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Mrs. Peel

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  1. I think I need to start a New Wave band. We would call ourselves Dr. Huevos Mysterioso & the Hypnotic Eyes and wear matching velvet suits, fezes, protective eyewear and skinny ties. It would also require two go-go dancers w/ boomin' chests and asses, to sing the girl parts when we cover B-52's 'Lava' and 'Strobelight'. There would be fan particpation segment, where fan club members chosen by lottery prior to each gig would be able to decorate each dancer w/ body paint and glitter ala Laugh-In and/or be impregnated by the drummer on-stage before the encore. Instead of traveling by tourbus, we would arrive in each stop by a rickshaw pulled by our manservant/bodyguard/personal chef/former sumo, Mr. Rangoon. To maximize our time on the road, we would also aid local law enforcement in solving mysteries and/or hate crimes at abandoned amusement parks. Then, for the last gig of the tour, we would challenge Wilco to a battle of the bands using Texas barbed-wire rules, where the winner would be allowed use of the other band's loft or the opportunity to shave the losing bands heads on a live pay-per-view from the rock'n'roll McDonald's.

     

    As that's pretty much a watertight mission statement, i'll accept investor funding via paypal or monthly booty calls to be collected over the next two years.

     

    Al will be on the next plane to Chicago. You won't be disappointed. He's already got the wardrobe, vintage 1985. If you need extra skinny ties or checkered sunglasses he'd be happy to oblige. Oh, and pins. Lots and lots of pins.

  2. I never imagined I'd ever hear the sentence "Sting and Robocop have asserted themselves here!"

    Officially, it was a 'top five from different albums' list.

     

    I'm just going to back out of the room now.....

  3. Cass McCombs was hands down the most boring act I've ever sat through. Painfully boring. And painfully quiet. I felt so bad for them when they opened for The Decemberists because NO one except for those of us in the front row paid any attention to them and drowned them out. Maybe the Bird crowd will give them more respect. But I don't think I would be able to endure them ever again.

  4. Not to be that guy but I have never once been able to make it through a Tom Waits record. I've tried Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones, Bone Machine, Mule Variations, Alice, Closing Time, etc., etc. Dude's voice sounds like a drill to the skull. Is there another one I should try?

     

    "The Heart Of Saturday Night" has always seemed to be the most accessible to me. Even my parents liked it. :)

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