Senatorial Splendor

Goddamn but that set was awesome. The pub itself was trying a leeetle too hard to be IRISH!!!, imho-- they had these old tree trunks being used as supports that kind of blocked the view of the stage in parts, and they had deosil spirals carved into the tabletops, and Irish/Scottish memorabilia on the walls so thick that one could barely see the building itself in parts, but lots of neat old wainscoting and such, so I'd call it a nice place... except for the fact that they couldn't even make a friggin' mojito, because they "don't have the mint." Whatever, man.

The new songs were, no surprise, awesome, and they threw in some pretty frickin' hot Tom Waits covers to spice up the set list. I do think that they should make the Cult of Personality sing more often, because he has an amazing voice and (I think) is the only one of the trio who's actually classically trained. Either way, though, I wait with drooling anticipation for their CD, which damn well better be released soon, or I will be sad.

Met the Cult's lady friend, very personable and sexy-- I had zero interest in her as a woman and even I could tell that-- as well as from the frozen north of Alaska, which wins anybody major coolness points. I did realize, sitting with his other, hehe, "groupies," that I am from a part of the Cult's life filled with people very different from those he currently/normally hangs with. Despite my somewhat esoteric interests, I am about the furthest thing from counterculture it's possible to be and still, y'know, like dick. There are a lot of ways in which I'm a flaming radical, but when it comes to personal social choices, I'm pretty damn conservative. The political scene is a completely different story, of course-- thank god.

It was nice to have an excuse to hang out downtown after hours, as well-- christ, I hope I eventually make enough money to live down there... but ah well. Apropos of moneymaking, it's back to the application grind!

Senatorial Splendor

Goddamn but that set was awesome. The pub itself was trying a leeetle too hard to be IRISH!!!, imho-- they had these old tree trunks being used as supports that kind of blocked the view of the stage in parts, and they had deosil spirals carved into the tabletops, and Irish/Scottish memorabilia on the walls so thick that one could barely see the building itself in parts, but lots of neat old wainscoting and such, so I'd call it a nice place... except for the fact that they couldn't even make a friggin' mojito, because they "don't have the mint." Whatever, man.

The new songs were, no surprise, awesome, and they threw in some pretty frickin' hot Tom Waits covers to spice up the set list. I do think that they should make the Cult of Personality sing more often, because he has an amazing voice and (I think) is the only one of the trio who's actually classically trained. Either way, though, I wait with drooling anticipation for their CD, which damn well better be released soon, or I will be sad.

Met the Cult's lady friend, very personable and sexy-- I had zero interest in her as a woman and even I could tell that-- as well as from the frozen north of Alaska, which wins anybody major coolness points. I did realize, sitting with his other, hehe, "groupies," that I am from a part of the Cult's life filled with people very different from those he currently/normally hangs with. Despite my somewhat esoteric interests, I am about the furthest thing from counterculture it's possible to be and still, y'know, like dick. There are a lot of ways in which I'm a flaming radical, but when it comes to personal social choices, I'm pretty damn conservative. The political scene is a completely different story, of course-- thank god.

It was nice to have an excuse to hang out downtown after hours, as well-- christ, I hope I eventually make enough money to live down there... but ah well. Apropos of moneymaking, it's back to the application grind!