Posted by tata on Thursday Nov 6, 2008 Under Events
I learned a few weeks ago that Henry Rollins was going to be in town last night. We scraped and scrounged every last penny for one ticket. My brother, Big Rob, did the same and the two of us went together.
It was absolutely amazing.
The video contains strong language - not kid or work safe. And yeah, I had a few beers, so it gets wobbly in places. (A mere 2-3 minutes of a spectacular 2 hour and 45 minute show!)
Posted by tata on Monday Oct 6, 2008 Under Events, Video
After Joy’s party-at-the-park on Saturday, Big Rob accompanied us back to our place. He kicked it there with us until it was time for the show. I got very short notice that Common Ground was reuniting for a show on October 4th and my generous brother agreed to hang out with my kids so Husband and I could go. YAY!
He had a great time dancing with the baby and it was pretty funny. Love the Grateful Dead and my weirdo family
After getting Buddha to sleep and the girls settled in quietly (so’s not to wake the sleep babe), Big Rob shared his bottle with us. Mom brought the bottle back from Germany for him.
Husband had one shot and I had two shots of Absinth. Good gravy, but is it potent! And surprisingly tasty. It looks and tastes like NyQuil, only more robust and… for lack of a better word, hot.
I love the caption on the back of the bottle. It says “…und ich sah, wie die Schmetterlinge tanzten” which means “…and I saw, how the butterflies dance.”
By the time we were halfway to the show, I had a pretty strong, but very clean buzz.
We got to Headliners Music Hall just as Common Ground took the stage. I was so excited to be seeing them play again! They split about 4 years ago, but I hadn’t seen them play since 2002 when they opened for none other than Vanilla Ice. Unfortunately, we got there late and I only saw one song that night. Worse still, my friend insisted we stay and watch Vanilla Ice! I stayed in touch with the band via their message board, but eventually the forum became a ghost town.
