Chag Purim Sameach

So a couple of things from today that I found entertaining and felt like sharing.

I went to services this morning at HUC and the guy giving the sermon used the term
"stiff-neckedness" and I found that really funny for reasons that still aren't totally clear.

I went to a concert tonight to see two bands Regaestan and Coolooloosh. That's not that entertaining, but...

Regaestan
Okay, try and imagine the lead singer from Counting Crows, Weird Al Yankovik (sp?) with long dreadlocks, a white version of the guy from Digital Underground (the Humpty Dance guy), two strung out looking hippies and two 'typical' Israeli dudes playing Regae. They actually weren't bad though. Not great, but not bad.I'm not sure how well my description explains it (probably not at all) but I assure you, it looked really funny.

Coolooloosh
This band I really enjoy. This is the second time I see them and both times they have put on a great show. I highly encourage you all to check them out at http://www.coolooloosh.com. I recomend scrolling down to find Yogi's drum solo. If you like The Roots or Ozomatli or that kind of stuff you will probably enjoy it. If not...well check it out anyways. (That wasn't really entertaining either. Hmmmm...)

Since it is Purim tonight they had some costume items for sale at the show. Not having any kind of costume to wear, I decided to by an afro wig, although its really more like a Jewfro wig (to all of my non-Jewish readers, if you are not sure exactly what a 'Jewfro' is, ask a Jewish friend or colleague to explain it...if they are offended by your question, kick them in the shins for being lame and then tell them that I said it was okay to ask...or you can always just ask me). Anyhoo, I was wearing this thing most of the night and towards the end I saw another guy with the same hair and at first I felt mildly silly for having the same goofy wig as someone else...until I realized that this guy didn't have a wig on.

So this all sounded a lot funnier in my head when I was thinking about it. Now that I have put it in writing it just seems...I'm not sure...but not that funny. Hopefully I am wrong and this stuff is comic gold...or at least comic aluminum. I hope all the MOT's out there (and anyone else who is into it) have/had a great Purim.

Keeping America safe,

Scott