brief comments b/c i am sleepy! (so sleepy that i drovepast my exit--oops!)
thigns started off w/ an atrocious freddie mercury--now, i would love to see someone do justice to queen at the great cover-up (hey, i like queen--family lore claims that i listened to queen as a baby and loved it. and my status as a hopeless nerd was cemented in fifth grade when i impugned the honor of one vanilla ice by pointing out his robbery of queen and david bowie--i am pretty sure the other ten year olds tried to say that vanilla ice had the beat first) but this dude was even worse than the ramones from last night.
2nd: elvis costello and the attractions. they were pretty good, actually, though i sort of preferred finn's rendition last year (it's more fun when you know the people playing).
3rd: THE WUSSES!!!! doing three dog night!! with dave bjorkback, jeffy herrick, and bob wall sharing vocals! ooohhh, so fun. absolutely made my night.
4th: cy et al doing the birthday party (i'm not really a birthday party fan).
last: some band called pious, or something? *shrug*
anyway, the best part of the great cover-up is schmoozin' with other music fans (and charity fans): my favorite raleigh denizens (jason, laurie, margaret, sean, becky, dawn [who is coming with me to see the wusses on new year's eve!], taj and the other rollergirls, crystal, and so on!), the lovely pinky (with mr pinky), the awesome susie cupcakes (w/ mr cupcakes), and the irrepressible bean3 (w/ mr bean3). it was especially nice to see matt tomich, the world's best hugger, who i hadn't seen in months and who is moving to switzerland for good in april. matt always reminds me of those mountaintop gurus who have achieved inner peace and now spread it to everyone around them. also it's nice to practically be tackled by hugs whenever i see the guy!
tomorrow: serious buckling down. now: sleep.
ETA: here are jason's more lucid and informed comments! here are pinky's!
4 comments:
it was pretty great - I don't know many Birthday Party songs either, but my friend in that band did a really great job.
and the wusses - i have no words! I wish I was going to be here NYE so I could see them again. please enjoy them for us both :-)
and the last band was "kyuss" who I know nothing about, except that hot guy in Queens of The Stone Age was in it.
lisa--that is a brilliant idea! he even wore this crazy-ass mustache last ngiht that he could use to be freddie mercury!i mean, if he wanted to do something like that.
pinky--thanks for the correction. :) i thoguht i was mishearing things but since i had no idea who the band was, i went for the word i knew.
and i'm sure the wusses will be playing sometime again, besides new year's, so you may have the chance to see them again! doing hits like "sister golden hair" and other soft rock classics.
it was nice to see you, too! what a fun night!
yay, i'm glad you guys had fun!
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