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dinosaur jr. at the varsity and flatbed honeymoon at earth day

April 20th, 2009 by kevin

if its too loud, you’re too old … the heavenly light of dinosaur jr.

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i once asked paco, after he saw dinosaur jr., “what does j. mascis look look like?” paco, always the poet, said, “he looks … he looks … he looks like shit.”

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this guy is a good friend of mine. he played with me every week at teddy’s for months. he was drinking absinthe in the front yard of my house last friday until 3 a.m. he just shaved his beard and cut his hair. i made eye contact and stood next to him for five minutes at this show before i recognized who he was. uncanny. nonetheless, chris cleans up pretty well …

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transcendent ear bleeding post-guitar-rock twenty years before anyone knew.

this band plays simple songs with long guitar solos.

this band is continually surprising.

fascination in ear plugs.

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eric’s cute house

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mark twain called this building the ugliest building on the mississippi. flatbed honeymoon played in its shadow last sunday.

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good gig, all in all. decent crowd. sort of like the festival crowd at the amusement park in spinal tap. but attentive, baby. attentive.

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it was earth day after all …

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this alligator reminded me of another earth day i played. darby, you remember? you, me, nate? on that little stage. playing for … wait for it … no one. we played for a few hours. the only love we got was from a guy in an octopus costume (dancing, clapping, happy) until the bus of retards showed up. they LOVED us …

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this girl just adopted this dog, “like, two seconds ago!”

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this guy wasn’t taking no shit.

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alligator on a stick. shark on a stick. cajun fried chicken. cajun friend cajun. cajun fried ribs. meat pies. crawfish pies. cajun friend pickles. cajun fried corn. cajun on a stick. fried on a stick.

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