LEST WE FORGET - LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN AND AGAIN or SNK'S NEW WAVE FIGHTER

Klaus Nomi. Germany's DEVO. So dope.

He was a cardboard and electrical tape wonder.

In my mind, there needs to be a Samurai Showdown/Street Fighter type 2D brawler where 80's/New Wave bands like Art Of Noise, Taco, Falco, and Kajagoogoo kick the shit out of Lady Gaga. Earthquake stays selectable, since he looks like he could start some sorta new wavey band instantly.

The little girl creature from this video got me stoked as a kid.
She'd get to point at stuff, then dudes would destroy it. Rad.
Not sure if I posted this before, but, whatever.

BE SURE TO WEAR YOUR HELMET. DEVO WRAP UP.

Here's three stupid videos to close out my Devo week.

First one is all about two things that are on my mind alot. The headgear at the end makes me want to glue a power dome to my helmet. Not thinking of buying a Honda scoot anytime though. They scream 80s at undesirable decibels. But maybe that's rad. So torn.

Kids and whips! Strange that they left out the part from the original video wherein the one cowboy dude grabs a chick and bangs her in the cabin. May have slipped their minds. But, they got the cream part in there.

And lastly, a sad piece of YouTubery. Whip It Unplugged, Trailer Parked, and Ukulele-ized. He just keeeeeeps going. And then freestyles a bit. Then his hat falls off. The batman figures on his wall growl their displeasure.

BEFORE THE CREAM SITS OUT TOO LONG...

Devo visited DC and the 9:30 Club last night. It was rather sick. Devo is one of the many little subconscious things that came together to shape my personality since I was a wee one. Again, this is solidly Dad's fault, whether he realizes it or not. There's only so many Devo videos you can park a young kid in front of during dinner without some collateral damage setting in. (we'll not get into the issues Rolly Polly Fish Heads brought about)

I bought tickets way early and was looking forward to seeing them in general as well as the chance to see 'em play Freedom Of Choice in its entirety. I had seen live show clips here and there and a full concert from back in the day (1980) and was always impressed with the sound quality and effort they put into their live set.Since it was a "we're gonna play this album" type of show, the set-list was pretty known. And that list has Mr B's Ballroom, Gates Of Steel, and Whip It in it. Some of my favorites. The encore songs would be the only wild card.
Well, despite being a thousand years old and in the biz for 30 years, Devo still does an impressive live performance. And for the encore, they fired up Be Stiff. I was way stoked as that song is so rad. After the encore, the house music came on, the roadies came out, and the lights went up, but the Spuds wouldn't leave, so Devo came back out. They made the roadies plug their shit back in and played Secret Agent Man. I've never seen a band defeat the house music before. Amazing. Below is a clip of Be Stiff some dude shot from the show last night.

So, expect a decent amount of Devo posts this week...

UNO CENTO = RAGAZZO DI D.E.V.O.

100 posts of garbage!

CELEBRATE!

Do it in DEVO style like this 100% awesome kid.
Check his Mickey Mouse Doll! His T-shirt! His fucking flava!
His Ranger Rick posters! His sweet homemade keytar! His road sign wallpaper!
HIS TOTAL DISREGARD FOR BEDTIME!
Keep on keepin' on Spud!