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DECEMBER 4, 2000
FREAKISH DICK GETS DOWN
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entertains, grosses out Michigan Theater.
By Joyce Lee
dily Arts Witer
-:,The Christmas season brings people
fogether for holiday shopping and quali-
ty bonding time. Along with this holiday
By Rob Brode
Daily Arts Writer
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89X X-Mas 3
Cobo Hall
Dec. 1 2000
comes the annual
Christmas radio
shows. This event
can also bring
people together
for the common
purpose of rock-
ing to their
favorite bands.
The Night 89X
Stole X-Mas 3
b r o u g h t
O ffs p r i n g,
Cypress Hill,
mxpx and Dandy
Warhols to Cobo
Arena Friday.
The night began at 6:45 p.m., which
Nvas a lot earlier than the 8 p.m. starting
time written on the tickets. That might
have explained the initial small turnout
for the show, but it didn't explain the
uneventful half-hour set of the Dandv
Warhols. Thev have decent music but
*othing special that sticks out in my
mind. There was very little interaction
with the audience other than the typical
"thank you" to Detroit and to the other
bands on the bill. The set was definitely
mellow - which is not a bad thing -
but they could have done more with their
stage presence to make the set a little
more exciting.
Luckily, mxpx came afterwards to
save the day and pump up the audience.
qxpx had so much energy and so much
fe in their-performance. They made use
ofthe whole stage, jumping and running
all around it playing with such enthusi-
asin. In addition to their stage presence,
they had great punk songs that you can't
'help singing along to, such as
"Responsibility" from their new album
:Eve'r Passing Moent. Toward the mid-
'dIe of the set during "Chick Magnet," the
band stopped playing and bassist/singer
Mike commented on mxpx's outfits,
"You could call it mxpx fashion. We
wear cutoff business shirts, but unfortu-
nately it's not catching on." The audience
roared with laughter and they finished
the song. mxpx closed out their set with
the crowd favorite "Punk Rawk Show."
Following mxpx's punk rock perfor-
mance was the rap-rock sounds of
Cypress Hill. In the background, they
had a huge S100 bill with their picture in
the middle. In front of the turntable, they
had a huge skull with glowing eyes and
a marijuana leaf on its forehead. The
setup only gave a taste of what was to
come. The beginning was normal, just
loud, hard rap-rock songs. However, the
real fun began in the middle of the set.
They played radio favorite "Insane in the
Membrane" and did a cover of Ozzv
Osboume's "War Pigs" Afterwards, all
the mrnbers of Cypress Hill except B-
Real exited the stage. Some green lights
appeared and after some Q&A with the
crowd about getting high, he went into
the song "I Wanna Get High." When the
song ended, he commanded percussion-
ist Bobo to "bring forth the road war-
rior." Out came Bobo with a four-foot
bong, the audience started yelling, "Suck
it Bobo" and Bobo took a hit from the
bong. Then the rest of the group came
out and they rapped an interactive ver-
sion of "Hits From the Bong," which
included the audience screaming "Hell
yeah, I get high" and rappers B-Real and
Sen Dog taking hits from the bong.
Cypress Hill is not afraid to show every
one they smoke up the stage. Their dyna-
mite 50-minute set closed with
"Rockstar" and shot outs to Detroit's
own Eminem, D-12 and Kid Rock.
After all the mayhem and excitement
of the opening bands, it was time for vet-
eran punk rockers The Offspring. They
also had an elaborate setup. It was like a
scene from a deserted street alley. It was
furnished with a fake brick wall with
graffiti, a metal door with a flaming
skull and a fence. The band's setup com-
"This isn't a comedy show, it's an introspective musi-
cal journey of my life," Andy Dick exclaimed midway
through his performance. If it wasn't clear to the audi-
JOYCE LEE/Daily
Dexter Holland brought his crew of
Offspring to headline 89X's X-Mas 3.
plimented their crowd-pleasing, enter-
taining show. Early on they played
"Come Out and Play" and got the mosh
pits going wild. They also talked about
the attractiveness of the audience "You
guys are a good-looking crowd. Most of
our crowds are ugly. Ever been to
Belgium?" kidded lead singer Dexter
Holland. Towards the middle of the set,
after they played their new single
"Original Prankster," the band decided to
take break. Their roadies brought out
inflatable, glow-in-the-dark chairs and a
voice from the speakers announced
"Welcome to intermission." The band,
relaxed in their chairs with drinks while
this cheesy, Latin-flavored music poured
out of the speakers. A very large man in
the tiniest thong came out and encour-
aged the crowd to wave its hands back
and forth in unison with the music. It
was bizarre and scary but really funny.
After a few minutes, the band got up
from their intermission and played the
song "Why Don't You Get a Job?" Their
set continued with other favorites like
"Smash" and closed on a high note with
"Self-Esteem." The Offspring left the
audience chanting for more. They came
out one by one for the encore. They
played the old favorite "Pretty Fly (For a
White Guy)" and a new one off their
album Consp'irc o/'One called "Want
You Bad," a great pop punk song that
will probably be another radio favorite
from the band.
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Circus of Freaks
Michigan Theater
Nov. 30, 2000
they must have been sleeping. Right
from the beginning it was apparent
that "Circus of Freaks" wasn't going
to be a normal production. After all
the circus' ringmaster was Andy
Dick, a 34-year old bisexual, former
coke addict - the very same man
who smashed his head through an
Emmy awards podium and stripped
into his underwear on the Rosie
O'Donnell show for no particular
reason.
Most of the show centered around
Dick and a guitarist from his band,
Bitches of the Century. Most songs
were devilishly juvenile. His first
song, "Little Brown Ring," a love
song to buttholes. set the tone for the evening. The songs
had a level of maturity of a Farrelly brothers movie and
the subtlety of a kick to the teeth. These glittering char-
acteristics coupled with an animated delivery led to a
high laughs per song ratio.
At times it was hard to tell if Dick was performing for
the audience or for his own benefit. Most of the s'how
was some kind of performance therapy. Before' Dick
began "the show," he whined and yelled, explaining his
current dilemma with his ex-girlfriend while he miked
his cell phone waiting for her to call. Dick also relayed
his tales of drug and alcohol use seemingly to exorcise.
his inner demons, although he did manage to impart
some wisdom on the crowd. After telling the audience of
his drunken, coked-up ride along the freeway in which he
wrapped his car around a tree he did say, "Don't drink
and drive."
In what may have been the highlight of the show, Dick
invited all the young ladies up to the stage in order to
participate in a contest in which he was to be the prize.
Dick seemed a bit surprised, though not disappointed,
when a lone male decided to join the contest. During the
section in which contestants were asked to unveil a part
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of their body, Dick coerced Ben, the male contestatit,
into bearing his rear end, which Dick then slapped,.tol.he
delight of the crowd. Needless to say. Ben won thle con-
test.
The ending of the show put a strange but fitting , ing
on the cake of eccentricity Dick had been bakir all
night. Dick's comedically obese friend Joe joined Kimg on
stage at Andy's urgings. Joe walked out and threw' uon
Andy. When Andy stormed off stage Joe sung a song
about his love for vagina. When the song endedAndy
rejoined Joe on stage, dressed in drag and dancedwile
Joe sang a song about a go-go dancer. At the end pj t'ie
song, after groping Dick, Joe pulled down Andy'sjt gxgrs
exposing his rear and then vomiting again all over his
bottoni. The second round of vomiting ended th(* hpw.
Overall it wasn't bad, nor was it good. It was definitely a
sight to behold, but nothing that merits'being held' What
was under the big top in the "Circus of Freaks' drdii't
always make sense, and it wasn't always funny, but it was
100 percent Dick.
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