Thursday, May 28, 2009
What Were You Doing 10 Years Ago?
I think this would have been the day I almost kicked a "fan" in the head. The guy was pissed because I said I felt like I was "Dying up here," after we predictably and completely fucked up one of our songs. Seems Douche had just lost a brother to suicide, was three sheets, and hallucinated that I knew this and was commenting on it in the middle of a rock show. Anthropomorphic, anyone? He started throwing lit matches at me while I was playing, so I spoke to him in a manner that was a little less equivocal. As he inflated himself and rushed the stage, off came the Les Paul and on turned Bull-John the Idiot Boy.
It worked itself out. Nobody got hit. Drunken moron apologized, hugged me, and left his genetic haze soaked into my lovely t-shirt as a parting gift of absolution.
And as for the show - it was GENIUS!
The guy who made this video approached me after the show and said he would put it on TV once he finished editing it. Obviously he took a (extremely hard to find cassette-only) recording of us and painstakingly hashed it out to make it fit, timing-wise. A labor of love, or a labor of batshit lunacy. It's open for interpretation.
I think you could guess which side I fall on.
All told, this is actually not bad.
If only the ten people in the crowd were listening!
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10? pffft.
I like how everytime the shot of Drew comes up with Ricky in the background I'm thinking "Either that the same clip over and over again or Drew is the most dynamic and wild rock and roll bassist since Scott Grimm!"
I'm sorry it took so long to put this together. I think I put it off for so long, because I didn't like the camera stage left all washed out as it was and i was hoping i'd get a chance to videotape you again. Anyway I used your CD for the audio and none of the shots were repeated (if you want to see what that looks like check out the vid i did of Dinosaur Salad). Coming soon: "Driving Song".
Wow, X, you're right. I guess it shows how little I listen to that CD! Maybe because I think it sounds so bad. Thanks for your work with our stuff. I'm glad to finally see it. It's odd to me that we even played Driving Song that day. I thought it was out of our setlists well before this show. Again, it's amazing what one can forget in a decade.
And yes, Ramon, we didn't exactly make a name for ourselves with our explosive live shows. Hell, I personally had a hard time staying awake during them.
Damn, that was a great song. If I were getting married, I'd have you play at my wedding!
Only if you promise not to trip my kid.
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