Really wish I had a pic or 2 to go with my story this time. But I was in party mode, and I’ve officially gone down to lightweight! I only had one AMF after the guitarist of the opening band hooked me up for taking pics during his set. There was a point where I was dancing to Toxic Rainbow (that is when the generic dubstep bpm wasn’t in full effect). Haha, even Groovie Mann was hatin on him after the show! I then smoked some really good pot with a friend before TKK came on, and I luckily timed it perfect because the lights went off seconds after we got back in their.
TKK finally went on around 10:45, and the first detail I must give is that Mimi Star gets better with each tour. It was especially nice to hear her do a little bit of vox and to see how her and Groovie vibed off each other on stage. I still am not very familiar with the new songs, but they translated well live. That’s actually an understatement! They only kept 3 songs in the set from the last tour, and like you said earlier realm, it was a good mix of new, old favorites and deep cuts. It’s hard to single out a specific favorite moment out of the set, but I was happy with the song choices, and they kept true to their word that they would bust out a couple Inferno Xpress songs. Surprise of the night, as far as the deep cuts go, was “Chemical Cop Out” during the encore.
Now we get to after the show. I literally had only minutes to catch the last Bart train out of there, but only made it 4 blocks up the street and wound up missing it by 5 minutes and didn’t get to go to this party I wanted to go to. I did see TKK’s vehicle still parked in front of the DNA Lounge. I say the term vehicle, cuz I had never seen one like it before. Not quite a van, but certainly not a tour bus either. Groovie pops up after a little while. I was fully coherent, let alone sure I wanted to chat with him, but we exchanged a glance and I figured it was now or never. I went and shook hands with him and told him that it was the best show I had ever seen. Also mentioning that they had ended Marilyn Manson’s near decade reign as being the best show I’ve ever seen. Groovie’s face lit up with a big smile and a “really?” as if he were a little kid. Short chat, but I didn’t wanna take up his time as we walked to DNA Pizza next door. Mimi then walks in and I’m surprised she actually recognized me from Facebook. It’s very interesting how she can go from being hella sexy on stage, to being the most adorable woman you’ve ever met. She was rather hammered and slurring her words, which is quite funny considering she still doesn’t speak perfect English. Her and I chatted for a bit and she kept pushing for me to sit by Groovie, which I finally obliged. He and I chatted about random things, mostly music related, and a little bit of drugs. We’re both the same in that we smoke pot more than we drink, but he still prefers shrooms over acid and I’m vice-versa. DNA Pizza shows obscure music videos all throughout the night and we were poking fun at a really early video from Adam Ant. Then a Cabaret Voltaire video came on and Groovie got into it. He left about half way into the song, and then the worst video ever came on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlqZAMg5sYI
Buzz then walks in. Mimi tries to get us to meet, but Buzz looks like he wants nothing to do with me haha. I chatted with her for a little bit longer and even met her husband who’s also real nice. I was actually a little sad to see the band drive off, which usually doesn’t happen. I wound up getting a free slice of pizza since one of the guys who worked at DNA Pizza knew I was stranded out there. He even offered me a free shot during the last call, but I didn’t really wanna be more fucked up than I already was because it’s not like I was gonna chill with the band all night, nor did I have any friends to talk to.
So there’s my tale. Stay tuned on prongs for Part 3 of My Night With The Thrill Kill Kult.
EDIT: When Groovie noticed my Cocksure shirt, he grabbed my chest where it said Cock.