I have always thought blogs were a bit self indulgent, narcissistic in fact. Are there people out there who really think anyone else cares what they think? But events of last night have pushed me over the edge, and I must enter this world of the outspoken elitists.
Went to Rhythm & Brews last night to see a band named The Breakfest Club, a spin on the title of that great 80's movie by John Hughes, yes? It was packed, not even room to dance. Naively I thought, they must be good! Firstly they were misnamed- I would have named the band Soul Survivor (if that isn't already taken). Opening song- "Eye of the Tiger"- should have known then, not that 80's top 40 is a problem, but I was there to hear the moody music that was featured in the movies- the smiths, psychedelic furs, omd... The seething, drunken crowd was happily singing along to all the songs- they even did a little Devo- I smiled. When they played a hard rock cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven", the crowd stopped singing, and began milling about, a bit confused. ARGH! C'mon Chattanooga! They will never play that song again, not that they were doing it justice, but it was the most poetic song we heard the entire 30 minutes we were there. We left during a rendition of Huey Lewis's "The Power of Love".
We are sipping tea and spinning our very own playlist of 80's stuff- good stuff: INXS- would've been a great opening for the band last night, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Thomas Dolby, Love and Rockets, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, New Order...
I have been returned to the sad reality that the masses are content with mediocrity, not only content but delighted.
NO NEW TALE TO TELL
About Mo
- Super Mo
- Punjabi Kuri/ Just a stupid Gori/ Poor little ABCD/ I make a tasty curry/ But they say I am no Desi/ Cos I speak no Hindi/ But when I put on my bhindi/ None of them can hate me/ Cos I knock them out their dhotis
4 comments:
Ha! You have discovered the sad truth. Though I thought that you knew this all along-We strive to achieve great heights of mediocrity. We excel to the extreme at being a group of rugged individualists. We are nothing but pack animals looking down to graze on the same grass as the bucolic mass to our left and right. On the bright side we taste good bar-be-qued.
Sorry, I watch/love the American version of "The Office", I drink regular Coke, wear clothes from Old Navy, and drive a car made by Toyota. Demographically I'm about as centrist as you can get. Hell, if I really want to cut loose I'll get chocolate-candy sprinkles on my VANILLA ICE CREAM CONE!
You're right Mona. Not only are we content with mediocrity we actively seek it out and deliberately cut ourselves down to the level of the general masses.
So, when does the takeover begin?
Wow! Very glad to know that someone out there agrees with me. :-D I did an article in Enigma recently about the same thing.
Great blog; I wish you well. <3
Jessica
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