Monday, April 18, 2005
sights and sounds
Had a great time seeing VHS or Beta last night at a free Neumo's show with Electric Six and Mixmaster Mike. Abe got me into this band, due in no small part to their Duran Duran connection. I like their record but they sound even better live, very disco fun without the cheese factor. Even the hooded b-boys out for Mike were getting down, exposing a welcome amount of boxer-clad waistlines.
VHS or Beta get compared to everyone from Depeche Mode to The Cure to Daft Punk to Duran Duran, the latter of which they opened for recently. My analogy would be Rinocerose with Robert Smith as the lead singer... modern, funky French beats with lots of arena rock guitar, sometimes with very 80s sounding 'howl' vocals, sometimes no lyrics/singing at all. You'd never guess they were from Louisville... except maybe for the bass player, who didn't quite pull off the irony with his mullet and 70s cop mustache. In any case, a good time even with the hour-long wait for them to take the stage.
Later on the drive off of Capitol Hill, I was intrigued by a seemingly innocuous sight: a big yellow school bus. Kind of uncommon to see one rolling down Pine at the midnight hour. “Maybe it’s a field trip,” I thought as I pulled up alongside. At first I couldn’t see anyone aboard the brightly lit bus, then noticed two older gentlemen sitting in the second and third rows. And all was explained when I spotted a sign in the front window: NW Bears Spring Thaw Shuttle Bus. How sexy is that, being driven between homo hotspots on a big ol’ bright yellow school bus? Guess you’d have to try it yourself to know for sure. I’d at least ask them to turn the interior lights down…
VHS or Beta get compared to everyone from Depeche Mode to The Cure to Daft Punk to Duran Duran, the latter of which they opened for recently. My analogy would be Rinocerose with Robert Smith as the lead singer... modern, funky French beats with lots of arena rock guitar, sometimes with very 80s sounding 'howl' vocals, sometimes no lyrics/singing at all. You'd never guess they were from Louisville... except maybe for the bass player, who didn't quite pull off the irony with his mullet and 70s cop mustache. In any case, a good time even with the hour-long wait for them to take the stage.
Later on the drive off of Capitol Hill, I was intrigued by a seemingly innocuous sight: a big yellow school bus. Kind of uncommon to see one rolling down Pine at the midnight hour. “Maybe it’s a field trip,” I thought as I pulled up alongside. At first I couldn’t see anyone aboard the brightly lit bus, then noticed two older gentlemen sitting in the second and third rows. And all was explained when I spotted a sign in the front window: NW Bears Spring Thaw Shuttle Bus. How sexy is that, being driven between homo hotspots on a big ol’ bright yellow school bus? Guess you’d have to try it yourself to know for sure. I’d at least ask them to turn the interior lights down…
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