gravy train = queer teenage heaven
Gravy Train wasn't the show I thought it would be. Rick & I had bought tix after hearing that the show was hilarious and it sounded like a good time... especially after seeing their website.Turned out Rick had tix to Cracker at Bimbos, so I brought Lyne & Rachel along for a girls night. Rebecca (of Becca's Picks) even showed up later w/ some friends of hers, too!
Lyne took off after awhile, she had a fun party to go to and spending the evening surrounded by 15-17 year olds wasn't her cuppa tea. Understandable!! She did however just love their little 80's outfits. We saw some awesome ones... Even Rachel had to hold back from telling a few of them that she had that exact same outfit on in 8th grade (20 years ago!) :) It's pretty wild to see trends cycle through again. We saw headbands, leg warmers, shorty shorts and some kid had totally sewn his own crazy get up. Quite creative really!
The most entertaining part of the night was Willpower, who's basically Will Schwartz of Imperial Teen. Which means nothing to me, cuz I never listened to them.. but he was great. He sings and was totally on fire. His songs were really fun to dance too - and soo sexy!! He was so fun to watch - and he even had little back up dancers where they all did choreographed little moves in full 80's regalia. It was awesome.
Gravy Train however was..... oy... I dunno... I mean I guess if I listened to the CD a lot and new the words already - and I'd had like 8 drinks, I'd have probably have had a better time. But instead I had these teeny bopper girls totally making out in front of me and waay to into my personal space to the point I had to keep yelling STOP-IT! to make them stop deep-throating eachother all over the place while I was trying to watch the show - not to mention the time the one girl was telling a story soo loud about "this one time she was so coked-up she couldn't even... " oy... kids these days!!
The most over the top part was the ultra-OUT black boy of Gravy Train who just has no fear in his little tighty whities, gettin up on stage and shakin his business everywhere. Which is fine and all - and most certainly welcome there in the Sea of Youth?, all of which seemed "queer cuz it's cool" - but it got a little too much for me after somehow his little tighties got a rip in them, so the last 1/2 of the show was pretty much him shakin his assless underweared booty aaall over the place. Poll dancing and all. The boy's got a future at one of the gay sex clubs downtown for sure... but that wasn't what I had paid to see lastnight and just overall wasn't that impressed.
I wish I had gone to the Cracker show instead.
