Over the last three years The Hard Lessons have been throwing down a Post Christmas Blowout that comes complete with printed Holiday Cards. None of them though, could ever compare to this:
I’ve looked at this about four hundred times, and it’s cracked me up every single one of them. From the wallet chain and painted nails to the fucking unopened Faygo Redpop. This is so great that if these aren’t the exact outfits that they wear during the Post Christmas Blowout performance, it should be considered criminal. Yes, that includes the hair. It’s on December 27th at St. Andrews with My Dear Disco and Javelins and usually has sellout potential. Grab your tickets now at The WAB with no surcharge.
Also, via the same bulletin containing that gem, in reference to the Detroit Sounds & Spirits show at the Magic Stick on December 19th…
“This night will be the debut performance of The Barettes, Ko Ko’s new barbershop-style quartet!”
I’ll go ahead and call the shot that this will be awesome. I don’t even know who makes up the other 75%, and still this is going to be great. I asked Wikipedia to tell me what barbershop quartet meant, and this is what it told me:
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1940s-present), is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead. The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or bass, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishment can be created. Occasional brief passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts.
Maybe you go to the Paul Green School of Rock and actually know what some of that means. I thought it was mostly about the awesome vests.
You can go right here and see more of Augie 2 Dope and Violent K.
I must say that this is pretty damn funny. I love how she’s holding the Redpop like it could be in the place of a child in a Xmas photo. If only their music was as interesting as this
Finally giving some props to Hot Hits.
East Side ride or die.
creepy.
So, I was wondering…have the Hard Lessons peaked in terms of popularity? Are they making waves outside of Detroit? Where do they go from here? I need answers, people.
I think alot of that is riding on how the next album does/is.
Why does Augie remind me of Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses?
Ahhh. I was trying to think of who he looked like. I was leaning towards that dude from System of a Down (SOAD) but I totally see the Spaulding there. Captain Spaulding and Wendy Case for President.
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