Maaaan....I was sick last night.....totally un-induced too...so this battle of the bands thing was really sweet. The groups were actually quite good. Good musicians and good instrumentalists. Two things I'll touch on. First of all, the group that was made up of entirely people from Clinton 1 North guys was really good. They downplayed their performance, but, all things considered, I liked it. The best part of their little segment, though, was not the playing. It was Ian, the bloody nose helper and crane climber. He ran from backstage during a guitar solo in their last song, literally tore his shirt off (I mean he grabbed it with both hands and ripped it down the middle) so that he was bare chested. On his chest, there was a giant "5". Then, wearing tear-away pants, he ripped off his pants and danced on the stage wearing only shoes and a speedo. Down his right leg was written "dollar" and down the left was "ransom".....the group's name was 5 dollar ransom......it was sooo awesome.....I laughed my head off......so that was great. The other band that was good was one called irridescent. The were soooo loud! The singer was crap, quite frankly, but the two guitarists were awesome. It was loud, crunchy as heck, and amazing. Impressive guitar solos, the drummer was going nuts, and the crowd, for the most part, was going insane. The didn't play their own stuff, but played some metallica and other well known stuff. I liked it......
ok.....i think I am keeping my roommate up. Yes, I am totally moved now into the new room. It's aiight I guess....but it's hard to get used to having a roommate again...more details to come, but until then.....keep listening to the beastie boys!