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July 07, 2005Summerfest in MilwaukeeAfter living in Chicago almost 10 years (wow, since 1995), it shames me to say that I never made it up to Milwaukee. I think it was because I kept getting sidetracked by all the outlet malls and cheese shops along the way. Which goes to say that I have also, never before, experienced Summerfest. Summerfest is an incredible event, multiple stages, multiple musicians ranging from local garage bands to global stars. We didn't get to see Santana, but we did get to experience Moby doing a Billy Idol cover, and a Weezer (I think it was) bit in bossa nova. Dave was good-hearted enough to sit with me for four hours before the Moby show to ensure we got fantastic seats. And sit we did! Center stage, five rows back. Absolutely spectacular. Even the pre-show entertainment was fun. Some white-bred (Wonder bread) corporate yuppie type was dancing his heart out to the pre-show spins. Picture if you will, knee length khaki shorts with woven belt, red and blue striped polo shirt, wire rim glasses and the pre-requisite beer gut indicative of many after-work happy hours. Now picture that...on drugs. The polo shirt was off and slung around his neck. His crew cut hair was soaked with sweat. His grinding moves were a parody of male strippers, most closely resembling a Saturday Night Live bit. All this, on top of a fiberglass bleacher bench. At one point, he whipped the shirt off his neck, and (while still gyrating away), wrung the sweat from the shirt grossing out young and old alike. I can only guess that his buddies ditched him, as there was no one coming to his rescue. Meanwhile, God knows how many people, myself included, have pictures and videos of this guy! He was challenged a couple times, by a leggy gay man in an Alaska tee and denim cutoffs; and by a Harley dude, who won when he did "the Worm" full out, despite the cigarette butts, spilled beer and general festival crap on the ground. Ah, Summerfest is an experience. Looking forward to next year! Posted by carolyn at July 7, 2005 03:34 PM CommentsWonderbread was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Best part was the reaction of the woman in front of him when she accidentally caught his eye and he started mooching his way over to her -- it was a look of horror right out of a Sam Raimi Evil Dead movie. CLASSIC. Posted by: Dave at July 8, 2005 09:18 AM Post a comment |
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