More Minibosses

Ａｓ　Ｉ　ｍｅｎｔｉｏｎｅｄ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｌａｓｔ　ｐｏｓｔ，　ｔｈｅ　Ｍｉｎｉｂｏｓｓｅｓ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｓｏ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　ａｌｌ　ｔｈａｔ．　　Ｙｅａｈ．　　Ｓｏ　ROCKIN！！！　　Ｔｈｅｙ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｌａｉｄ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｕｓｉｃ　ｍａｎ．　　They didn't just play the music,　ｔhey set out to destroy it. One of the guitarist spun around so much he might still be dizzy. Have you ever tried playing 8-bit videogame music on a real instrument? Me neither, but seeing these guys play made me realize how complex it was. Repetitive yes, but complex. Their fingers were flying through the chords.

And god damn if the audience wasn't lapping it all up. They (we) were singing along. Humming or making various noises in time with the music. It was a little spooky. Then... I love this part... they played the Metroid medley. This was the defining moment of the con for me. The part that made me proud to be a geek, to be a associated with the masses around me. The Metroid medley is fantastic, and they played the fuck out of it. There are plenty of fast parts, but the slow part near the end is where the magic happened. Geeks don't smoke much. It's hard to hold a cigarette and still play to the best of your abilities. Hence, most geeks don't have lighters. But we've got plenty of stuff that glows in the dark. During the slow part of the Metroid medley, geeks pulled out their cell phones, their PDAs, their Ipods, and their GBA SPs (fuck me, why did I have to leave mine back at the hotel?) and waved them back and forth in the air. Plus we were all singing along. Spine tingling. To be a part of a crowd that not only doesn't mock you for waving your GBA SP proudly in the air, but thinks that is a great idea, that thinks that you are cool for doing so? My geek batteries have been recharged. Fuck man, they will never go empty ever again.

And you know what? I think that that night was the best night of the Minibosses career. To have a room so in tune with what they're about. So in need of what they have. It was a perfect circle of supply and demand. We demanded their best and they gave it, they demanded our attention, our appreciation, our participation and we fell all over ourselves to give it to them.

There was no way that MC Frontalot could top all that. And he didn't. He was still really good. I enjoyed the hell out of him, but nothing could beat the bosses. The audience thinned out noticeably by the time the Front hit the stage. Tellingly, it filled back up near the end of his set. I wasn't sure what to expect from Frontalot, but the live backing was cool. I don't really know how to describe Frontalot, because the Minibosses were so overpowering.

Sorry Front. You'se cool and all, but damn. The Minibosses. The fucking Mini-fucking-bosses. fuck.

If I ever mange to finish blogging about PAX, there will be a fair bit of bitching. A lot could have been done better, but for those of us who got to see the music, all the stupid shit was worth it.

Also, I apologize if this post looks a little weird, I'm typing it on a keyboard not meant for English hands.