Saturday, November 11, 2006

Ted Leo + Pharmacists + More

Body Double?Tonight was full of rock and roll music. A friend of mine bought a ticket for the Ted Leo/Phamicists and Death Cab for Cutie show but then was unable to make it, so I stepped in his place. The venue was a hockey rink 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh. We stood on top of rugs that had been placed over the ice, which was rather amusing. It was overall kind of a weird place to see a show. The acoustics were pretty rough. I could hear audible slap-back echo made when the snare bounced off the far wall. Also the sound in general was a little muddy but they made up for it by keeping the overall volume relatively low; a novelty in this day and age.

Someone in our group pointed out that the drummer for Ted Leo looked a little bit like me. Upon closer inspection, I decided that he looked exactly like me, so much so that I was a little bit disturbed. It was like I was looking at Bizarro Nels, but then I realized, since he is more famous than me, that I was actually bizarro him! Wild! I tried to find a good picture of him, but I couldn't find one that I felt really looked like me. Check the image on the right, and if you can't tell whom I am talking about, well then maybe he doesn't look that much like me after all.

Oh yeah, Death Cab was pretty good. I didn't know too many of their songs, but I at least enjoy the lead singer's voice.

One more thing:
On Friday night we joined some of the members of CMU's Engineering and Public Policy PhD program. Now, after having been to several of their parties and meeting some of their most esteemed students, I have decided that the School of Computer Science needs to step it up. These guys party hard, and are putting us to shame. When we finally ended up leaving at 4:15, the party was still going pretty strong. I plan to organize a committee and address this issue post haste!

Extra!
Finding more pictures of the drummer from Ted Leo:
http://www.tedleoguide.com/Live%20Photos/TLRx.2005.03.30/TLRx.2005.03.30.Pic.02.jpg
http://www.underexposed.org.uk/tedleo/tedleo4.jpg
http://www.tedleoguide.com/Live%20Photos/TLRx.2005.04.21/TLRx.2005.04.21.Pic.50.JPG
http://www.tedleoguide.com/Live%20Photos/TLRx.2005.04.21/TLRx.2005.04.21.Pic.51.JPG
http://www.tgrec.com/images/bands/full/92-2.jpg
http://www.tedleoguide.com/Live%20Photos/TLRx.2005.02.15/TLRx.2005.02.15.Pic.05.jpg
http://maskedmoviesnobs.blogspot.com/tedleolive1.jpg

3 comments:

  1. Wow that is delightfully creepy. Your doppelganger is famous! The guy in the middle looks kind of like Ed from that one show. You know. Ed.

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  2. Was that the show about the lawyer who worked in a bowling alley? Something along those lines? Yeah I agree! I never noticed that before! Well if Jered Leto can be in a band, why can't the guy who played Ed in "Ed?"

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  3. Say what you will - band or no band - he will always be Jordan Catalano to me....

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