Just another Tuesday night at Thee Parkside

Rumor had it that Robyn Hitchcock was playing with the Minus 5...alas he did not show, but Peter Buck was there! Okay, maybe that's not so exciting, as he does play bass with the Minus 5.

At any rate, we got there early. Really early, actually. So early, in fact, that we didn't pay cover. I'm not sure if that makes us smart and frugal, or just a bunch of losers. I'm leaning toward smart and frugal.

Being that early did have its pluses...while standing outside having a square a cab pulled up. Out got some older guy. He looked a little weird. And I was totally fixated on his shoes, which were kinda like desert boots/mocassins/birkenstocks. And he was wearing leather pants.

It was Peter Buck! The last time I saw him was in 1991 -- and I watched him get out of a cab that night, too! Trippy! We had at least a dozen opportunities to talk to him:

- He'd leave his spot at the bar and walk past us.
- We'd discuss what we would say, like, "What time are you guys going on?"
- Then he'd walk back, and we'd get really quiet and pretend we weren't looking at him.

Hmmm...okay, now I'm leaning toward bunch of losers.

Check out umlaut's review. There were quite a lot of people there by the time the band went on, including The Phenomenauts.

But it's a shame that no one shouted out, "Driver 8!" or "Hyena!"