Flying W Things

About two months ago I was sitting in Mike’s office and my cell phone rang. It was my college buddy and fellow spud Greg, calling to offer me a ticket to an upcoming Devo/Cake concert. As Devo is my favorite band and Cake is one of Mike's I figured we would be going. (I have forgiven Greg for not calling me until he realized that he had an extra ticket to the show. I guess it's just my good luck that his girlfriend dropped him like a hot rock.)

And so it came to pass that Yoshi, Mike, and I went to Orange County last Tuesday to see these two bands. It was a good show.

On the way back home, Yoshi lamented that Devo was no longer innovating. It’s sad but true – Devo has joined the nostalgia tour. No song they performed was released after 1982. (Great Googly Moogly, that was 21 years ago! Somebody get me my Geritol.) I came up with a metaphor that I thought summed up the whole performance – for both the band and the audience:

“It’s like getting a sip from the water fountain next to the Fountain of Youth.”

We all just wanted a little taste of it again.