The unexpectedly busy holiday weekend continues.

Friday I went to see Tenacious D and hauled my ass over to UIC to see more college students than I've ever seen in my life. The weed was heavy in the air and the bubble headed girls had to act out every lyric to every song. Why is it that every girl does the "stripper dance" to any song? Does every girl have a hidden desire to be a stripper? I saw one do it at during Creeping Death at a Metallica show once. No shit. That's what I get for coming late and ending up too far from the stage.

Great show. Neil Hamburger opened. You know Neil Hamburger, the guy who tells jokes like "Why did Julia Roberts smear shit all over her vagiiiiiina? Because she was hoooooooorny," all in an irritating nasal tone between phlegmy coughs and hacks. Another good joke; "What do you call a senior citizen that is constantly flashing her wrinkled breasts? Madonna." Another? Ok. "Why won't Courtney Love have Cranberry Sauce at Christmas dinner? Because she'll be dead."
"Why won't Paris Hilton take a shit on Courtney Love's toilet? Because she's sitting on it dead."

That's what you hear for about half an hour, tired, shoulder to shoulder with chad and biff. His only purpose is to antagonize the crowd until they yell at him enough for him to lose it and bark out "SHUT UP YOU LITTLE PIECES OF SHIT! I SHOULD HAVE HELD A GUN TO YOUR MOTHER'S HEAD WHEN I FUCKED HER IN THE ASS SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOUR ABORTED FETUS SHIT STAINED MOUTHS! FUCK YOU!" Great hilarity ensued. Eventually things were being thrown at him until a coin hit the glass he was carrying and broke it. He walked off victoriously, his finger in the air.


Neil Hamburger

Tenacious D came out on a set made to look like KG's place. They started rocking out with Kielbasa in his living room, soon joined by their friend Lee. A third of the way into their set they electrocuted themselves and got sent to hell.


Tenacious D at KG's

Down comes a screen showing them in hell putting together a band made up of Col. Sanders on drums, Charlie Chaplin on bass and the Anti Christ on guitar. If you saw the movie it's supposed to make sense. I didn't (yet).



They played almost all their songs; Jesus Ranch, Dio, Explosivo, Wonderboy and all of their new album; The Government Totally Sucks, Master Exploder, Car Chase City and came out for an encore that included Tribute and a Tommy medley.



Great show, better than most bands I've seen. Better than System of a Down, better than Fantomas, better than Butthole Surfers, better than Motorhead (it was an off night).

Eventually Beelzebub came out and they had a rock off before JB started singing about how great metal is.