[ THINGS I LEARNED AT THE MIDWEST MUSIC SUMMIT ]
YOU CAN'T DENY THE ALLURE OF A MUSICIAN
Friday night at a bar called Casba, I was listening to some dude named Adam Fallon. All throughout his set, he kept calling out to this one girl who was having a drink with a friend. After repeated requests, he got her to come up and give him a small kiss on the cheek. He then dedicated his next song to her and proceeded to improv the entire tune (although the majority of the lyrics centered around the theme of "You should come over again and make out with me"). The lady was apparently swept off her feet by this amazing accomplishment and came back up to make out with him. I, being the sick voyeur I am, decided to try to take a picture of it (I failed). After they were done making out, the lady then walked over to me and asked if I had gotten a picture of it. I told her no, and she replied, "Good, because I'm actually married."
By the end of Adam's next song, she was making out with him again.
And this is the closest picture I was able to get (face blurred to protect the guilty).
YOU CAN'T GET FOOD ANYWHERE AFTER MIDNIGHT
Back at the hotel Thursday night at about 1:00am, Malorie and I were having a slight case of the munchies. I was too lazy to do anything so Malorie did all the phone-calling to try to hunt us down a snack. She called room service, but apparently it was not one of those 24-hour services. She called the front desk to ask about a pizza delivery place, and apparently they thought it was ridiculous that any pizza place would deliver at one o'clock in the morning. Finding this incredulous, I called about 5 different pizza places on my cell phone (Papa John's, Dominos, you name it) and got an equal number of answering machines. Defeated, Malorie and I decided that we would settle for something from a vending machine. She called back the front desk and asked if there was one in the building. Fortunately, we were told, there was a vending machine. Unfortunately, we were also told, that it was in the swimming pool area, which at one o'clock in the morning was LOCKED. I think at that point I would've even eaten a Luna Bar.
So of course, the next morning I had to find myself the unhealthiest thing in the world to eat. I believe it was called the Hangover Special (with 2 fried eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, cheese, grease, and more grease). The title was a little fitting because although I didn't have a hangover when I ate it, I had a pounding headache for about three hours afterwards.
PEOPLE LOVE GETTING THEIR PHOTOS TAKEN
Maybe it was because I was carring a semi-legit-looking camera this time (instead of a mini digital camera I usually carry), but everywhere I walked, people were asking me to take pictures of them with my camera. They didn't even care if they never saw the picture being taken. For example, Saturday night I came across these three fellows, who go by the names of Young Tef, Momo 317, and Ghost Writer (and collectively go by the name of 3 Blind Mice, although that night they were going by 2 Blind Mice since Young Tef forgot his sunglasses):
There's also these two ladies, whose names I did not get. Although I believe one goes to Anderson University and the other works at STAR Financial Bank.
MUSICIANS ARE CRAZY
Okay, I didn't witness anything totally ridonkulous happen at MMS, but there were still some amusing band antics. During Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Thursday set, a bunch of people rushed the stage, including Santa Claus:
The Virgin Millionaires, as awesome as their performance was, all acted like a bunch of monkeys on acid the way they were running around on stage and jumping on and off the speakers. It's like they injected Red Bull into their veins and then became Sonic the Hedgehog. It did make for one energy-filled performance though.
Dr. Octagon (aka Kool Keith) decided it would be cool to invite a bunch of ladies from the audience up on stage to dance with him. See if you can recognize anyone you know.
Of course, there were those who enjoyed crowd-surfing:
And this doesn't really fit in this section, but some bands had the best merchandise.
EVERYONE SMOKES IN INDIANAPOLIS
I think I lost 10 pounds from all the second-hand smoke I was surrounded with this weekend.
MMS LOVES IMEEM
The logo was friggin' everywhere. I especially loved the imeem logo at Rouge (one of the MMS venues). It was strategically placed so that any photo taken from any angle of a band performing on that stage would also include the huge green imeem logo in it.
I'M A GHOST
Not really sure how this happened, but I took a picture with Ethan Saturday night and this is how it turned out:
THERE ARE NO ASIANS IN INDIANAPOLIS
Other than me and Gideon (the manager of Rouge), I don't think there was another asian in Indianapolis this past weekend. But as Todd pointed out to me earlier today, at least that means the city doesn't have to worry about car accidents.
IMEEM WILL FILM YA ANYWHERE
Gaba Gavi wanted to partake in imeem SoundSessions but unfortunately he couldn't make it to any of the designated times. No problem. We took him outside to some patio located between an internet cafe and a running trail, set up the equipment, and filmed a couple of his tunes. Luckily we had a directional mic (instead of an omnidirectional); otherwise the audio of his set would've included about 20 instances of motorcycles revving their engines as they drove by.
There was also this guy named Barry Fant who wasn't part of the MMS line-up but was someone who I randomly noticed playing some tunes in an alley somewhere. His music was actually pretty good, so I figured I'd shoot some photos of him. At the end of his song, he stuck out his hand, and I shook it while thanking him for letting me take pictures. In retrospect though, I'm pretty sure he was looking for a dollar bill.
EVERONE IN INDIANAPOLIS IS VERY FRIENDLY
The title says it all, but I'd especially like to give a shout out to Gideon for being so hospitable to the imeem crew while we were in town. Gideon, you rock and we hope to see you soon.
And if anyone's ever in Indianapolis, go visit his bar (Rouge) and buy a drink.
Well that's pretty much it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll be sure to add it to the list.
