The Flaming Lips, Brown University, Providence RI: 4/21/07

Saturday The Flamings Lips played a show at Brown University, in Providence Rhode Island. Unlike some universities, Brown opened up tickets to the public, which is good if you got one. I didn't. My girlfriend had been in contact with the university for the last couple of weeks in an attempt to get us tickets, and we thought we would succeed. What we were told, was that more tickets would go on sale the morning of the show, and that we should get there early to purchase said tickets. What they didn't know was what time tickets would go on sale, and instructed us to contact them on Friday. Which we did, and they were already selling tickets. Apparently they decided to sell tickets a day early. They sold out Friday, a day I couldn't make it to Providence.

At this point my girlfriend and I were quite angry at being deceived out of tickets. But, being the go-getters we are, we decided to make our way to Brown on Saturday anyway, we were going to find a way into the concert. Which we did, go to Brown that is, we didn't get into the show. I didn't see anyone selling extra tickets, and security was tight enough to scare us off.

No Lips for us, but we did kick around Providence for a few hours. Up until Saturday I've never seen more of Providence than the highway to and from, and the inside of Lupo's. It's a nice city, I look forward to returning there June 6th for a Deftones concert. It's a Wednesday, but maybe I'll find a way to make a day of it.

In conclusion. Brown University sucks at keeping its word. Providence is a nice city. The Flamings Lips still rock.

TheGuinnessTooth in Germany

Today I received word that I, TheGuinnessTooth, will be moving to Germany for a 12 month stay. I'm not clear on all the details, but I'll be leaving either August 1st or September 1st, and I'll be in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The purpose of the trip is to learn the German language, and I'll be studying at a German University.

I'll bring forth more details as I figure them out, but barring some sort of catastrophic financial meltdown I'll be reporting from southern Germany in about 4-5 months.

My Condolences.

In wake of this weeks shootings at Virginia Tech I would like to send my condolences to Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. They have had the soap box ripped from under their feet. It's sad that this shooting had to happen so close to their opportunistic attack on Don Imus, they barely had time to make America hate him as much as they would have liked to. I know Heavy Metal and Video Games are to blame for this. If the shooter hadn't spent so much time listening to death metal and playing Grand Theft Auto, he never would have gone on the shooting rampage to begin with, and then Al & Jesse would still be tearing Imus a new one. I'm sure Al & Jesse are praying for the day when they can once again monopolize America's airwaves, and convince white people that they are in fact the devil.

It's a Girl.

A couple in Sweden recently named their baby daughter Metallica. As far as I know it is her middle name, but still Metallica as a name? I knew the Scandinavians were a bunch of hard rockers, but who wants to date a girl named Metallica? Best part of this story? This isn't the first baby named Metallica in Sweden. Although, to be fair the first baby Metallica was spelled, "Mettalica." Apparently by doubling the "T" and halving the "L" the name was more appropriate for this couple's child. To each their own.