went and saw urge overkill on valentine's day (sorry
for the late report).  fell into the ticket through a
friend of a friend, which was a good thing, since it
was sooold out.  i had flirted with going for awhile,
but didn't get on it, cause blah blah blackie wasn't
there, and blah blah all i really loved was saturation
and you know.

so.  the sights opened up for them, and i knew y'all
had talked about them.  SO GOOD!!!!  i don't know all
the right vocabulary a lot, but
detroit-garage-60's-hammond organ--doors--early
stones--rock and roll--nitty gritty--sexy--yeah!!! 
good.  like them.  good stuff.  wish there had been
more of that.   raw. rock. fun.  made me feel like i
was 18 in 1969.  (i'm almost almost 30 in 2004.  i've
always felt like i was someone/somewhere else...)

so....then, this guy who is the friend of the friend
pulls a total jocelyn move and we're standing right up
front.  he's the mega urge fan.  now, there's supposed
to be some 'special guests,' and my friend, jason, who
isn't a real 'show goer,' (he's a phish fan, which is
great, but it's different than these double door
shows) had asked me who they were going to be. and
i'm: i don't know.  hopefully someone good/fun/cool,
cause it's been a long time since urge has played and
it's their hometown and all.

well, the whisper comes back from the front row.... i
don't really believe it...but... fun!  tenacious D!! 
yay.  sure as shit, jack black and kyle (??) take the
stage. i've only heard about them, never really
experienced 'the D'.  so much fun.  didn't know what
proficient and talented guitarists they were. 
acoustic, no less.  and always, the animated jack
black, with all the fake guitar noises (wheedle deedle
deedle doo, gank da dank dank weeee).  so funny.   a
true tribute and satire of the 70's rock and prog rock
and metal and guitarness of rock and roll.  very fun. 
ending with:  and on lead guitar and backup vocal--
KG!  and on bass --- no one!  on drums --- no one!!!
on keys..... no one!!!  and rhythm guitar and lead
vocal, it's ME, JB!!!

fun.  so.  is it wrong that the sights and tenacious D
were better overall than urge?  that nash kato sort of
made me want to slap him?  that they were just sort of
... i don't know??  ack?  that they made me wait to
the last song of the night for sister havana, and then
i was overly disappointed?  that their vocals sounded
strained?  oh well.  i hope it's not wrong, cause if
it's wrong, i don't want to be right.

over and out,
jocelyn

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