Light in the loafers, news, and state of mind to come up with anything substantial. I’d like to draw your attention to an interview with the dude that created…CREATED…the animatronics characters of one Showbiz Pizza Place, the wonderful eatery that has been profiled here and in recent MGMT videos. Birthday boy Jake Brown actually tracked down the guy and got me to contribute a few questions to the originator.
Currently residing in the Ed McMahon “I Did Not Know That” Department: the guy also created the “Wack-A-Mole” game, which always reminds me of the time when I smashed a mole with a brick after seeing the little pest pop up in my yard.
In other news, the man who essentially shaped rock ‘n’ roll music is appearing in Iowa City on September 26th. For years I’ve been promising myself to go down to Blueberry Hill in Saint Louis to check out a Wednesday night Chuck Berry show before he passes and, like dozens of other well intentioned plans, I have not been able to follow through. The show in Iowa City is 1.) Close to home and 2.) Free, so there’s not a lot of excuses that one can muster for not being able to attend. Yeah, it’s Iowa’s homecoming and yeah, Iowa City is pretty must infiltrated with crazy people and drunk college kids, but I’m hoping that both will be on their best behavior when the true king of rock music comes to town. And fuck yes I’m bringing the kids. As Sven once said, this is “the Lord’s music” and they need to be brought up in the word of God right out of the gate.
Light in the loafers, news, and state of mind to come up with anything substantial. I’d like to draw your attention to an interview with the dude that created…CREATED…the animatronics characters of one Showbiz Pizza Place, the wonderful eatery that has been profiled here and in recent MGMT videos. Birthday boy Jake Brown actually tracked down the guy and got me to contribute a few questions to the originator.
Currently residing in the Ed McMahon “I Did Not Know That” Department: the guy also created the “Wack-A-Mole” game, which always reminds me of the time when I smashed a mole with a brick after seeing the little pest pop up in my yard.
In other news, the man who essentially shaped rock ‘n’ roll music is appearing in Iowa City on September 26th. For years I’ve been promising myself to go down to Blueberry Hill in Saint Louis to check out a Wednesday night Chuck Berry show before he passes and, like dozens of other well intentioned plans, I have not been able to follow through. The show in Iowa City is 1.) Close to home and 2.) Free, so there’s not a lot of excuses that one can muster for not being able to attend. Yeah, it’s Iowa’s homecoming and yeah, Iowa City is pretty must infiltrated with crazy people and drunk college kids, but I’m hoping that both will be on their best behavior when the true king of rock music comes to town. And fuck yes I’m bringing the kids. As Sven once said, this is “the Lord’s music” and they need to be brought up in the word of God right out of the gate.
3 comments:
I just heard that too. Even if he doesn't play for very long, it's worth checking out. I heard Little Richard played at the casino and did a really short show that sucked, but wasn't free.
I saw some 2008 performances from Chuck where he looked his age. But whatever...He's the KING.
I've seen him at Blueberry Hill, in the aptly titled Duck Room. It's almost always cool to watch a rock legend, people who had seen him 25 years earlier bitched, but I was like "WTF? Show some respect."
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