Hi, my name is Mr Pinch Blogger and I will be “helping” our friend P-man here for a while whilst he is mired in the throes of law school finals. You can call me “MPB” if you’re into the whole brevity thing.
P-man and I have much in common. While P-man chains himself to his desk for hours at a time to study, I am also chained to my desk for hours at a time by the man, with the proverbial chains being monetary reward, or more specifically, the ability to pay my mortgage. Deep stuff I know. I worked on that for hours. And its just a taste of the deep intellectual content you can expect (or dread or ignore) during what is sure to be my brief tenure as MPB.
But before delving into P-man and my similarities from a philosophical realm, I’ll ease into things with the more superficial topics. I like bikes, as does P-man. And, also like him, I have amassed a large collection that I somewhat rarely ride, and when riding, usually get smoked by everyone from casual riders to geriatric old men on cruisers. My overall lack of physical prowess on the bike doesn’t stop me, however, from practicing bike snobbery and praising the virtues of steel frames, singlespeeds, and the like. Of which I own none, of course.
Similarly, I have been accused of music snobbery as well. Unlike P-man, however, I have no musical talent whatsoever, and have never performed either, save the occasional drunken wailing of “Sweet Caroline” or “To All the Girls I’ve loved Before” (the Willie Nelson / Julio Iglesias version thank you). I leave that up to the professionals, and in this case, I am looking forward to a show next week in Denver featuring Gogol Bordello and Valient Thorr. I haven’t seen Gogol Bordello and am only mildly familiar with them, but hear they’re good live. I have seen Valient Thorr, and look forward to seeing them, as they hail from Venus (it’s a long tour) and feature a lead singer who resembles a balding, overweight early 80’s era David Lee Roth (complete with spandex). All that spandex can’t contain the rock though, and they rock hard.
Ok, so going back to work for the man beckons. Till next time, nice to meet y’all.
Mr. Pinch Blogger
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i didn't know the show would feature "fly girls" and maybe Elijah Wood. I would say that Elijah Wood's presence may be a plus, because then I could see how short he really is in person. Right now I only picture him as a hobbit, so about 3 feet tall. I hear he's not much taller. as for the fly girls, i will be sure to rate them against Satan's cheerleaders as a point of reference.
Posted by carrico | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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Gogol Bordello opened for Cake in NYC when we saw them a few months back. They were the best part of the pre-Cake show and they were just not our cuppa tea. Comedian-dude-who-we-don't-recall-the-name-of was the worst. The crowd booed him and when Cake thanked him at the end, they remembered him well enough to boo again. Tegan and Sara were unintelligible, unmelodic, and unentertaining (I didn't need to know the answer to "what if the Chipmunks grew up and had a sex change?"), so if you totally disagree with that, you may disagree with my "eh" reaction to Gogol Bordello. My wife reviewed the show here. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Elijah Wood is/was dating on of the really bad "fly girls". He goes to a lot of their shows. Don't know if that's a plus or a minus...
Posted by Michael | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
dude, i wanna see Gogol Bordello. that should be a cool show. oh yeah, comments work again. my service provider saved my ass. note to self: backup your site more often.
Posted by particleman | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16