Sleepy today. After work last night I met up with B. and her roommate H. (to paraphrase Woody Allen: Should I keep going out with B.? Not if she won't tell me the rest of her name.) and we all merrily traipsed off to the Knitting Factory, where we saw Dressy Bessy, a pretty good power-pop band. They reminded me of Tuscadero, with their female singer and tight, melodic, almost-1960s-girl-group sound. Fun!
Qatsi opened for Dressy Bessy and wasn't too bad...and well, the other opener (who shall remain nameless here) was at least good for a few laughs: Peter Mark Roget should have gotten partial songwriting credit, and the lead singer looked like he was channeling not Jim Morrison, but Val Kilmer attempting to channel Jim Morrison. Favorite lyrics included "I met a guy/His name was Magnify/He told me the truth/But only when I was high" and some song that ended with "You left me there/Like a wino in a wine cellar."
Then it was off to my favorite Greek diner in Astoria for some restorative grease. Morning came too quickly, though, as did work. Tonight I'm off to the Rivah by way of Baltimore -- really crummy timing, I know -- for a family reunion with a bunch of cousins from my generation. It may turn into more of a mopping-up and cleaning-up party than a beer-drinking one, though. I'll keep you posted.
Maybe B. and H. could get together with cowboy_sally's oft-metioned K. and they could all have alphabet soup.
Hope you said hi to H. for me.
Posted by: jonmc | September 18, 2003 at 02:30 PM
I did indeed. (My best to L.)
Posted by: Vidiot | September 18, 2003 at 02:39 PM
Oh, for the love of god. Can I buy you fellas some extra letters or somethin'? :-)
Unrelated, kinda, but this made me think of it. There's a church about a block from my apt. Outside said church, there's a big ol' rock that has a bunch of innocuous graffiti on it. When I walked by the other day, I saw that a lot of it was just initials (including LBJ. It's nice he made it to Milwaukee to sign the rock). I had this overwhelming urge to add the initials "JHC" on it, just to see if anyone was paying attention, but I didn't. Maybe some day.
Posted by: aine42 | September 18, 2003 at 08:12 PM
So in Milwaukee, does the H stand for Harley?
Posted by: Vidiot | September 18, 2003 at 11:09 PM
I wouldn't doubt it.
Posted by: aine42 | September 19, 2003 at 11:06 AM