Gainesville's Bounty

Music is like shoes, everyone has a pair. no. Music is love. no. Music is like a warm summer's day. no.

(screw the witty intro.)

I went out this weekend. Saw the Beer Run Boys, DblWide and Shermy D. If you haven’t noticed, my taste in music is as varied as the music scene here in the Ville of Gaines. But mostly it can be summed up this way: I like stuff that 1) entertains, and 2) doesn't suck. So, if there is a band (or an individual) that fits these qualifications, i'll probably have something nice to say about them. but right now, i'm too busy saying something nice about the shows i went to over the weekend.

The Beer Run Boys. in a word... wow. Now i want to preface everything else i say about these guys by saying i have never, and i repeat, /never/ have been a fan of country music. I always lumped all country music into a single pot, and in the pot was a shit-stew. But my eyes have been opened. There is good country music, and there is bad country music. I never really gave it much thought. I mean there's good metal, and bad metal. There’s good rap and bad rap. There good punk ska and bad ska. I guess it never really occurred to me that the same would apply to country music. Oh well, i guess i've been enlightened. where was i? oh yeah...

The Beer Run Boys. in a word... wow. Go out and see these guys, you wont be disappointed.

DblWide has been a personal favorite of mine since the first time I saw them at the Florida Music Harvest. I have to admit i was not "in the know" about this friday night concert, but my good buddy “Drey the Russian Stud” clued me in just in time to make the show. Unfortunately he didn't call anyone else. because i think he might have been the only person to know about the show. the market street pub is a nice sized venue in gainesville. holds about 600 or 15 on nights like friday. unfortunate, but what you gonna do?

Saturday was fun too! Went and saw my favorite 6'4 white rapper in gainesville. Shermy D! I've said it once and I'll say it again, if i had to pick 5 shows that you couldn't miss in gainesville, one would have to be be the drag show at University Club, and another would be Shermy D. If you were counting costume changes, this would be a good match-up. Much like a circus train hittling a mashmellow cream tanker truck, It's something that you just have to witness for yourself. Oh, i almost forgot, Sherms gave a shoutout to "the G-man" (that's me) on stage. I felt all warm inside.

In other news, i just ordered a new piece of hardware. An 80gig ata100 7200RPM Mass-Storage IBM Behemoth from googlegear.com. it was only 88 bucks. yep. that's WITH shipping. i remember when harddrives dropped to a buck a meg (about 8 years ago), and they're a buck a gig. isn't modern technology great.

Speaking of computers, If you haven’t heard, and if you haven't you don’t play video games, WarCraft III is being released Wednesday. Be sure to pre-order your copy. I did. It's on track to overpass Diablo II as the best selling video game of all time. You go blizzard!