The Bass Geek

There are a couple shows coming up in Illinois that I may have to make spectacular work and driving arrangements to catch. Unfortunately, they’re both on the same day, so that narrows it down quite a bit. November 13th has both Meshell NDegeocello playing at the Chicago House of Blues and the non-animated, touring version of Dethklok playing in Carbondale. I wouldn’t normally be too impressed at the latter, except that the touring version features Mike Keanelly and Bryan Beller, two EXTREMELY impressive musicians that will no doubt have all kinds of fun playing big metal song instead of their usual highly technical, Zappa-esque fare.

The Ndegeocello show promises to be a little different than the last one I saw in Chicago, in that she probably won’t leave the stage when confronted with fans expecting her more funky vocal tunes instead of the fusion jazz she was touring at the time. So that’s a must-see.

In any case, they’re both on a Tuesday, which means at least a day-and-a-half of travel time, ’cause I can’t make that drive, come back, and still be functional in the morning. Feh.