I Just Read About That…

SOUNDTRACK: FOO FIGHTERS “Overture” (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2013).

On April 19th, Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  I don’t particularly care about the Hall of Fame, but I love to see Rush celebrated.

And I love to see Dave Grohl celebrate with people.  So, as only Dave and co. can do, they donned white kimonos and wigs and set out to rock the HoF with a great cover of 2112’s “Overture.”  They didn’t get into “Temples of Syrinx” (I was curious to see if Dave would try that falsetto), but they were joined by the original trio for the end of the song with Geddy stating that the meek shall inherit the earth.

FF do a great job, they sound heavy and they got all of those odd time signatures down right.  Dave does an admirable job with Alex’s challenging solos.  All in all, it was a pleasure to see.  Evidently this will be broadcast officially on May 18, but for now there’s a shaky cam version floating around the web.  I found it on Stereogum.  You can also see Dave Grohl’s very cool induction speech there too (although the picture no longer seems to be on cameltoe.org).

And check out the commitment (even with Tyler’s moustache) and the real set behind him.

[READ: April 21, 2013] “The Tandoor”

An unexpected title for this story in which the tandoor plays a very small role.  The story felt like there could have been a lot more to it, for while there was a lot of backstory and the story did feel complete, I could have read a lot more (which I think is a great complement).  It starts out in a rather mundane fashion with a girl in the backseat of a car being belligerent because her mother took away the iPad (so she could do Sudoku).  The family is driving to Texas to see the Hole.  Before we learn what the Hole is, we learn more about the family.

The husband and wife are fighting (as usual).  The daughter has taken the father’s side because he’s the underdog.

It turns out that the father has opened another restaurant (this is the fifth one, the other four have failed).  It is also not doing very well and the wife resents not only the failing business but also the fact that he has been given money to try five businesses.   She also resents the woman that he husband admitted he lusts after (at least he admitted it in his sleep).  And she seems to have taken that as an invitation to sleep with someone else as well.  (There’s a lot more to it and the details are wonderful).

After some therapy (with mixed results), the family is now heading to Texas to start a new life at the Hole.  The Hole is a gigantic hole that formed in the middle of a field.  No one knows how big it is or where it goes but countless people have come to witness it (and jump in).  And so the family is heading down to open up a roach coach on site to sell donut holes (Hole’s Holes).  There’s an interesting backstory as to how the lots were alotted to vendors (many were sold for lots of money, but the family won theirs in a lottery).  The wife wanted to just sell their spot and reap the rewards.  But the husband insists on heading down and selling his foods.  So off they go.

The story talks about the other businesses and how they fair and how some places are attracting gourmands.  We learn about some of  the people around the hole and what they do.  And we see the daughter make a friend with the daughter of the wine seller (who sold an $80,00 bottle of wine to someone who just tossed it in the Hole).

Just as the story seems to be settling into a story of life at the Hole in a roach coach, another Hole appears.  And then more and more.  And soon, it is three years later and Holes are everywhere.  Suddenly the story takes on a different, more ominous tones, even of the details are still all about the day to day life of the family.  They are one of the few businesses still there, still doing well.  They have even built a house but what kind of existence is it on the mouth of a hole?

I really enjoyed this and could have read a lot more about it.  I hope that Cotter has more to add to the story.