Fretting the Pats

So the preceding sunsetscape came form our drive down to D&C's on Saturday evening. Dan had enticed me with a simple text message Saturday AM that read something along the lines of "Pats, pizza and Wii Guitar Hero?" Realistically, that's an unpass-upable offer. So when I got off the full day tutoring train and beck came home from work, we piled into the enviro-friendly mobile and headed down to Phoenix to kick it with the DC. The game was sweet; the pizza tasty. Como fue the Guitar Hero? Well, with all apologies to Frank and his coolest picture ever, the DCNB crew submit their parodical entry:

In short, DCNB rocked the Guitar Hero world. It's clearly a game with dubious merit - we've asked the dreaded question here before, why rock out to a video game when you could rock out to an actual physical style guitar? Well, mostly because it's fun, also because it entails fewer hours of preparation. I humbly admit that it's a bit toolish for me to play the guitar hero in lieu of expressing myself artistically via the real deal; I can do no more than hang my head and point to my own following of the masses. But really, who can deny Dan "God" rocking out in a turtle neck?:

We will eschew textual commentary for the now customary table of nyet-pictures:


See, you may think that by now you must have seen the awesomest of pictures. Well, it turns out that your favorite and mine, the Beck, likes to gyrate quite a bit while she rocks the 'Hero. And as a result, you get 5th dimensional images like this:

Wowsers. To cut to the details, we started the night on the "Easy" setting, ripping through a fair number of tunes before we decided we were up to a greater task. Medium! Yeah! Of course, the medium setting required religious rituals to overcome the adversity. Enter the DC's mystic ornament, the Lobster Hat. That's right, it's the Rock Lobster - or, as some of you may remember, the Lock Robster. Christina bravely took on the adornment, and when I needed it most - a fierce battle vs. Rage's Tom Morello - I, too, donned the eight-legged wonder:


We made a formidable GH team. I brought several years of guitar playing, Christina brought a keen sense of rhythm, and Dan brought all kinds of coffee house music crit witticisms. But we all paled next to Beck, who not only rocked with rhythm and accuracy but brought unbelievable dance skills to the table... er, floor. Here is the world premier, available on nyetjones.blogspot.com only, of the Beck rocking out (and NAILING) Social Distortion's "Story of My Life." Warning: this is a two minute clip, so feel no obligation to watch the entire performance. However, if you need some enticement, check the background for Coffeehouse Dan's approving sip of wine, which carries more approval that the standing ovations of millions could hope to muster:

I see you all, cowering in a state of stun.

All in all, a fantastic night - the Pats won taboot! Here's to several more rockabilly evenings in the swinging abode of DC. Maybe someday we can throw some wood and steel strings in place of the Wii plastic, and Dan and I will get the Pleasure Pumas off the ground. Until then...