Chatting And Such

tonight was highly eventful! went to the show at the sidebar in baltimore after working a successful and non-boring opening shift. to my pleasant surprise, all of the bands were good! when i heard the first band play, i was kind of not sure what to think from their sound check, but after the first few songs, they turned out to be incredibly interesting and talented. their sound was unique, at least to me. they're called neutron bomb, and they're from baltimore, so if you know what they sound like, explain to me some other bands that sound like that. because that is good.

next up was rare candy, a video game rock band [also from baltimore], who completely ravaged the crowd with amazing versions of video game music from a wide range of games. the keyboards sounded ridiculously great, and while the drummer wasn't spectacular, he held it together pretty well. after that, mike [lombardo] played with the trio, and they were fabulous. really tight, you can tell that a lot of polishing goes into their songwriting, which i knew already, and they've been playing together and practicing a long time. they're definitely music nerds. it was fun hanging out with andy and alex after the show, though mike was busy being a sort-of rock star and i didn't talk to him much.

driftless pony club closed out the night, and they were highly entertaining. ran into craig, a.k.a. wheezy waiter, quite a few times before they played, but didn't want to get all fanboyish and be all lame. their set was good, they're also very tight, which makes sense since they've been together for 11 years. though the touring drummer was surprisingly good. i'm always skeptical of late additions. when they played 'inspectors of inspectors' [which is my favorite song], and they got to 'so please stop your asking' [which is my favorite part], i sang it loud enough that craig heard it and looked straight at me and pointed. which was cool. ;-D

then we talked for about 15 minutes after the show.

it was cool to see that craig was just a normal dude, not that i ever doubted it. for those interested, we talked about beer vs. whiskey [me: 'i don't really drink beer. i'm a whiskey person.' craig: 'oh, i like whiskey too. i'm an alcohol person.' me: 'well you motto was 'get drunk' for a while back then.'] and discussed 'the wire,' which is his favorite show that is apparently filmed in baltimore. actually, he found out from the owner that some of the scenes were actually shot in the bar they were playing at, so that was cool for him.

note: yay for not posting this super late last night!