I caught the Japan Nite tour last night at the Knitting Factory. It wasn’t something I would usually go to, but I thought it would be fun to check out just because it sounded strange.
The first band I saw was The 50 Kaitenz. All three band members were so cute in their rice bowl haircuts and Colonel Sanders outfits. The guitarist was incredible. He was ripping on the guitar, but made it look so effortless since at the same time he was also prancing around on stage and making funny faces. At first, I couldn’t tell if it was actually him playing the guitar because he looked so silly. My favorite song from them was the first song they played that night. I think it was called “mic check.”
The second band to come out was the Oreskaband (Ore Ska Band) which was an all girl ska band complete with trumpet and trombone players. The lead singer had a really pretty voice, which was kind of jarring since I’ve never heard a ska music being sung by such a soft girly voice before. During one of their songs, one of the girls made everyone in the audience wave peace signs with the fingers. It was funny to see a couple of the tough-looking guys with mo-hawks waving peace signs above their head.
I didn’t get to see much of the third band because I left early, but they sounded decent on the way out. When I was trying to drive out of the parking lot, there was some lame drunk guy in a big truck in front of me who wouldn’t pay the parking attendant so we waited there for at least five minutes since we were blocked in by him and someone behind us. He told her that he “lost” his ticket and she should just let him out of the garage without paying, which she refused to do. After another couple of minutes, she finally raised the road-block arm to let him out and I saw him taunting her with his supposedly lost parking ticket. What an ass. It’s times like these I wish I had a diarrhea gun to shoot at people to instanteously afflict them with explosive diarrhea.
