I’m very excited right now because the wife just bought us tickets to the upcoming Camper Van Beethoven show in Atlanta on April 19th.
This makes me very happy because I’m one of the biggest CVB freaks I know. I first got into them in college and there was no turning back. Their music was so unique, funny, confusing, invigorating, rocking, literate, ironic and maybe just a little bit proggy. As I read somewhere recently, it’s like rock music for math majors. But not “math rock”. God how I hate that style of music. Well, except for Slint, but I digress. However you want to describe Camper’s music, it doesn’t really make any difference, I just loved this band.
Want an example of my devotion? Well, way back in 1994 when I got my first internet account and had to pick an e-mail address, I chose campervb@aol.com, that’s how geeky I was for this band.
The fact that they are touring again is a great thing. As they weaved their way around the US last year, I was jealous of everyone who was getting to see them (so much so, I almost flew to New York for a show). Well, now they are playing 2 shows a few blocks from my house. It’s gonna be a CVB weekend!
And then, I’m flying to Europe the following Tuesday to be a rock star myself for a little while (I’ll explain later). All in all it’s gonna be a good time.
Vive le rock!