Okay so one band that I used to be OBSESSED with was California’s Strung Out. They basically make fast paced pop punk with some metal influences thrown in for good measure. I remember going to see them and the Mad Caddies at the Multicultural Centre when I was 18, not having a ticket but figuring a friend and I could either buy a ticket once we got down there or scam our way through the doors. Turned out about 40 other kids had the same idea. Like any self-respecting 18yr old I was absolutely lit before we got there so there was definitely some confidence in my game, if not subtly.
Anthony and I found the band’s tour bus behind the building and we figured we would just ask them to let us in. Makes sense right? It’s only how they make money…ha. A handful of other kids already had the same idea and were yelling for the band to let them into the bus and the show. As we walked up to the crowd someone opened the bus door yelling “Look, NO ONE is getting in here unless they have coke!” My friend and I looked at each other and started to laugh. This rock star move was something pretty foreign to us and to the punk scene we knew. As the door started to close I yelled “But I’ll suck your dick!” intending for it to be ironic and deprecating of the bands rock star attitude. A really awkward silence from the crowd followed. Meh, still funny to me.
I remember as we walked away my friend mentioning how he could call his girlfriend because “her brother does a lot of drugs and might know a coke dealer”. Somehow in our state we were able to see the error of that thinking. We pushed on, determined.
As the show time neared we pounded on the one of the abandoned back doors. A huge tattooed bald guy opened the door with an angry scowl. Turns out it was the fiancé of a girl I used to drink with quite a bit, he let us in to the show for a small fee. Mission complete.
*No rock stars dicks were sucked in the making of this story*
Bad Babysitter – Princess Superstar
Alright so I was never trusted to be a babysitter (which is pretty ironic now) but I think every kid had some bizarre things happen to them when they were put under the trust of someone else. I remember babysitter’s boyfriends coming over, eating an entire bottle of Flintstone vitamins while watching a movie and finding out the graphic details of Jack the Ripper case as a ‘go to bed’ scare tactic.
Princess Superstar is all kinds of awesome. Originally signed to the Beastie Boys ‘Grand Royal’ label she went on to form her own label and does most of her work from her apartment. At the same time she’s a white female rapper and definitely plays up the stereotype to the nth degree. She travels the world as a DJ. Could probably beat me up mentally and physically. And to top it all off she’s pretty as sin.
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