So last night I attended yet another punk rock show. Only if rachel understood. I myself begin questioning whether or not the hour and a half trek through treacherous michigan winter weather, paying ten dollars to get in, and buying drinks at the bar is going to be worth it. But macs is a bit different. Anytime I have been there its never packed and the blue ribbons are only two bucks a pop. Frankly, you cant afford not to.
This night’s show consisted of hell or highwater, cheap girls, fake problems, and smoke or fire. We showed up in time to catch half of hell or highwater’s set. I really like these guys. We need more of this kalamazoo. It was even better that they played rainbow in the dark even though the singer only knew some of the words.
Cheap girls played next but I didnt really pay attention to them. uh…right.
Next to take the stage was fake problems. Three things will stick in my head regarding this band on this night. a) the guitar player is very small. Like really small. I was peeing next to him and I thought he was a little kid (not like I looked at his weenis or anything, just measured by height) b) The singer was wearing cowboy boots. but whatever, the dude had a lot of soul for a white boy. c) the bass player’s bass guitar was ridiculously small. Come to find out, these are not that unique. All in all I dug them and they had a very interesting story about a wild turkey. Not to be confused with the wild turkey.
Finally, smoke or fire took the stage. Like before, they rocked my face off. Except this time I wasn’t surrounded by thirteen-year-old girls who needed to be protected from my drunken banter by their fourteen-year-old boyfriend and didn’t know who the hell Smoke or Fire was. Songs were sung and instruments were played and all was awesome. Except they didnt play this sinking ship. That kind of put them on my shit list then after talking to their goofy drummer they were taken off.
Ultimately it was a fun show, the guys weren’t dicks, and fisher had a good birfday. I also met gwomper from Avail at the bar. Apparently he plays the bass in Smoke or Fire. He toasted to Michigan and said that we were crazy for driving in this weather.
Fun fun.
Joe