Seattle Subsonic

Out Like Pluto, Peace Mercutio, Bedside Manner, Who’s Ke$ha???

April 4th, 2011

Seattle bands, Out Like Pluto, Peace Mercutio, and Bedside Manner will be playing at the Rendezvous Theater this Saturday April 9. I’ve recently had the pleasure to see both Out Like Pluto and Peace Mercutio and to talk at length with the members of each band after their shows. The music and conversation were good in both cases, but each night cost me something, or nearly so at least.

I had such a good time at the Out Like Pluto show that somewhere between the conversation afterward and walking to my car I lost a copy of the manuscript I’d had with me for a little pre-gig editing. So if you happen upon a person with beer stained pages that detail the episode of a guy shaking hands with and then sleeping with the Shit Woman, it’s my story, not his.

At the Peace Mercutio show, I nearly lost my lunch, or rather dinner. It wasn’t any fault of the band though. They were good. They rocked. It was the McChicken and the large woman who needed to pull her pants up that nearly did me in.

Regardless of the risks though, these two bands are well worth it on their own and doubly so when playing together. I will certainly be there but without a notebook, or the manuscript . Think I’ll take the evening off, enjoy the music, and leave the writing to someone else.

The added bonus, and one reason why I like these guys, is that they’re inclined to have fun, and in the spirit of such, Out Like Pluto challenged Peace Mercutio to what they term a “Ke$h-off” which according the OLP drummer, Andy Tyra, is a “competition … to see who can pull off the best Ke$ha cover.” He goes on to advise that if “you have the good fortune to not know Ke$ha or her music, you probably shouldn’t start now.” Some might say that it would mean I’ve been too buried in the manuscript (and perhaps I have), but I do have the good fortune to ask truthfully, “Who’s Ke$ha???” Thus, I will take his advice and let my introduction to all things Ke$ha come in a darkened theater with loud guitars and lots of beer. And I’m looking forward to it.

Dave

Who: Out Like Pluto, Peace Mercutio, and Bedside Manner
Where: Rendezvous Theater
Day: Saturday, April 9, 2011
Doors open: 10:00 PM
Ages: 21 & Over
Tickets: $5.00