Jul 11 2005
Free Cake in Atlanta
The free Cake concert (with other headliners I don’t seem to remember) was a resounding ‘ok’ in musical attractiveness. However, it definitely got a -5 in on-stage presence. I was a bit disappointed that for all the neat songs Cake has, the lead singer dude acts rather like he is in a karaoke bar – you know, the kind of person who stands up when they sing, sways slightly, and sometimes put out a hand for dramatic effect. Hmm. Perhaps a mix between a karaoke singer and the Pointer Sisters.
The crowd was a rather odd mix as well. The crowd seemed to be a mix of frat boy types, potheads with Shaggy-like goatee bits, geeky computery people, and the people who to go anime cons and wear the black baggy pants with lots of zippers and straps. Add beer to that and drizzle well with a light rain for about 3 hours straight. Luckily for us, the dollar store nearby had $2 ponchos…
The highlight of the concert pretty much was the crowd-surfing. Very entertaining to watch people sail over the tops of people and then dive headfirst so that all you could see above the heads were the bottoms of Converse shoes.
They’re going to have Garbage and Weezer and I believe Coldplay eventually (for free!). I may go to Garbage, though I hope it’s not too much stuff from the newest album – so far that one seems a bust. That and Reel Big Fish is playing this weekend for not free, and Ricardo’s supposed to come visit, so I’ll figure out whether I’m going to that one or not somewhat later.
I also made very yummy Thai food this weekend. Now the no-bedroom studio smells all like garlic and basil. Yum. And speaking of smells, the office today seems to have an A/C problem, hence the wet dog smell and humidity.
