extremely not my thing

so last night we went to see the nightwatchman again with alpha tom and nopalita. the openers were andrew ripp (solo) followed by sanders bohlke (full band). and then the nightwatchman stuff began. the order might be wrong but first off was the nightwatchman, then jon foreman of switchfoot, then wayne kramer of the mc5, then ben harper, then a reunion of extreme, then a reunion of alice in chains with david draiman guesting, then everyone playing together with b-real from cypress hill and breckin myer on drums again. this was a more interesting show than i went to previously but it's still not my kind of music. i mean, when the fuck was i ever into any of these bands? or the bands they covered? never! we were really going because: 1. alpha tom wanted to go 2. we like checking out music. we had to move over 1 table to make way for more "important people". we were told to make way for zach de la rocha but he only sat there for 2 seconds. otherwise it was some record people or general friend/scenester types.

rage and alice in 1993? no it's 2007

this post was going to be all about how i don't like ben harper and extreme or how the musicians are really good at doing shit on the spot but now it's about something else entirely. during the course of the evening, i watched friendships disintegrate before my very eyes. it started off like this: alpha tom wasn't going to drink as he was driving. but then he started thinking that his favorite band is alice in chains and so fuck it, he's gonna drink as long as i don't have anymore so that i can drive his car home. ok fine, have a drink or two. he decides to do some kiwi macho shit that quickly turns sour. he has a couple shots of jack daniels and slams them down, "that's how you do it in new zealand". he's done this kind of stuff before, the need to drink a lot 'cos it's a kiwi thing, and i'm really sorry but i think it's total bullshit. a man doesn't need to drink (copius amounts) to prove he's a man. out of nowhere he quickly starts insulting mexicans in general to get a rise out of nopalita and possibly twiddle thumbs. nopalita bites. then his rant gets specific towards a guy at his work. twiddle thumbs is reeled in. i'm just quiet waiting for it to end. alpha tom starts to apologize but then tries to buy them off? i'm not sure what the hell is going on. he starts putting his money on the table and nopalita refuses it, very pissed at the notion. alpha tom leaves the table for a moment and nopalita is so pissed that she refuses to hang out with us if he's around (this has happened with her and another friend we have) and then she starts even (in)directly insulting twiddle thumbs. i have mixed feelings about alcohol (pun!) but after that blowup, people need to empty out their bottles and so some yoga or something, fuck.

b-real with too many guitarists for it to be hip-hop

we kinda really just want the night to end but we hung out forever after the show because alpha tom wanted to meet all the guys and have his picture taken with them but he was too chickenshit to approach them. we have experience in this department. if you chicken out, you lose. they're not gonna walk up to you. you have to walk up to them. just be sincere and do it quick. they're used to such requests right after a show. twiddle thumbs was getting so impatient with it that she went up and did it for him.

p.s.
last night was the first time i ever had jack daniels (i think). i also discovered that i love marinated artichoke hearts, yum!