Last night my roommate Dave and I drove from Omaha to Iowa City to see They Might Be Giants (http://www.tmbg.com/), one of our favorite bands, play a show. We left Omaha at about 3, drove through driving wind and rain in little Kimchi, my car. There was a wicked storm between Des Moines and Iowa City that was pushing west. I considered stopping and waiting it out, but knowing how weather works in Iowa, I knew it'd be better just to outrun it. It was fun times, I tell ya. (Ange, don't tell Mom!)
So we got to the venue, was in a ballroom at the a student union on the UofI campus. We went upstairs, wandered around until we found it, then stood in the lobby area for a couple minutes before I asked one of the staff if we were supposed to be there yet. He told us we were supposed to wait downstairs, so we went, waited about ten minutes then went back up. We ended up about 6 feet from the stage, it was awesome.
The opening act was actually quite good. They were Oppenheimer (www.myspace.com/Oppenheimer) a duo from Belfast, Ireland. They played electronic music. If you find electronic music weird and cool like I do, you should check them out. The title of the blog is a line from one of their songs.
The show was awesome, TMBG played a lot of songs off their new album and many of my favorites. We left Iowa City at 1215a and returned to Omaha at around 4a, extra time due to fog. And Kimchi is really bad for sleeping in if you're riding shotgun.
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little Kimchi,why? Is your car overly spiced and smell like rotten cabage?
It's a Daewoo, which is a South Korean company. I tried to think of all the things Korean I knew when I was naming it and they were Kimchi, Inchon and Taeguk. Seeing the car for the first time, I knew it had to be a Kimchi.
Wow. That's a long way to go without spending the night!
JEff, DO you care to share with Angie just how you go so long without sleeping?
I can't BELIEVE you haven't commented on my Office party blog yet.
See you this weekend.
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