Smash Mouff

Today. Ya know what? Forget today. Let's talk about tonight. Another boring night at home, right? No way. Eric Hurd (a buddy from Radford days) called me this afternoon and offeredme tickets to see Smash Mouth play in concert tonight. Seeing as I really dig Smash Mouth and their totally original musical style, I agreed to take them off his hands. Eric even picked them up and hand-delivered them to my apartment. Was this my lucky day or what? I must say a HUGE public thank you to Eric for calling me and offering us the tickets.

Olivia and I got to Innsbrook (a very cool techno-business park area in the suburbs of Richmond) just before Smash Mouth hit the stage. And just as they were taking the stage, I glanced over at a lighted sign that read: "Q94 presents: Smash Mouth..with BT" BT? BT?! BT!!!??? ARRRGHHH!!! For those of you scratching your head right now, BT is Brian Transeau, one of my absolute favorite techno-trance-dance artists. At this point, I almost flipped my right leg up and kicked my own ass. Smash Mouth absolutely rocked the..uhh..grass and trees and stuff. No, but they were really great. They played their single set to be released next week and also played a few songs off of their yet-to-be-released album (due in November). Very cool stuff. It was so neat to finally hear (and see) them in concert after listening to their CDs. Most of all, it was cool to hear the lead singer's voice..it actually sounds exactly the way it sounds on their CDs. I took a couple of photos, but you can't really see much, except a big blob:

I came away from the concert with a smile on my face..which was very quickly replaced with a frown when I remembered that I missed BT. I think I'm more upset about missing BT than I am happy about seeing Smash Mouth. Why is BT so cool? Well, besides making some really awesome techno music, he makes and does a lot of mixing on his computer platform of choice: a Mac. In fact, he was a rather large spokesman when the Titanium PowerBooks came out. In this promo movie, he claims "Dude, I'm have to have one of these!" Now that's what I'm talkin' about. He makes awesome music..and he does it on a Mac.

After the concert, Olivia and I went and filled her tank..for $1.19 a gallon. Now, to make this even more interesting, I found a humorous sign hanging on the gas pumps:

Now, don't be scared. I'm ok. I did have my cell phone on while I was pumping gas, but I somehow came away unscathed. Next time, I'll be sure I turn off my phone before I pump gas. I now know exactly how dangerous that can be. :)