Mallard Fillmore and Metal

Funny comic. At least to me it is, perhaps to others as well. Discuss.

This was a weekend full of driving, Los Angeles, friends and music. Went up to UCLA to visit my friend Andrew on Friday, got to see the campus for the first time, his fraternity, Westwood. Good times. Saturday met my friend Doug and we went to the Wiltern to see Brett Dennen. It was a good show. I hadn't been to a non-metal show in a long time, so it was weird being at a large venue with people who looked relatively calm and well kept. That was in complete contrast to AJ's and my adventure to Las Vegas last night to see Megadeth. It was funny thinking about these two completely different sub cultures: the hipster poet types vs. the metal heads. It's almost like two seperate species of people, all differentiated by lyrical content, how they tune their guitars and how big a drum set they have. Throw in a few different arrangements of chords, slightly different attitudes and BAM! a whole new world, as Aladdin would say. Human beings are diverse, if you haven't heard the news, and this weekend was a lesson in that for sure

AJ and I also visited Bass Pro Shops in Las Vegas, speaking of sub culture representations.