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Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-17 16:39:09 +0000

Ramones-sounding songs about farting, teenage girls and boobs sung by a fifty-year old.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-06-17 18:02:04 +0000

You should definitely go. wearing a Sinkhole shirt.

Posted by G lib on 2008-06-17 18:06:37 +0000

Don't shine your light under a bushel, Miriam! GO!

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-17 18:13:24 +0000

SO wish I had one to wear. I loved going to see them at the Mid-East in the mid-late 1990s.

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-17 18:13:55 +0000

SOLD! Sounds almost as good as King Missile.

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-17 18:19:07 +0000

Brilliant. Not sure my light's shining too brightly today: birds woke me up at 4am-5:30...and the alarm started at 6:30 for the 7am workout; the "Check Engine" light relit on my car again last night and it will cost between $250-500+ to fix one of the O2 sensors in the fuel tank; I was minorly scolded at work for something I was assigned to do that hadn't been vetted with the big boss; I did some stress shopping during lunch; I have to make fundraising calls that I've been putting off for days! Ugh. On the plus side, turns out my boss isn't really mad at me, my brother said good things about me to the boss at lunch today (which I wasn't in attendance for), and as of June 21 there will be 14 hours 38 minutes of daylight in Nashville! Time to get some bugspray and a lounge chair! Oh, and I'll go to the show tonight.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-06-17 20:03:12 +0000

I Don't Wanna Be A Granola Head was an "important" song in the formation of my adolescent identity. My friends Stef & John had I Met Her At The Rat as their first dance at their wedding. The Queers are so wicked awesome.

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-17 21:05:02 +0000

Feeling less like hiding from the world now. I think raising $1300 in an hour made me feel better!

Posted by G lib on 2008-06-18 12:35:05 +0000

How was it?

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-18 13:43:30 +0000

1) SO glad I went. 2) The skinhead who was at the same venue when I was there for a metal show in April was there again last night...I said hi to him as I entered the performance space and didn't see him again for the rest of the night. 3) The Queers RULE! 4) I stood at the back of the room to avoid the mosh pit, and two aging punks were next to me, at one point they were swaying together to another band which was endlessly amusing. I wanted to tell one of them (who had a huge pink mohawk) to sway a little lower so I could catch the breeze, but held my tongue. They came back to stand with me later when the Queers played, and we struck up conversation. Turns out they were (irony of ironies) the queers at the Queers show! Awesome. They kept me laughing through the entire set. 4)I think some of the punks in Nashville forgot that it's not 1998 anymore. I swear I saw everyone I used to work with at Pearl Art & Craft...just 20 lbs heavier and with worse outfits. One guy looked like he should've been at a rave, there were a few coiffed greasers, one guy who should've put his shirt back on (not due to anything but the fact that it's nasty to crowd-surf or mosh without a shirt in a hot club), a few mohawks, a couple of skinheads, at least one pair of cowboy boots, a lot of spraying beer and water over the pit, and it was a great show. 5) I listened to Justin Timberlake on the way there and back.

Posted by G lib on 2008-06-18 14:17:55 +0000

Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy! I'm so glad you had a good time. x

Posted by Miriam on 2008-06-18 14:56:27 +0000

Good time...tired today.