An uncanny ability to force other guys' dates to have shots with him

It has been 2 or 3 weeks since we had been @ K's for K on R and don't think it escaped the notice of BikerBouncer! We were greeted with a warm, "Where have YOU two been?!" Then we were brought up to speed with some of the doin's in his life - particularly the details of his, to here him put it, "very painful" groin injury. So painful that not only is he working a reduced schedule at K's (Tues and R but not Friday, Friday would be "just too much"), but he is working a reduced schedule at home too! Apparently Mrs. BikerBouncer has been sleeping alone since the injury and she is none too happy about it.

The Alien found out that Mrs. Jimmy is taking the week off to take care of some things... but no fear Jimmy (out of sling and in just a wrist brace) was there along with, a personal favorite of mine, "Catfish" behind the bar.

We planned to ease back into K in order to avoid a similar injury to BikerBouncer's - so we took it easy... good thing too because Matchbox Kenny was having technical difficulty... Many reboots of the Sound Machine were necessary - complete with worried calls on the cell phone (presumably to KG) and many visits of the Windows XP boot screen to the "audience TV".

Once things got going they really got going... there was an extremely drunken, bday/office party that was slow to get moving, but as soon as they got a load of our "performances' they lurched into action - you guessed it - completely JAMMING us. We left a rotation on the table because if we know anything about Matchbox Kenny, he can not manage a full request board.

There was one new character there, I doubt we will see him again. He wore a sort of generic "red pride" tshirt advertising some native american extraction but he was so big that he could have been anything... I am pretty sure he was human but beyond that is anyone's guess - lets call him Man-Thing for now. He was very loud and appeared to have a way with the ladies (if that is illustrated by an uncanny ability to force other guys' dates to have shots with him). He appeared to have not only an affection for the women of others but an affection for a guy we have seen at K's a lot and I am not sure has a handle... he is red-headed, big, always wears tanktops and always wears an american flag bandana on his head, biker/pirate style... Let's call him Brother-In-Law. Any way we were taking wagers how long it would take Man-Thing and Brother-In-Law to progress from "I love you man!" embraces to full on Make Out. Too big sweaty guys wrestling/necking is a sight to behold - at least one that is hard to pull your eyes away from.

The bday/office party had a thing for Ironic Vintage Metal... FEEL THE NOISE, DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP, etc. cute but so so done.


The LINE UP

The Alien: FOLSOM PRISON BLUES (always a hit with bday/office parties)
LisaP: MR. BRIGHTSIDE (Lisap does contemporary hits!... she hit it out of the park.. nailed it dead on)
Chris: LAY LADY, LAY (got a compliment from the guy who did COMING TO AMERICA in Hell/the Men's Room - not sure how to interpret that really)

I will NOT be@ K's for K next R... I have to collect the Prodigal Son from College.