Stomp

Blew off the Realtor meeting last Wednesday after all. The wife (the artist formerly know as "the girl") called Tuesday afternoon with news that she'd scored a pair of free tickets for a performance of Stomp. It's been years since I'd seen the show, so I was pretty excited to see how they'd updated their routine.

The show was fantastic. But I'm easy to please. It doesn't take much for a bunch of people beating on bits of trash bigass 55-gallon drums to entertain me. I've always loved tribal rhythms. Add to that the "found art" aspect (yes, I realize none of their gear is "found" anymore) and you can't lose. From Stomp, to industrial act Test Department, to go-go legends Junkyard Band, to (Jane's Addiction drummer) Steven Perkins banging on pots and pans on a kitchen floor, and Jane's Addiction's "Chip Away" (sadly, one song I never got to see them play live, despite having seen JA live half a dozen times), to the guys on the streets of DC with a few pots and pans, buckets and water jugs. I can watch and listen to that stuff for hours. I just wish I could find a couple of CDs that capture the sound I'm after. I've tried a few African Tribal Rhythm CDs with no luck. If anybody know of anything, clue me in!

Had you asked me yesterday if anybody in my neighborhood was cool enough to know who Bad Religion was, I'd have said "no".

Evidently, I'd have been wrong:



Bad Religion's "Kyoto Now" lyrics from the CD The Process of Belief.

I guess the vandalizer could have been talking about the "Kyoto Now" campaign, but I prefer to think there's at least one hip person in the area. Even if they are a vandal. Still, I can't figure out why that van was targeted. They don't have any right-wing/pro Bush stickers on it or anything.