Summer Camp With Trucks
I’m taking care of a couple things on the To Do list on one of my last days off before the 60-day storm as they call it at work. Finally got around to watching my Summer Camp With Trucks DVD on the new TV with upconverting. It looks good but not great, I was hoping for great but that’s alright. I mean, it is essentially a home video from, holy crap, 14 years ago. It was originally shot for VHS release, which I of course bought, and then was re-released on DVD in 2000.
How many people don’t know what I’m talking about? Show of hands please.
Wow, that’s a lot of hands.
“Consistency, it’s a good thing in life”
“7 strokes of deodorant under each arm; never more, never less”
“Can you throw a Snapple on that?”
“A man’s gotta shower by hisself, so a man can feel like a man”
“That’s right, boo louder”
“Where my clothesed be?”
“I love the mall; I actually have money to spend now”
Christ.
Go karts and rollercoasters?
I am so alone.
No, eclectic, that’s it. I have eclectic tastes. I’ve frequently taken advantage of going left when everyone else goes right for something like 15 years now.
Anyways, since I first watched this video I knew exactly what I would say to any member of Hootie & The Blowfish if I ever met them – I would ask them to professionally record a cover of What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, And Understanding? Although I’d probably now add a request to release their stuff on Rock Band as well.
What the hell am I going to say to the Pet Shop Boys when I meet them? “Although we’re in San Francisco right now thank you for coming to Vancouver a few days ago”? That wouldn’t make me seem crazy at all. “I’ve been a fan since before I was a teenager”? Yea, who wouldn’t want to hear that? Like Kirk being told about people reading about his missions in grade school. “I know there’s a strict no photography rule but for the love of god, please?”
This question’s probably been in the furthest of backburners in my mind since I figured out what I would say to any member of Hootie given half a chance…at least I have 3 more months to figure it out.
So in honour of Summer Camp With Trucks I have created my guitar soloist band in Rock Band: Digby Fairweather.
