sweet and awful, the place where we first met
Me too, love. Me too.
Before that, the evening was a total and complete delight, having spent it enjoying the magical work of Dear Leader, my favorite anything ever right now. It's like every time I see them, they are 20 times better. Stop it! No, it is true. Oh! Oh oh oh.
And two of their songs, "My Life as a Wrestler" and "Nation" are totally different live (importantly-placed screaming changes/enhances the whole meaning, and oh, it makes me cry) and it has been paining me not to be able to hear them all the time, and I wanted to video the show tonight, but the Mercury Lounge is a little weird like that, and I do not like doing things on the downlow (I am a professional, people!) BUT! I found recordings of the recent TT the Bear shows online, and now I immensely enjoy hearing these versions, Constantly. Although, what is up with the people talking? Ugh. Hey, remember the time I almost got in a brawl at The Sheila Divine with some girls over that same thing? Oh! Remember when they said they could talk through the show because they knew the band? Nice. ( I was going to just link to the story on Janest, but it seems that I didn't tell it. Damn shame.)
Rambling. Must work and then sleep.
posted by j @ 12:19 AM
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Dear Leader - "Nation"
ACK! It is 2.10! This is terrible. I should not leave the house at all today. But I will! I am crazy. You know, I was just going to link to the story of 210, but it looks like I never told that one either. What the hell did I used to write about if not these crucial times in my life, hmm?
Never mind. I did tell it, very briefly, here
http://janest.diaryland.com/100.html
see #51
We watched tonight with Heather. There was screaming and tears.
"Oh! Remember when they said they could talk through the show because they knew the band?"Oh God I had forgotten. I hate all people talking. Hate it.
Oh! Kim! I didn't even know you watched it! So I will say now that Jay is totally the one who must win to make me happy, because ugh, Wendy, obviously. And Kara Saun had proven that she knows how to make exactly one neckline, and that is not a good neckline for me.
I think Jay has the right personality (there'd be no confessional-type talking segments without him) his clothes fit ridiculously well. Oh, I love Jay. And we like the same things! Guess who has a new gay pretend boyfriend?!
You know, right here I have to apologize, because I do not know that Jay is gay. I can assume. I can dream. I can get really drunk and somehow be able to type this, and yet I don't know that I have ever heard him state his sexual preference. What I need to say is, "Guess who has a new pretend boyfriend of indeterminite sexual preference, only pretend I spelled "indeterminite" correctly. Sorry, I am drunk. PS Thanks beautiful gay Michael. At least I know you are gay.
We just started watching. Or I just started watching and Chris spaced out. Jay has the affinity for knits, so you know he gets much respect. Also is he a twin of a guy you and Dollo knew from waiting on lines who had a hilarious name? Somehow I keep remembering meeting someone just like him. I instantly fell in love with Austin, though, because he is straight out of a Jacqueline Susann novel. He is the real Ted Casablanca. Reincarnated.
I also love Austin. Oh, he is fantastic. I will miss him, but I think he will have a long and storied career as the new and improved Bob Mackie. I think winning would have almost hindered his action instead of helping it.
As far as weird people on lines with crazy names, that has got to be Anti. And the story goes that we (some combination of myself, Dollie and Sarah and Laurie) were calling him Hygiene Man (he had supergreasy hair) and someone (Sarah or Laurie) said, "More like ANTI-Hygiene man" and so he became Anti for short.
In later months and years, we would become quite fond of him, as we had a lineup enemy in common (I have got to be kidding, yet I am not). He told great stories, and had a very Jay way about him. With age and wisdom, he also became a bit more meticulous about his appearance. I'd guess you met him then.
ANTI! YES! Oh what a relief.
What do you mean this is almost a week old?
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