art form can help you better appreciate other art forms was astute, if somewhat long-winded. However, once the music starts, the lips need to shut. Besides the fact that you obviously weren't getting anywhere with either one of us, you were allegedly interested in seeing this band, as you purchased a ticket. It's hard to concentrate on the music when you are busy explaining to the girls next to you that you love to people-watch the "idiot masses", but that doesn't make you an elitest. Frankly, you are lucky that the show was so very mellow. If you had been trying to yap through a more aggressive set, say, by Gwar, which I mention because you asked if we didn't think they were genuises, I would have been forced to toss your diminutive self a few rows back.

Other than that guy, the crowd was great. Everyone was thrilled to be seeing the band, since they so rarely come around. It was a surprise sell-out as well - one of the bouncers told us that before the day of show they only had 100 presales, so they all thought they could take the night off. Only 300 people were anticipated, so the band must have been shocked.

The songs from the new album, "Wheels", "No Phone" and a couple others were ok, but it was great to hear "The Distance" and "Frank Sinatra" live. Hopefully they will come back a little more often now, after the audience sang along w/every friggin' song.

Hey. That rhymed.

Anyway, we had a great time, the venue (www.lupos.com) was slick, if extremely, mind-meltingly hot, and we had a nice position right by the bar. I would go again, in the winter.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What rhymed? You are making things up.

Angela said...

I was refering to the "sang along" and "friggin' song" contained within one line. You know, an internal rhyme sorta thing.

Anonymous said...

internal rhyme is for wankers.