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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Rock like an Egyptian

Today, I decided to skip work to see a rock show. It does not get any more decadent than that. Well, maybe if I used my salary to hire escorts to this rock show while I smoked opium from a long necked pipe carved from the bone of a sperm whale.
Brilliant Misstake has a new lineup, introducing new guitarist, Ryan. As usual, they played a very satisfying set. However, what I want to talk about is the opening band, Whackass Egyptians. Their music was typically angry white boy rap over a guitar driven punk score. Their lyrics (or "rhymes" as they are now called) were inane, immature, misogynistic, and worse, they kept working in an Egyptian theme. They only succeeding in exploiting exoticism of Egypt and also doing them a disservice by strengthening stereotypes. During one number, Put a Sock in It, they threw socks into the audience from a bucket. By Jove, they were pretty bad.

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