Monday, March 15, 2010

You can't kill the Groove Factor

There were good times saturday evening, as L and I were in virtual attendance at the quarterly stakeholders meeting of the Now Today Society.

The evening's schedule included a viewing of a 1986 performance by the Groove Factor. After more than 20 years of litigation, the Vatican's lawyers have finally settled out of court and this gem is now finally available to the viewing public for the first time.

Highlights included:

  • seeing Niles and Jules.
  • the part where the singer wasn't singing. Also, the instrumentals.
  • the alternate version in which the rowdy audience launches a violent mutiny against the singer for his crimes against (1) humanity and (2) good taste, eventually dismembering him with a Phillips-head screwdriver and feeding on his warm entrails, leaving the bass player and drummer to pick up the vocal duties. Hooray!
  • the Jogger stepping up to the mic, which instantly caused a class II moshpit to form in front of the stage.
  • the pre-show interviews, which provided invaluable insight into the Zeppelin-like challenges of the tour thus far.
  • a jaunty version of Acid Fusion, which features prominently in the forthcoming film Satan is his father, not Guy!
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Also on the docket for the evening was a delightful film of You can't kill rock and roll performed by the Now Today Society, complete with the unexpurgated Tea Sequence. Good times.