lastnight's show + friday five
Lastnight we hit yet another Mission Creek Music Festival event, this time at the Eagle Tavern.We had a yummy dinner first a block away at Manora Thai and then cruised over to the show. We missed Conspiracy of Beards - but Ceasura was great. My friend Lyne joined us who we hadn't seen in forever - so we drank beers and caught up with her on the outside patio (under heat lamps) for pretty much all of Condor (sucks I missed watching the chic drummer!). And then, for the first time ever, we got a taste of Harold Ray Live in Concert and it was AWESOME!!!! The lead singer is like a white James Brown - and the piano player was hilarious, dancing and moving his little (seemingly) toy piano to & fro, and even on top of him at one point! We had SUCH a great time shakin it!
Next up: Extra Action Marching Band
Oh my gawd!!! Too insane for words! Soon after Harold Ray Live in Concert ended, before we knew it we were stampeded and surrounded by this eclectic 20 piece marching band of madness. Drums, horns, a man with a megaphone - you name it! Oh! AND flapper style sexy cheerleeding girls!! woohoo!! It all made SUCH a BIG SOUND!!!! It was SOOO MUCH FUN!!!!
It was my first time at the Eagle Tavern, too (not surprisingly, since it's a gay biker bar) but WOW! what a kick ass bar! 3 actual bars, a stage, a great outdoor area with heatlamps and firepits and benches.. I love this place!
What's funny though, is you actually have to walk across the stage to use the restroom! I think I even had strange dreams lastnight after that trauma... something about not having a lock on the door and having everyone waiting outside... (oh ya, not only do you have to walk across the stage - there's no lock on the door!) Leave it to a gay bar to not have a lock on the bathroom door, and apparently in the men's room there's a mirror positioned "just right" to take a peak at everyone else. HA!
Anyway - GOOD TIMES!! You MUST go check out these bands - We snapped some great photos (that I will post SOME DAY!) but no photo will do justice to the experience, it was awesome.
Fever for the :: F :: I :: V :: E :: R ::
1. Scoring 3 tickets to Franz Ferdinand tonite for Jem, Rick & I - I'm SOOO PSYCHED!!!!!
2. Last Sunday night, getting *REPLICATED* by Conan (of Replicator) at the noise rock show at the Edinburg Castle. (photos to come to verify) Conan is GREAT! I really dig his voice, and their CD is awesome. He rocks it up something fierce live, too - Such a fun show! Not to mention Ricky G & I's stellar games of pool. We're SHARKS!
3. The Shins at the Warfield on Tuesday night - a last minute surprise... I was all *effected* seeing them at the Fillmore last fall, having seen James Mercer for the first time solo several months previously I wasn't prepared to "share" him with so many other people. HA. So this Warfield show I was more "prepared to share" and it's kick ass to see them knowing so many of their songs both on the old & new album. Most of their first album was in my MP3 player as I hiked up the hill in back of my house several times a week last summer, so it holds a very dear spot with me - I heart James Mercer!
4. Insert some other ridiculously happy item of note. I don't want to gag you all out too much - I know I'm really really f*in happy ... So you can even make this one terrible or something to balance it out. It's like a WILD CARD!
5. Did I mention the scoring Franz Ferdinand tickets?
Happy Friday All!!
