Alternative to Valentine's Day
For many, many, people, including myself for far more years than I care to tell you, Valentine's Day is the cruelest holiday. The one leaving you thinking that there's something terribly, terribly wrong with you for not braving the traumatic waters of modern dating. The one that says going out by yourself for dinner or a show is wrong. That life has no meaning if you're not half of something else.
Well, screw that. And to really do it properly, let me offer you an option to all the googly-eyes and their candlelit dinners. Nietzsche's is presenting their Valentine’s Day Show with local freak-rockers Anal Pudding, joined by Detroit's Downtown Brown and San Fransico's Karate High School (pictured). I'm pretty sure nothing about this show is going to suck. Karate High School plays big, loud, thrashy melodic rock, and has 44744 friends on myspace, prompting me to want to go buy a lottery ticket. Downtown Brown labels themselves as "Butt Funk" (an appropriate match for the "fececiousness" that is Anal Pudding) and is a tight combo of distorted guitar, popping bass lines and screaming metal-tinged vocals. Anal Pudding is Buffalo's beloved "bastard stepchild of Frank Zappa and Mr. Hanky." Mix it all together (ewww.) and you've got a recipe for a hell of a good nght, whether you're pining over love lost, looking for your next stalking victim, or simply don't give a damn and just want to see a good show. Besides which, the lead singer of AP, Biff Titsle, has promised that "Everyone is guaranteed to get tang at this show!" While I think a gratuitous astronaut reference is a little crass this week, that's a pretty good deal for your $5 entry fee. Also features an erotic poetry reading by Blue Lazer.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 10 PM $5
Nietzsche’s 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, 14201, 716.886.8539
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