OC
Made it out to Orange County in one piece. I’m out here until Dec 30. Nothing to do but sit around and relax with my parents. That and frantically encode hundreds of CDs from my parents and brothers CD libraries. Good Times. One thing I dont miss is the traffic. What a mess. I fought it a bit to get a few things. Every year I go and visit the downtown Fullerton area. Every year go to Black Hole Records. Every year I see the same Phantom Rockers LP that has Snakebite on it. Turns out Snakebite doesnt have it!!!! So…I guess one Christmas gift picked out.
While I was there, I sat at a Starbucks to read the OC Weekly to get a handle of the weeks events. Interesting paper. Like the Observer. So the plan for the evening was to see David Allen Coe with my little brother and the Skatanic Rednecks. I figured I would read what they had to say. OC put it in the form of an obituary. Strange…considering current events in the metal world…Dimebag and all.
Met my bro at a place called Johnnys Saloon. Hard to describe, but there were LOTS of cash tributes and HUNDREDS of Jack bottles lining the wall. Lots of neu-punks (for lack of a better term) hanging out. Ok, so there
are lots of tattoo’d folks in Dallas….so many that I stopped noticing anyless
less than a neck, face or knuckle tat. Still….EVERYBODY was stupid-inked
out here. Kinda defeats the purpose of trying to stick out. I was telling a friend that if you REALLY wanted to stick out in this world, you should do something like learn the accordian….. WELL …and take it everywhere. You can only see so many misfits tats before you dont notice….but a guy with an accordian straped on playing randomly…say while in Hot Topic or at Renos.
I challenge ya!!
Ok…anyway…non-conformist conformity aside, the bar was fun. Good Jukebox, stiff drinks. So we all met up and headed for the DAC show at Galaxy Theater. Strange Venue….its in the middle of an industrial park….but the place was nice. DAC hit the stage after Shooter Jennings. He had a few words to say about the article in OC weekly. After hearing his perspective, Ill admit…it was in bad taste. Show was good. Several fights broke out, but security was quick.
Tonight I get to see the Skatanic Rednecks in action. Should be interesting.