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Happy Birthday Dane101 (Warning: This Post Contains Butt Funnel)

May 7, 2009 11:14 PM

o, Dane101 is apparently four years old. To celebrate, they threw a party at my favorite Madison venue, the High Noon Saloon. So RPM and I, along with some others, went down there. It was a good time, and I got to talk to Jesse, who I have a bit of a heterosexual man-crush on (his favorite band is The Pixies! I love The Pixies!). The music, though, was a little, um, let's say "eclectic."

The first band up was Little Red Wolf. This was apparently their first show, but I wouldn't have known that had I not been told. They sounded really good. Some of their songs were really ambitious, especially in the vocal department, and they pulled it off beautifully. One of them played the xylophone, the guitar, the bass, and what I believe was a viola (not all at the same time, though, but it was still awesome).

Next up was a band I was significantly less into, The New Kites. Most of this band's music was derivative and poorly executed. They ripped off everyone from Louis Armstrong to the Big Bopper to Jethro Tull to Rancid. And to the extent that they were original, they were unlistenable. My group literally got up and went outside. It may have been just an unpolished live performance, but I was very turned off.

Then came the band I'd been looking forward to all night: Butt Funnel. I knew absolutely nothing about the band other than their name. Then I discovered that they're German--fake German. Things proceeded from there. They paraded out in ridiculous costumes and started playing completely wacky music that was somewhere between punk, metal, disco, and electronica. Sort of like Electric Six but less . . . good. Also like Electric Six, Butt Funnel's songs were about completely ridiculous things. They sang about how there should be fewer abortions, pudding, and, well, I don't know. But they did do a cover of Len's "Steal My Sunshine," which sorta blew me away because, honestly, who covers that song? It was awesome, though. Or terrible. By the time I left, I had a smile on my face, but I wasn't so much laughing with them as at them. Or maybe not, I don't know. Maybe that's the point.

But no matter what the point of Butt Funnel was--and I'm sure there isn't one--my point is that Dane101 kicks ass and I'm glad they're around.

Also, I will decapitate you and put your face right in a butt funnel . . . if you steal my sunshine.



3 Comments


Emily said:

Heya! This is Emily, the drummer/singer for Little Red Wolf, and I just wanted to say many thanks for the very kind mini-review of our show. Very glad you dug it. :)

I also wanted to echo your sentiments on Butt Funnel. Man, I didn't know whether to laugh with them or at them, but I do know that I had a blast watching them play!

May 8, 2009 11:25 AM



Kacy said:

Now that’s sutlbe! Great to hear from you.

July 10, 2011 6:51 PM






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