Head Butt her?...I hardly know her

So last week I wanted to go see this local punk show. I first went to dinner with friends and surprise they had Margaritas on special... oops I started with 2 gigantic ones. So we went down to the show which was at the VFW hall on Western. Paid the $5 to get in and was swept back to highschool. Crazy dayz...so we went into the bar to get some drinks and it was awesome they had Miller High Life on special...the bar was a totally different scene then the punk show...talk about 2 worlds colliding. Show was really fun, met some interesting folks. my friend bought a demo from one of the bands and it was a cassette tape demo! that's so old school I love it!

Local Point of View

So I was on My Space looking for some new music to listen to and I ran across a local band called The Charter North. As it happens they were playing a local show on Saturday night at Peoria Pizza Works...Which I never knew had live shows at...its kinda interesting how each generation has its place to see tiny live shows...when I was in Highschool we saw a lot of show at Owens Center...yes the ice skating rink. They have these rooms in the back and we would listen to favorites like 7 seconds and caustic defiance. anyway so they are having a show at the pizza place. I decide to stop by to see what the local scene is like know. The space is really small which is to bad but the set up wasn't too bad. I arrived when a band was playing but I wouldn't be able to tell you their name because they never told us...so tip to new bands...let the audience know who you are every now and then. The charter north had a little merch stand going...I didn't see any other of the bands with merch...so after listening to the band I decided to pick up a CD...$3 not bad ...when I got home the only problem is that they had no liner notes or song names. I had to go on their myspace page and match up the songs...I still have one song without a name. so another note to new bands: make sure people know your songs if they are going to buy your CD. It's a bit hard to talk about a band and their songs saying things like...yeah that one song you know that goes like this...
anyway they are pretty good if you want to check them out.
Chowderhead!

Friday Night Lights!

So we went to Firehouse last night for some evening entertainment...wink wink...karaoke! the woman who does Karaoke usually does a great job...keeps everyone in order and gets a lot of people singing all night. Well last night she got drunk and it was so annoying because she let all her friends keep come up and sing. Now I do not consider myself American pile...er I mean Idol but I enjoy singing funny and entertaining songs. Pet Peeve? People who sing horribly depressing and bad songs. Criminal by Fiona Apple? Riders on the Storm... and anyone who dares sing Paradise by the dashbord light by Meatloaf just needs to be shot...it's an 8 1/2 minute song. Well I guess it's back to the Basketcase.
While Crocodile!

Life is a concert!

Okay so its Feb. And I have been attending a few shows this year already. Jim and I went to NYC for our anniversary and had a blast...We caught the weather when it was 60...Not like this past weekend where it dumped a crapload of snow on central park. Since we were in town we checked out what concerts were playing and found Big D and the kids table in NJ. So we figured out the train and took a a trip to Sayerville NJ for the show...Great show...opening acts were like highschool bands...literally...they sucked. Jersey has a reputation about them and they lived up to every stupid one. Lets just say 200lb men crowd surfing on 90lb girls...guess what your gonna fall to the ground. Also Armor for Sleep was playing at the Avalon on Saturday night but we ended up going to a comedy club instead and it was soooo worth it.
Last Thursday we saw Flogging Molly at the House of Blues in Chicago, Saturday Nickleback/Trapt in Peoria and Sunday Nine Inch Nails in Moline at the Mark. All concerts were well worth the wait! Coming up is Dropkick Murphy's in St. Louis!!! Plus is anyone excited about St. Pat's Day coming up! Tip o' the day for pat's day. Green shots aren't friendly on St. Pat's Day just cause they are green. and if you do said shots don't go home and eat fruity pebbles. They come up like a kaleidoscope!
Later Gator!