northern magic
By jp 28 Jan 2002
thanks to the wonders of modern science and the cultural mecca that is new hampshire, I was able to see two somewhat polarized events on the same day: the Thunder Nationals monster truck rally in Manch-Vegas, and Busta Rhymes, with surprise guest Naughty by Nature.
<p>the former, I’ll have to admit, was somewhat disappointing. having never been to a monster truckathon, and only having been promised that on <span class="caps">SUNDAY</span> <span class="caps">SUNDAY</span> <span class="caps">SUNDAY</span> I’d only need the edge of the seat they sold me for twelve american dollars, I found myself somewhat hunched back, using every last penny of my seat with my 12$ ass. the arena was kinda small, so they basically had one tiny heap of cars in the middle that the kept smishing. the one truck that was supposed to shoot dual 30-foot flame gysers out of it’s bed broke down in the first 15 minutes. and no grave digger or nuthin. Neema did get a babydoll grave digger tee, which is cute by virtue of being somewhat completely outta place. in any case, it was a nice excuse to take a drive and knock back a lot of cheap beer at lunchtime. </p>
<p>the latter, Mr. Rhymes and co, did not let me down. aside from having enough high schoolers to effectively make the median age about 16, and drawing mostly an <span class="caps">MTV</span> crowd (“you know, he sings that song with the video?”) he was working hard to get a buncha stix-dwellers up, on their feet and moving. very entertaining on the stage. and where the hell he dug up Naughty by Nature, I have no idea. another entertainment professional at any rate. </p>
<p>now, if my ears would just stop ringing.</p>