Last night the Imperialists imperialized the basement of club midway in the lower east side. i was tired, not drunk, late to the show and was playing mikeeast's bass, which hates me and always makes crackling pops and snaps if i move even a little. and i move a lot. however, we had a good crowd and we have been practicing a lot and are tight like virgins.
mikey electric is part of an organization named hospitality club and regulary hosts foreigners on his luxurious couches and floors (and beds (!)) in a very clever effort to 1) hook up with easy foreign chicks, and 2) to get free accomodations while traveling europe with gorgeous joe borges this summer. this past week he had some fun mexican girls (four in all (two 19 year olds)) staying with him. they really wanted to see how awesome we are since all we ever do is talk about how awesome we are and mikey and joe (one or the other came up with it, i blame them both) came up with a genius ploy to get the two non drinking aged se~noritas into the show. They're back up singers in the band.
So we rocked it hard. I felt sloppy and smashed mike's bass on my head and drank his beer and fucked up here and there, but we had all the kids dancing (of highest importance) and drew our good share for another super night of streetwave. unfortunately, however, not as excellent as any streetwave night at the FREE ottos
. but thats another (better) deal.
I'm not sure who or how, but someone notfied the INS about the illegal aliens that the imperilaists had illegally imperilaized into midway, and not only were they asked to leave, but the imperialists were banned from playing that bar. its a shame because $5 is ok in new york for a rock show, and they have food and a nice sound girl, but fuck them. otto's is cheaper, freer, tikkier, and they don't card at the door. (shhhh) its the first time that my band has been banned from a bar, and it hasn't been my drunken faults (see: the scene circa 2002 and cbgb's circa 2004).
After us were the almost naked invincible gods who had a smaller crowd after la migra's raid, but it was a fun danceathon of rock and roll. after them the band of gold screamed at us about wanting lots of pretty flowers because christ man doesnt do the dishes and sang about california and kept the dance party going all the way until a fairly new (to new york city) band got on stage. camera head shark really impressed me when they played with the oaots at ottos in march (best show ever). they rock some quirky pop alla pavement and fountains of wayne (whose guitarist i met at some bar in the city last week). the first song on their myspace is in some language that i dont think they even understand, or its french. but watch the video!
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