High times with low people
I enjoy a life of high and low culture, don't you? Often I find a way to mix the two: Artwork in the apartment features both Dali and a portrait of Conan O'Brien. And in our post-post-post-postmodern world, you can't escape the mixture.
But other times, it's high culture one night, and low the next.
Last Friday was a bit of the low. We headed to Torrington, our of our favorite towns, to catch an anniversary concert for our friend Keith's Desultory Theatre Club featuring Circus Delecti, Damn Broads and Theater Zombies. What better way to usher in April than with punk bands and sideshow circus acts?
It was a pretty fun night that began with some of the best Thai food I've eaten, at this new place in Torrington named Vientiane. Rosemary and I got two entrees each just to try more of the menu, everything looked so good. On a Friday night, all 30-something tables were full.
After dinner we headed up the street to Snapper Magee's. Was nice seeing Keith, Julia, Chip, Kevin, Max.
Circus Delecti was pretty cool. I got a T-shirt with their logo, a nail driven through a light bulb. And yes, we saw a man drive nails up his nose, a woman eat light bulbs, a belly dancer walk on a pile of broken glass, and a super-funny magician perform card tricks with the help of a very, very drunk birthday girl. What a mess she was, full of dirty double entendres and cuss words. I love drunkies.
We didn't get to hear Damn Broads because it was past 12:30 a.m. and I had to get to bed. Theatre Zombies were pretty good, their songs all about horrorshow creatures and the end of the world. All set to straight-ahead, 1-2-3-4 punk. Not bad at all.
I had a Maker's Mark and Coke that night, and it'll be my last for a while. Doing the Insanity workout, and that junk didn't feel good in my body. Never thought I'd call Maker's Mark junk, but don't need that alcohol in my system right now.
More about the workouts to come.
But other times, it's high culture one night, and low the next.
Last Friday was a bit of the low. We headed to Torrington, our of our favorite towns, to catch an anniversary concert for our friend Keith's Desultory Theatre Club featuring Circus Delecti, Damn Broads and Theater Zombies. What better way to usher in April than with punk bands and sideshow circus acts?
It was a pretty fun night that began with some of the best Thai food I've eaten, at this new place in Torrington named Vientiane. Rosemary and I got two entrees each just to try more of the menu, everything looked so good. On a Friday night, all 30-something tables were full.
After dinner we headed up the street to Snapper Magee's. Was nice seeing Keith, Julia, Chip, Kevin, Max.
Circus Delecti was pretty cool. I got a T-shirt with their logo, a nail driven through a light bulb. And yes, we saw a man drive nails up his nose, a woman eat light bulbs, a belly dancer walk on a pile of broken glass, and a super-funny magician perform card tricks with the help of a very, very drunk birthday girl. What a mess she was, full of dirty double entendres and cuss words. I love drunkies.
We didn't get to hear Damn Broads because it was past 12:30 a.m. and I had to get to bed. Theatre Zombies were pretty good, their songs all about horrorshow creatures and the end of the world. All set to straight-ahead, 1-2-3-4 punk. Not bad at all.
I had a Maker's Mark and Coke that night, and it'll be my last for a while. Doing the Insanity workout, and that junk didn't feel good in my body. Never thought I'd call Maker's Mark junk, but don't need that alcohol in my system right now.
More about the workouts to come.