Just like you, Matt Wild plays (played?) in a rock and roll band and is constantly broke. He has all his original hair, however, and weeps openly at baseball games.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Weekend Music Report
I ventured to the Borg Ward Saturday night for an evening chock-full of that crazy music the kids seem to dig so much these days - how you say, rock and roll? As it turned out, it was my second evening in a row spent in the Walker's Point area - Friday night found me in the wonderful company of Amy Elliot, the two of us on assignment at Steny's Tavern. We were covering the Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar, a "flash mob" kind of thing where a ravenous pack of gays descend on a straight bar in a sudden uproar of noise, hair gel, and collared shirts. The location of each monthly infiltration is revealed less than 24 hours beforehand, reminding me of early 90s raves and how you always had to do a bunch of ridiculous shit (call a certain 800 number, drive to a certain gas station, find a set of directions under a certain pack of Spree) just to find out where the damn things were being held. Of course, the information superhighway has now made that particular phenomenon obsolete. Fucking internet.
Anyway, back to the Borg Ward. I like the Borg Ward. It has a small but ample gallery space, a not-too-shabby performance space that sounds much better than it should, and the kids that run it seem like nice, laid-back dudes. The bathroom is a little disturbing, but hey, what non-profit bathroom isn't?
The first band of the night was Crappy Dracula. How these guys have escaped my attention until now is a fucking mystery. I love this band. See/hear for yourself, courtesy of YouTube. Gee, I love the internet! (Please excuse the shoddy video quality; I was working with less than ideal equipment.)
The Trusty Knife were (was?) up next, and per usual, brought the rock. Perhaps one of these days, they'll actually finish their goddamned album. Here they are:
And that was my Saturday. It was good. It made me happy.
On a related note, I've been feeling reinvigorated lately. I'm not sure why.
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