Are They Joking??

Last night was Sixteen Candles at Film on the Rocks. The movie is always the highlight for me, but before the movie, they usually have a band or two and a comedian to keep everyone amused 'til the sun goes down. Usually these bands are pretty good … the type you might pay a few pesos to see in a club or whatnot.
But last night, we had an experience that I wish I could personally share with all of you, simply because my description of it will not do it justice … not because it was good. Mr. P@cman was the opening act for last night and they were … crap. Apparently, they're a local “bitpop/gamewave” band. Their show was much more than music … it included bikini-clad go-go dancers, outrageous retro futuristic space suits and crustacean costumes. They threw juice boxes at the audience for some reason we never could figure out. In the beginning it was kind of “they're weird, how funny.” But their music just made it loud and annoying. Bad hard rock, with sampled 8-bit video game tunes and some screaming over top of that. And the go-go dancers. They also liked to say “summer.” A lot. We could have had a drinking game.

But they made for really good fodder for us … Lobster costume at Party City – $150
Fog machine at FX Unlimited – $375
Hula Hoops, Pool Floats, Capri Sun, Beach Towels and Bikinis at Target – $137
Playing Red Rocks, even though you really really really suck – priceless

costumes? check
fog machine? check
cheesy props? check
go-go dancers/groupies? check
instruments? check
talent? ruh-roh!

“This is like all the scooby doo villains got together and formed a band.”

Upon seeing a limo as we're leaving the show
me: someone brought a limo to Film on the Rocks? weird.
random guy: “That's just what I was thinking.”
Matt: “Maybe it's for the band.”
random guy: “Where would they get the money??”
me: “Well, we were thinking about taking up a collection to get them to stop playing. maybe they get that a lot?”