Dead alligators, Mike's boat shoes and broken bottles
So on Saturday I went to the Court Tavern in New Brunswick to a benefit show for the West Memphis Three. The WM3 cause has a habit of attracting an "alternative" crowd, i.e. punk, goth, retro and heavy metal cultures. So it was no real surprise that the crowd was wearing more black than a funeral procession (myself included). I think I even saw a guy wearing a Cure shirt. The only real departure from this garb was my roommate Tara and my friend Mike. Tara, while looking as beautiful as ever, was in a tanish skirt and flower print top. Mike had on some type of plaid button down shirt, kakhi pants and a horrible pair of orange trimmed boat shoes. Needless to say they stuck out like sore thumbs, but I think they had a good time regardless. But the thing that really stuck out in my mind was that no one was wearing any WM3 t-shirts or anything. Each band made some passing comment about the WM3 but it sounded like they were doing something they had to get out of the way before they played their set. Kinda funny as this was "WM3 AWARENESS day" not "Mention the WM3 once in passing Day"
Here are what I think were the highlights of the show:
They had PBR (that's Pabst's Blue Ribbon baby) in cans for only $2
The first band had Robert Downey junior as a lead singer (or at least it could have been him from 10 feet away)
The second band rocked! I can't think of a good way to express their unique sound but think Squirrel Nut Zippers meets Herman's Hermits meets Beck. I hope they are not offended by that if the shoud happen to read this. their myspace is here http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2712353&Mytoken=20050725141301 Mike and I were so impressed we actually bought their cd....Support Local Music y'all)
The third band.....ummmm well I don't really wanna say they sucked but I was more impressed with the drunken lead singer's story, about a dead alligator and a trip to the mall that made not a bit of sense, than I was with their music
The lead singer of the third band just smashing bottles on the floor (hey man that's the hard core punk rock thing to do) and then some stupid kid trying to mosh falling into the glass and ripping up his knees.
Last but not least some Hot punk girl dressed in a waitress out fit looking really cute - Mike said she may have worked at the local Piggly Wiggly
So on Saturday I went to the Court Tavern in New Brunswick to a benefit show for the West Memphis Three. The WM3 cause has a habit of attracting an "alternative" crowd, i.e. punk, goth, retro and heavy metal cultures. So it was no real surprise that the crowd was wearing more black than a funeral procession (myself included). I think I even saw a guy wearing a Cure shirt. The only real departure from this garb was my roommate Tara and my friend Mike. Tara, while looking as beautiful as ever, was in a tanish skirt and flower print top. Mike had on some type of plaid button down shirt, kakhi pants and a horrible pair of orange trimmed boat shoes. Needless to say they stuck out like sore thumbs, but I think they had a good time regardless. But the thing that really stuck out in my mind was that no one was wearing any WM3 t-shirts or anything. Each band made some passing comment about the WM3 but it sounded like they were doing something they had to get out of the way before they played their set. Kinda funny as this was "WM3 AWARENESS day" not "Mention the WM3 once in passing Day"
Here are what I think were the highlights of the show:
They had PBR (that's Pabst's Blue Ribbon baby) in cans for only $2
The first band had Robert Downey junior as a lead singer (or at least it could have been him from 10 feet away)
The second band rocked! I can't think of a good way to express their unique sound but think Squirrel Nut Zippers meets Herman's Hermits meets Beck. I hope they are not offended by that if the shoud happen to read this. their myspace is here http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2712353&Mytoken=20050725141301 Mike and I were so impressed we actually bought their cd....Support Local Music y'all)
The third band.....ummmm well I don't really wanna say they sucked but I was more impressed with the drunken lead singer's story, about a dead alligator and a trip to the mall that made not a bit of sense, than I was with their music
The lead singer of the third band just smashing bottles on the floor (hey man that's the hard core punk rock thing to do) and then some stupid kid trying to mosh falling into the glass and ripping up his knees.
Last but not least some Hot punk girl dressed in a waitress out fit looking really cute - Mike said she may have worked at the local Piggly Wiggly