Not two minutes after that we saw a gray nissan pull up and proposition the "ladies." He drove off with no luck. Guess they charged to much. After a few minutes the ladies walked up to the street and then we didn't see them. We forgot all about them until a small pickup pulled into the parking lot and the "ladies" appeared again trying to get the driver to use them for their services. He stayed for sometime talking to them and then finally drove off. As soon as he was out of the parking lot a Police Cruiser sped from out of nowhere and took off after him. Turns out the ladies were undercover cops and it was all a setup to get some guy to solicit a prostitute, er "lady."
The whole experience was quite bizarre. And i suspect we will see those ladies again.
After all of that, i went to see Jillian at Shooters and had a strange moment with a guy i still haven't figured out how i know. His face is so familiar, and he said he'd met me before too but neither of us could place when or where. Ugh, that's frustrating.
Since there was a free show at the Scene i decided to go there on my way home. i caught the tail end of The Natural Disasters, and the complete set of The Monolators. The main reason i wanted to go was because it was sponsored by Classical Geek Theatre and I'd been meaning to see The Monolators for some time given the amount of times I've seen their name around town.
The Natural Disasters were great for the two songs i heard. They're a two piece (drums and guitar) that create quite a full sound. They played an original and then a Springsteen cover afterward. I usually frown upon covers of artists that i hold so highly, but they actually did a great job. It was just a straight forward, simple, stripped down rock song.
After them The Monolators took to the stage. I've heard a lot about these guys over the last few months so my expectations were pretty high. At first they had pretty typical Silverlake band written all over them. They have one girl in the band(drummer) who is married to the lead singer (radars to the sky anyone?) and the lead singer is skinny and awkward. They also have an overzealous bass player and a nerdy rhythm guitar player who is too nervous to get off the side wall. BUT THEY WERE GREAT!!
The lead singer's vox reminded me a John Darnielle from the mountain goats if he had a more electric sound, and he looked kind of like jason Schwartzman meets Adrien Brody. And he sang and performed with such great enthusiasm that it reminded me of why I was in a band. It was inspiring to say the least.
The only part of the show that left me a little uneasy was the bass player who was extremely drunk by the time their set started and seemed to get more belligerent as the set progressed. He purposefully slammed his guitar into the plastic sheeting covering the fluorescent lights. After their set he walked over the plastic sheeting (now on the floor) and knocked his bass guitar case into a table shattering two beer bottles on the floor. But i guess that's rock and roll, right?
The Monolators - We Fell Dead
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