Rocking Out with Jemaine and Brett
A couple of weeks ago Mary and I attempted to get tickets to the sold out Flight of the Conchords show at the Chicago Theatre. There were tons of people looking for tickets and extra tickets were very scarce. Mary was successful in obtaining a single ticket, which she sacrificed to me and I went to the show while she went across the street to Borders. Props to Mary. It woulda been better if she was there, but I enjoyed the show from the 12th row on the center aisle with some NEW lady friends 
Here’s Mary offering free “dragon tears” to anyone who can help us out:
Here’s a shot of Jermaine and Brett that I took once inside:
Mary got a hot tip from a security dude that the Conchords were playing a post-show gig at Schubas after the show… We went there and ate dinner, and sure enough, they showed up … but they were quickly brisked off to a private party; no special bonus show for us.
It was a fun night … kind of felt like a stalker like their #1 fan Mel … when we went to Schubas to look for them.
I was thinking that it must kind of weird being a celebrity of medium-level stature … Jermaine and Brett probably would not be recognized by 98% of Americans, but for stalkers like Mel, they’re the #1 rock stars in the world.
Oh, and speaking of medium-level celebrities, I walked out of the theatre next to Jim DeRogatis, rock critic of the Sun-Times, co-host of the excellent Sound Opinions, and soon-to-be R. Kelly trial witness. Being the rock nerd that I am, I recognized him and told him that I loved his show … he gave a curt nervous “thanks” and hustled out the door (I’ll cut him a break for not being more friendly, he probably had a deadline to issue his review for the morning paper).
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Uncle Rob- You should do a minor annoyance of the week in which you talk about Aunt Mona bugging you saying, “Oh the nephews and Vicki are coming back and I want to see them”
I am saying this because I know she really wants to see us and I just thought it would be funny if you did that.
No offense Aunt Mona.
PS. I don’t know if she is really bugging you saying that but it would still be funny
Ha. I am excited to see you guys, but you are correct … Aunt Mona gets a little crazy obsessive about stuff like that
See you this weekend!
Apparently all the great, cool folks are coming back to Chicago this week.
Miss you guys.
See ya tomorrow Uncle Rob
THERE IS A FUTURE. THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND.
THAT IS THE FUTURE. THAT IS THE FUTURE.
THERE IS NO MORE UN-ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ELEPHANTS.
YES BUT THERE ARE NO MORE ELEPHANTS.
BUT STILL IT’S GOOD.
AFFIRMATIVE. I POKED ONE AND IT WAS DEAD.
Ha! I am glad that I converted you to a FOTC fan.
BTW, it is “The distant future, the year two thousand”
Rock!
P.S. Oh, if you didn’t know, you can listen to many of the FOTC tunes at their MySpace page for free:
http://www.myspace.com/conchords
Rock on!
Glad to see some FOC love! From one fellow fan to another, their names are JEMAINE & BRET!
Whoa, starling. I always took note of them making fun of their names, like people mimicking Bret and thinking his name was “Brit”, but I never realized that Jemaine didn’t have an R in it, I thought that’s just how he said this name. Thanks for setting me straight!
Ok….if you ever come back to this…. what are dragon tears???????
“Dragon Tears” are jelly beans. It is a reference from one of the Flight of the Conchord songs “Abli the Racist Dragon” … see here:
Flight of the Conchords – Albi the Racist Dragon (at YouTube)
and here:
Albi the Racist Dragon from the FOTC HBO Show
HAHAHAHAH…. They were awesome… laughed the boy.