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saw the constantines in kalamazoo last night at kraftbrau, which is a very small bar. we got their at 9:30 and the band didn't go on until 12, so i was close enough to lambke to touch him, really.

so being from canada (lambke happily shouted "hockey's back, woo hoo!" earlier in the show), and instead of saying something really stupid like (canada rocks, or bryan adams is the shit), i quietly asked lambke what his favorite rush album was, because i assumed (correctly or not) that every canadian male who has every picked up a guitar owns at least one rush album.

lambke replied over the speaker, "i'll let you know what my favorite rush album is when i start listening to rush."

damn. there was about 150-200 people there last night and they all instantly started laughing...at me, of course. i stood there with an embarassed smile on my face, what could i do? i was caught with my pants down.

then lambke starts into this mini rant for about 20 seconds, and all i really could translate out of it was a little bit about how he hates tom sawyer and he mentioned rush a couple more times. of course, people continued laughing, some hysterically. but i got over it soon after the new song started.

although it was one of the most awkward moments of my life, hey, he actually answered my question, even in his most brutally honest way.

btw, the constantines put on a great show. they closed the night with a rocking rendition of edmund fitzgerald. rack the constantines.

Honestly, I feel exactly where you are coming from SM (Save for the rush bullshit :P )

The Dropkick Murphys had the same effect on myself and little bro when we kicked a few back and shot the shit with them (Before they got a few new members and went to the bagpipe bullshit), and they were flat out fucking stupid. Stupid to the point where they were hard to hold a conversation with. The lead singer is a pompous dipshit who really does think the world owes him something, and any supposed "punk" band who loves U2 as much as some of those guys do should be fucking shot.

We havent seen a show of thiers since. Fuck those gaping tasteless pussies.


Then you have the other side of the coin, where chilling with a guy like tim armstrong and talking for hours on end about music can really leave a positive lasting impression, and give you a whole new respect for a cat who's mind is that open.

Doyle Bramhall and Alan holdsworth also fall into that latter category. RACK them.



Feel ya, though SM. another RACK to you for playing it cool and not taking on 150-200 people

You should've asked him about Aldo Nova or Nickelback.