So Roni and I went out last Saturday night to celebrate our anniversary - we kept it low key, and relatively cheap going to the
Red Star Bar for a few drinks. After perusing the menu it turns out they could make something Roni could eat given her dietary restrictions. We had a really nice time, and went strolling through Fells Point post dinner. When we arrived home we chilled with my folks who had come in to babysit (thanks Mom and Dad!)! Unfortunately, Emmet came down with a serous cold and was near croupy, and up coughing most of the night. Not to be outdone, Micah woke up, and asked me to come sleep with him. Every 20 minutes or so he woke me up to ask when it was time to get up. Normally daylight savings hooks one up with extra ZZZZs but this year it justm eant the boys were up an hour earlier, grumpy and sick.
Roni and were like zombies - so bad that
George Romero called to see if we'd be in his next movie!
In the afternoon we went to Micah’s classmate's house for a great Halloween party - a treasure hunt was included with a cameo by a real life blow up witch! Kids and constumes make for a lot of fun - there were some really cute get ups.
That night I was so tired I was hallucinating, I had to bed down by 8:30.
Halloween was fun - Emmet and Micah donned their duck costumes and did a little trick or quacking. Still tired, R and I went to be bed shortly after the boys did. Pictures forthcoming..
Fast forward to Wednesday eve when I guest bartended at the Spy Club..Now I've waited many tables (to paraphrase
JBJ, I've seen a million customers and I've served them all!), but never formally bartended. Nevertheless I had a great time, and nobody complained too loudly about my mixed drink quality.. if they did I blamed on the rail liquor I was forced to use (Yo, if this had Tanqueray in it would be
off the heezy, knowwhatI'msayin'?)
On Thursday, my friend Keeve and I headed to the
Talking Head club for some punk rock action. I'm glad Keeve motivated me to go, because otherwise I would have missed a kick ass show. I missed the first band, but was in time to catch the Black Flag meets X Action of
Fascist Fascist - nothing too original or mind-blowing, but this was the best performance I've seen by them. Female vocals, loud bar cordy punk rock with a lot of expletives thrown in for good measure. Next up was the
Get Hustle - a band who I have heard of but previously never heard - a 3 piece with drums, organ and an insane (again) female vocalist - they blew me away!! I was tired and had contemplated leaving before they played, but I stayed - the first song hooked me in and I was there in full effect for the show.
Now a note about the crows - it was me, Keeve, and a bunch of hipsters of the
ironic type. You know, young 20-somethings with
moustaches and
Iron Maiden t-shirts trying to one-up each other on the
irony factor. But luckily I didn’t have time to change after getting home, cooking, and putting the boys to bed so I was there in full on work clothes.. and BTW I'm old enough to have
Iron Maiden albums from when they were the shit, not ironic... so those hipster wannabes irony was nothing compared to my unintentionally ironic appearance.
So anyhow, I'm totally zonked at this point. But I ran into an old friend from DC who drove up just to see the next act
DMBQ, a psychedelic rock band from Japan. Nicole, my friend, taches 2nd grade in
PG County and drove up from the DC area just to see the show - if she could stay, I rationalized I could at least for a spell. I'm glad I did - DMBQ was nuts live - jumping around, just having a great time- their ringer was this seemingly demure quiet woman who destroyed on the drumset..wearing kimono like garb. It was getting on 1:30 am so I left, but was glad I stayed for abour 30 minutes of the set.
Sadly, after doing a web search on Saturday to see reviews of their live show I found this on the net:
" Hello
It is with a lot of grief and weariness that I announce that tonite`s DMBQ and Friends show at Club Exit has been cancelled following a tragic car accident today.
DMBQ`s van rolled from I-95 in Delaware en route from Baltimore to Brooklyn this afternoon. All members of the band have been hospitalized, as well as Michelle Cable from Panache Magazine and booking, who has been managing their tour.
Mana "China" Nishiura did not survive the accident. China was DMBQ`s drummer, as well as the drummer in Shonen Knife. China will be missed.
Michelle Cable is conscious following surgery for a head injury. The other members of DMBQ are stable but sedated and are expected to recover.
That`s all the information I have.
None of the bands tonite nor I felt up to a rock show following the news.
We are tentatively planning to continue with tomorrow`s show @ Kingsland Tavern as a benefit to cover DMBQ`s travel and medical expenses. If the bands and I decide we can`t go through with the show, I`ll send out a cancellation.
Thank you for you support and your understanding.
Todd "
So I'm totally sad about this. I will post an appropriated followup with more info as ti develops.
More to come.
