Captivating Bay Area football news that wasn’t, preempted by enduring band: Primus.
Tonight was supposed to be about Aaron Rodgers. Product of Chico. JuCo transfer to Cal. Holder of several school records. Upsetter of USC.
But no.
It’s not like Aaron Rodgers and his newly sprouted beard failed on the big stage against the Cowboys, but his Packers sort of, well, lost. And it’s not like I had some crazy insider information about him to share, but I sincerely thought that he was going to go off on the ‘Boys up in Lambeau. And it would have been cool to write about. But no. All that said, now comes the most unlikely segue possible. In fact, I cannot think of a single thing to connect the dots from Aaron Rodgers to Primus. I guess Les Claypool has a beard. That’s about the best I can do. In fact, this kind of screws up two of my better bylines for a while, but we work with what we’ve got.
A couple of weeks ago, during my blogger hiatus, my old ass spent three days out in the dirt and dust of the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Among the highlights was a reunion of sorts on the second stage. Primus. Wanna read more? Sure you do. In another lifetime, these guys were tearing it up in the student coop housing when I was a humble undergrad. Now, they are veteran musicians capable of stealing viewers from Tom Petty on the biggest night of the biggest show in town. While I was lucky enough to get spirited into backstage position through a familiar perusal of some long-overlooked friendships, the surprise of the night was running into a current coworker. He was doing some freelance work on boom and camera for BoingBoing TV. Who knew? This is what he shot and recorded and it stands as a fairly substantial peek into the world of the most successful band that most of America isn’t so sure about.
While I was reliving the 90s, quite appropriately jumping the VIP gate to the strains of ”Here Come the Bastards,” the ubiquitous coworker in question, Jay Bain, was doing his finest impersonation of Nick Broomfield, boom mike in hand. So. To conclude. This has nothing to do with Aaron Rodgers, former Cal quarterback. I’ll revisit him sometime later in the season after he makes the playoffs. Instead, it has everything to do with all of the fine folks associated with the band Primus, whom I will always revere for choosing a unique road to fame and always being cooler than shit. Plus, since Les just tapped into his inner Scorcese and made the “Spinal Tap” of the jam-band scene, check it out on the official site as long as I’m rambling.
And fellas, thanks again for the reunion,
Turman
That’s a pretty funny interview. I learned absolutely nothing, but some how was most entertained.
Comment by Gd. | 09.22.2008 | 3:01 pm