Mike Arnzen rocks!
Mike's fantastic visit is best represented non-verbally:
Hmmm...that one might have been a little tougher if the featured beverage were a Pabst Blue Ribbon, as opposed to an Angelina's coffee. Whaddaya gonna do?
My sleeve was wet because our shower had just been fixed, and I tried it out, and blasted it all over myself.
These are pics Mike took of the crazy Destroyer show at the Elbo Room at which the band was accompanied by Madame Maraschino's burlesque dancers. (EDIT: this was a semi-strip act in which the dancers choreographed special kitschy routines to go along with each KISS song... Mark said "Rocket Ride" was really, uh, amazing.) I was planning to go, but guess what? I had a major contraction earlier in the evening and I didn't make it! Scary... must have been brought on by anticipation of the madness of the evening--the baby's way of saying, "Please don't take me to the show, Mom. I am too pure and innocent." Maybe I'll write a post about it. Anyway, the below pics are the dance that accompanied the song "Snowblind." Mark didn't fall down once all night in his six-inch platforms! I will include one closeup of him as Ace (thank you, Mike):
Mike called this one the "Dionysian KISS finale":
Hmmm...that one might have been a little tougher if the featured beverage were a Pabst Blue Ribbon, as opposed to an Angelina's coffee. Whaddaya gonna do?
My sleeve was wet because our shower had just been fixed, and I tried it out, and blasted it all over myself.
These are pics Mike took of the crazy Destroyer show at the Elbo Room at which the band was accompanied by Madame Maraschino's burlesque dancers. (EDIT: this was a semi-strip act in which the dancers choreographed special kitschy routines to go along with each KISS song... Mark said "Rocket Ride" was really, uh, amazing.) I was planning to go, but guess what? I had a major contraction earlier in the evening and I didn't make it! Scary... must have been brought on by anticipation of the madness of the evening--the baby's way of saying, "Please don't take me to the show, Mom. I am too pure and innocent." Maybe I'll write a post about it. Anyway, the below pics are the dance that accompanied the song "Snowblind." Mark didn't fall down once all night in his six-inch platforms! I will include one closeup of him as Ace (thank you, Mike):
Mike called this one the "Dionysian KISS finale":
posted by Sarah Goss at 12:03 PM
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Those pictures hurt my soul! Then again, Mike's presence frequently has that effect...
Speaking of an Abject reunion, the following has been in my head for days: "I got a nose smells through your clothes/I love the stuff between your toes/ Your odor/starts my motor/you got a scent that I can't say no to/ Whiff me!/Sniff me!/I got nothing to hide/ Don't shrink/You stink/Open your armpits wide." (Commence chorus: I can smell you on the left, I can smell you on the right, I can smell you all throughout the neighborhood... somehow, "neighborhood" ended up rhyming with "I can smell you and you don't smell good.")
Disclaimer: this song was not about me.
Hey Mike,
It was an awesome weekend seeing ya -- and thanks for making it to the show -- not sure why the sound guy didn't turn me up more -- I do need to get a tube head or bring another speaker.
An Abject reunion tour would rule -- lancing boils from coast to coast!
Happy belated birthday!
Okay, I really, really, REALLY do not understand what is going on with the white spandex dancer and the Dionysian finale. I really don't. I have clearly been living a different lifestyle than the dancers.
Deb, you are right, and I don't understand the white spandex dancers, either. I just had the vague sense that the whiteness had something to do with "Snowblind." All I can glean about the Dionysian finale is that people were very, very drunk. I wish I had been there! I probably should have explained that the Maraschino dancers choreographed specific dances for each KISS song... Mark said it was a semi-strip show. Hmmm. Maybe I'll go back and attempt to clarify the post, though Mark's the best person to do it!
...I just looked at the photos again and have to agree with Deb that they look like pure chaos without having been there. Oh well. Creative writing prompt!
Oh man. I feel dirty now :-(
la la la black lung brown tongue son of a bitch
You wanna throw down with me on KISS lyrics, Arnzen? This one from "Cold Gin" seems appropriate since I'm coming to your house this morning....:
"It's time to leave and get another quart,
Around the corner at the liquor store,
Now the cheapest stuff is all I need,
To get me back on my feet again..."
Abject lyrics kick KISS lyrics' butt.
Well, I survived a weekend in Mike's clutches, but I'm not sure there's any photographic evidence. Given the degenerate behavior of Mike's party guests Saturday night, this is probably for the best...
P.S. I'm sorry, Sarah, but in the height of their diabolic force Abject was never able to top the turpitude of a verse like
"You really like my limosine,
You like the way the wheels roll,
You like my seven-inch leather heels,
And going to all of the shows..."
Hmm.. I don't think it'll tell you if I reply on my blog, so I will do so here.
a) I really do love Tim Gunn. I want to be him when I grow up. That man never freaks out about anything. He must have the lowest blood pressure on the planet. I totally agree about the impressions, too, they were definately done with love. It really seemed like Tim knew that too. "Andre, we need to get to the Red Lobster!"
b) I have always been strangely proud of my no-cavity status too (as you could tell from my post) the funny thing is, what I am most proud of is my lack of effort in achieving it. I mean, I do what everyone else does, brush at least once a day, floss when I remember, etc. But nothing out of the ordinary and still no cavities. Yay me! :)
c) Gilmore Girls- Lord, that show is cable crack. When Lorelai ended up at Christopher's at the end of the episode, oh I was so sad for her. She was just so miserable and I knew what was going to happen and I totaly understood where her head was but at the same time I kept thinking "Don't do it! Go back to Sookie's!" And then it was over and now I have to wait until September or whenever... Arg! I think it helps that Lauren Graham is such a good actress. That girl can do so much with just an eyebrow. Then Rory and Logan made me cry... and I hate Logan! I hope it stays good next season, I don't know how they're going to write their way out of this one. Sigh.
I love Tim Gunn, too! And I looooved the Red Lobster routine. I read somewhere that when the show was over, Tim Gunn and Andrae really did go to Red Lobster together, also. About the no-cavity status, I am not a particularly great tooth-maintainer either, and I am convinced that it's a genetic thing: some people are more prone to getting cavities than others. (That's not to say that if you utterly neglect your teeth things will work out beautifully, of course, but that it is, unfairly enough, easier for some folks than for others.) I hate Logan, too. Okay: Beth and I are psychically linked! We are Logan-hating, Tim-Gunn-loving, no-cavity-possessing, kick-ass WOMYN!
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