June 19, 2008 at 1:48pm
The Wild Magnolias (a group of Mardi Gras Indians) had a chance to wow us with their colorful New Orleans spectacle -- and they blew it. I was excited to see them, as was a relatively full Harro East Ballroom crowd.
But it was like a scene out of "The Blues Brothers," but without Cab Calloway to bullshit and buy some time. Starting 15 minutes late, the backing band came up, tried feebly to hype us, and began to play some rather average funk. After about 10 minutes of this stall tactic, people began to get up and leave. I was pissed.
I got in my car and proceeded the wrong way down a one-way street. The cop who pulled me over asked, "Didn't you see the arrows?" "Arrows?" I said. "Hell, i didn't even see the Indians."
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