So, I keep forgetting to update this, but every so often I get around to it. Anywho, I attended two very different, yet very awesome events last week. The first saw me in a sea of backward hat wearing, high-fiving, super bro dudes who love 93X and their tatted up girlfriends when I went to see the Foo Fighters. I love the band, and I have a man crush on Dave Grohl, so it was great to see them do their thing. And do they did! Not only did they play an extra extended set because one of the openers couldn’t attend the show, they played more songs because we are awesome. (And by “we” I of course mean myself because I know Mr. Grohl was talking directly to me). Anyway, they went on to rock the Xcel Energy Center for over two and a half hours. It was the best Foo Fighters concert I’ve seen to date and they need to come back again sooner rather than later. And with better openers this time. Here’s some photos and the setlist.
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl Rocking! (This is my favorite photo I took that night!)
Dave Grohl on Rising Platform
Dave Grohl and Jessy Greene
Dave Grohl Acoustic
Setlist:
Bridge Burning
Rope
Pretender
My Hero
Learn To Fly
White Limo
Arlandria
Breakout
Cold Day In The Sun
Long Road To Ruin
Stacked Actors
Walk
Generator
Monkey Wrench
These Days
I Should Have Known
Skin And Bones
This Is A Call
All My Life
See You (Acoustic w/Jessy Greene)(Encore)
Best Of You (Acoustic)(Encore)
Times Like These (Encore)
Dear Rosemary (Encore)
Breakdown (Tom Petty)(Encore)
Tie Your Mother Down (Queen)(Encore)
Everlong (Encore)
Then on Friday, I was transported to the world of Geektopia, as I was in attendance for the Cinematic Titans at the Parkway Theater in South Minneapolis. Cinematic Titanic is the basically MST3K live, with many of the original cast from the show. The movie was called “War of the Insects” although the original, Japanese title is “Genocide.” I don’t think I need to tell you all (all three of you) that this movie was HORRIBLE. But that is the fun of the whole thing. The Cinematic Titans stand on stage to the side of the movie and riff on it while it plays. It was one of the best comedy experiences of my life and again, they need to come back sooner rather than later. This was the second time I have seen them, and, regrettably, the first time I didn’t know they did a meet and greet for the audience to sign things. Well, fast forward four years and this time I was not going to let the opportunity pass me by. So I got out my MST3K Amazing Colossal Episode Guide and had all of them sign it. The book is no longer in print, so copies are rare and hard to come by. And with me needing to get only two more autographs to round out the entire collection of collaborators, I may actually have the chance to some day do that. I will say that Bill Corbett, who played Crow after Trace left the show, was there, but he was an audience member and I didn’t want to disturb him to sign my book when he just wanted to enjoy the night.
MST3K Episode Guide
TV's Frank Coniff
Joel Hodgson
Cinematic Titanic Autographs
So, uh... yeah 