Flight Of The Conchords
Mike, Julie, Nancy, and I all went to the Flight Of The Conchords show at the Fox in Atlanta, GA Saturday night. It was probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. I still remember about 3 or 4 years ago watching videos of them on YouTube for hours with Kyle and Jeremy at the Apartment. I never thought I would get to experience that show live, in person. Mostly, because well… they’re from New Zealand!
Kristen Schaal (Mel from the show) opened up the night and she was fantastic. We all kind of thought she wasn’t going to be that funny, but she proved us wrong. She used a lot of prop comedy and told some hilarious stories, definitely check her out on YouTube if you’re bored!
After Mel, I mean.. Kristen finished her set New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Folk-Comedy Duo took the stage! They played for about 90 minutes or so and had 2 Encores. I still think my favorites song of the night was Mutha’uckers. Bret played the drums while Jemaine played guitar and their friend Nigel (sp?) played cello.
The entire show was amazing and if they ever come back I’m going to try my best to go see them again and I encourage everyone to do the same. They were unbelievable, my mind is still blown.
FOTC Setlist!
- Too Many D*cks on the Dancefloor
- Albi
- The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)
- Hurt Feelings
- Strangest Tale You’ll Ever Hear
- Jenny
- Mutha’uckers
- Carol Brown
- If You’re Into It
- Land Down Under (Half-hearted)
- Bowie
- I’m in Love with a Sexy Woman
- Suga Lumps
- Encore 1:
- ?
- Think About It
- Bus Driver Song (Paula Thompson)
- Business Time
- Encore 2:
- Sellotape
(Photo above taken by Mr. Mike Faria, see more photos/videos here)
What Happened To Music?!
I’ve been looking for something new to listen to for at least 6 months, if not longer. If anyone has some recommendations please let me know because this is starting to get ridiculous.
It’s sad when the only NEW music you listen to is when Minus The Bear puts out a new CD. I don’t really want my ears to only listen to one thing, but when everything released now-a-days is pure crap, what else can you do?!
I need HELP.
For the past week I’ve been pulling out all my old punk rock CD’s from back in the day. I’ve been listening to the following bands and they’re great.
- Strung Out (Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues)
- Pennywise (About Time)
- NoFX (Anything Recorded Prior To 2000)
- Lagwagon (Double Platinum)
- Millencolin (Anything)
- Bad Religion (Stranger Than Fiction)
- Diesel Boy (Anything)
- Whippersnapper (America’s Favorite Past Time)
I even listened to the Bouncing Souls a bit, that’s how serious this is.
Bodies - The Exhibition
I got Nancy tickets to Bodies – The Exhibition for Christmas and we finally got to go on January 17th. I’ll admit, at first I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was hoping that I wouldn’t get grossed out or sick, but I didn’t everything was extremely well done.
For those that don’t know what this is, the Bodies Exhibit is basically a bunch of real dead bodies that have been scientifically restored and preserved so that you can see how your body reacts in different situations. It’s absolutely unbelievable. I had a blast looking at all of the bodies, nerves, brains, lungs, etc..
When you first walk into the exhibit you basically see a full body standing there, with a bunch of glass cases of body parts around it. Once you move on you notice that they have broken down the exhibit by sections of the human body. You have your digestive system section, respiratory section, reproductive section, and tons more. They even have a break down of the central nervous system and an entire room of the stages of a fetus. That’s right, I said fetus but don’t worry they have taken extra measures to give you the option to dodge this room completely if you choose so.
Overall the exhibit took about 40 minutes to walk through and it wasn’t as crowded as I thought it was going to be. If you even have the slightest interest in seeing this, please do so, you will not regret it.
Happy New Year!
What?.. I’ve been busy!
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