black francis' red-letter day

[verbminx]

Yesterday, I was a little bit late leaving for the concert because my dog ripped and chewed up a section of the carpeting right in the doorway between the room I sleep in and my mom's room. Hence the bad "lesbian dog joke" - get it? get it? (she also kisses girls a lot. us!)

um anyway.

So, Frank Black was pretty great, played a lot of Pixies songs, rocked the house. The Catholics are tight. Dave Lovering, Former Pixies Drummer, is the opening act on this tour, doing entertaining bizarro "science magic" tricks. If you get the chance to see Frank on tour, go - it was an excellent concert, and I'm not even familiar with most of his solo stuff. (He did NOT play his song from the Powerpuff Girls cd!)

I was stuck as the apex in a triangle composed otherwise of smokers - what sucks is that the anti-smoking act that passed in November doesn't cover clubs, etc. It's not even the "I'm going to get cancer from your secondhand smoke!" thing that causes my attitude about this, it's more like, "I can't breathe, my eyes are irritated, and this smells really bad."

I finally acquired a sour apple martini. I'm in love. (Why do I always like the drinks that are green? and things that taste peachy....) That was later, at the britpop thing. Hence silly dancing to Beborn Beton in the sP0oKy part of the club. That was before I found the room with a dancefloor THE SIZE OF MY BATHROOM where the Brit stuff was being piped in from the bar. (it's not fair.)

Sights at the show: Janis Joplin and Grace Slick, IE two hippie-dancing girls in the front area who happened to vaguely resemble said hippie rock stars from behind. Yeah yeah yeah you should be able to dance at shows, fine, we WERE in a crowd of nodders with three dancing people. But really, I'm starting to think it depends on how you dance. Anything that looks appropriate for Woodstock (1969) is probably not appropriate for the show of a post-punk icon. Then there was the affectionately-named (REALLY!) MonkeyBoy, who was this guy who was jumping up and down enthusiastically but... well... not very accurately. He reminded me of a happy monkey. Right after I leaned over and said to B & C, "Look! MonkeyBoy!", the aforementioned guy started pumping both fists in the air, and I doubled over in laughter and delight. But I didn't feel it in a mean way... more like, Yeah! He's in the Happy Monkey Spirit!

I got my ass kicked in Scrabble tonight. Handed to me on a Denny's sampler platter. Twice.

Saw katesterbp tonight, & Siobhan (who has an LJ but I don't know it and besides if I revealed it she might saran-wrap my car). Gave K her bracelet, which she likes - I can now post a pic of it, but not tonight.

I guess I'm going to the Winter Park Art Fest tomorrow if I can wake up in time. Big fun art show in a park. We bought a lovely linotype print there 2 years ago and missed last year. The Momster is insisting upon going despite the trauma that has beset her foot (which is BLUE from pooling blood, because she has been too fidgety to stay in bed as much as she's supposed to). I don't even feel like dressing very nicely; jeans and an uncharacteristically loose tee, maybe.

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[fancylad.livejournal.com]

very good to hear about your frank black review. i've seen him a few times over on this side of the land and at the time, he was going through his, "i'm still holding a grudge over my pixies legacy" and he was pretty bitter over the success of the breeders "last splash" so he didn't play any old stuff. they were incredible shows, but i'm still a little jealous that you saw him playing his old stuff. you know i'll shut myself in when he plays southern california - it's just my way.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

he played "where is my mind", "monkey gone to heaven", "crackitty jones", "nimrod's son", "gouge away", and a few I don't know as well... "666" is a Pixies song, right? i didn't really like the version of "monkey" that they did - it's a little too low-key. but you can't really complain about being 20 feet away from Frank Black as he's singing that song even if you don't like the arrangement. and I really like The Catholics; they're just a good band.

[zoloft.livejournal.com]

Ah... sounds as though you've discovered Independant-was-Barbarella. You might give Sundays a try... it's sortof the other way 'round, w/ the goth/industrial stuff in the "basement" & britpop/old wave in the main room (at least, it was that way from what I can remember from the last time I was there, but that was over a month ago & I was very drunk ;} ).

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I hadn't been there since they were Barbarella. I know they moved Erik's Cairo thing to the Indy - I just haven't made it out yet. (I think the last time I even went out on a Sunday night was like a year or so ago.) It sounds like a good idea, although we did enjoy the straight britpop music. I don't often hear "Common People" *anywhere* except in my car. :)

[zoloft.livejournal.com]

Aaaahhh... Common People is a veritable staple of pretty much any night Indie does. It amuses me to watch people try to dance to it. ;D

BTW, I dunno if you'll be in the out-going mood on Sunday (in light of your event-laden week), but I'm pretty sure I'll be there. After all, according to LJ, you're the 5th most-like-me person out there, so we ought to meet IRL at some point. :D

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

don't those ppl know that you have to either leave the dancefloor with a great show of exhaustion in the last third of the song, or pogo around like an idiot? it's too fast to do anything else. and it keeps speeding up.

but i dunno if i'm going out sunday. it has been a really busy week, and aside from that, next week promises to be nearly as eventful. i'll probably be in town mid-week hanging out with hyper_ballad, and in tampa next weekend. regardless, "hang out with zoloft" is high on my short list of Things I Hafta Do Before I Move.

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Big time jealousy! Only time I've ever seen Frank was on the Pixies "farewell" tour opening for U2 back in '92. My first concert, by the way. :)

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

aw, no, i'm jealous of you! i'd have liked to see (oh, grammar, you are my enemy) the Pixies when they were together. *sigh*

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

You could really smell the tension on the stage. Kim was locked off in a weird bulletproof glass cubicle while the rest of the band played fast, loud, and got off the stage in about 30 minutes. I take it this was at a particularly tense time in the Pixies' history; hence it being their last tour.

[ainetl.livejournal.com]

oh it sounds like frank black was great.

i don't get out to clubs or bars very often, but when i do i'm such a wimp about smoke. the worse part is when you leave you reek of smoke, i always take a shower as soon as i get home. and i'm still complaining about breathing problems the day after. bah. i wish everyone had california's laws. it actually works out pretty well, they usually have smoking patios. in downtown san diego they have big open windows that are bars right on the sidewalk so people can sit out there and smoke.

the linoprint is nice, i love block prints.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I went to sleep with the smoky hair, but I found that I had to take a shower when I got up. I usually - maybe this is TMI - I usually take a shower every other day unless it's summer, because honestly, I don't do much to get very dirty, I don't smell, so I shower when my hair starts to look oily and I can't do much with it.

but yeah. i always come home with stinky hair and clothes and a raw throat from the sinus punishment.

FL has a recent smoke ban, but bar/clubs don't have to enforce it. K said it's something like, if they make more than 60% of their money from alcohol, they can allow smoking. Damn it. I think the patio thing is a good compromise.