Le maudit Mo D.

fuck by fuck me

I ventured into the annual hipster deluge that cripples my city today after eating a massive portion of barbecued meats. I wish I had a camera with me. A plastic tray was piled high with sausage, brisket, chicken, and MUTTON (very fatty, that mutton) and Corey, Bob, and myself gnawed, chewed, and swallowed our way through some delicious death. No sides except for bread. I usually forgo the pickles, but as that was the only vegetable available to me, I partook.

Afterwards I followed Corey downtown to catch a free day show. I am usually vexed by Fuck-By. How dare my favorite bands come to Austin only to play for 40 minutes behind a portcullis of regimented festival regulations that require a very expensive badge to access. I dislike crowds so I am not down to spend $500 to stand in many crowds repeatedly. But I had a nice time today, save for the heat. We saw the Helio Sequence, a band I have heard many times on KEXP. We stood in the back and watched/listened from afar.

I wish I were the type of person who lived for this sort of thing. Ten years ago I would have creamed to get to really "do" FXFY. But now I'm just old and claustrophobic and I hate the sun as it beats the shit out of Austin, TX in March. Big, sunny punches. Ow.

NEXT TOPIC: I just want to state here, for anyone who missed being properly educated on this topic, that RAPE ISN'T FUNNY. I don't care if you're a woman or a man or the fucking King of Improv. Pulling out something as violent and ugly as rape on stage is a surefire way to offend someone in the audience and pull them out of the supposed-to-be-pleasurable experience of watching an improv show. By choosing to say "I'm a rapist" or "I'm gonna rape you," in your scenework, you are potentially RUINING SOMEONE'S GOOD TIME while making yourself look like an insensitive jackass. I realize that not everyone agrees with me on this, but I fucking don't care. It's offensive, inconsiderate, and horrifying and most definitely NOT FUNNY.