It had been awhile since I had a double header with a concert two nights in a row but here I was. I was a casual fan of “The D” from my Portland days when one of my co-workers showed me “Fuck Her Gently” from the first album and I doubled over with laughter. Here was my chance to see this “Comedy Rock” duo akin to the Blues Brothers but by the time I convinced myself to go out on a “school night” and convinced Wayne to go with me tickets were over $100 a pop because much to my surprise the concert was damn near sold out. It was the final date of the tour but OUCH. I wanted to see The D but not that badly. Long story short I found “Standing Room” tickets a couple days beforehand that would at least get us in the venue for only $30 each, which seemed much more reasonable.

First up was “Puddles Pity Party,” which is a six foot eight inch giant clown whose real name is Michael Geier. He came out and did an entire set of revamped versions of cover songs in his beautiful baritone whilst keeping in the character of a depressed clown. Very strange but I understand why The D would covet Puddles as an opener.

Next up was none other than Mr. Jack Black and Mr. Kyle Gass. They were both armed with acoustic guitars and flanked by an extremely talented guy playing electric guitar, an extremely talented guy playing bass and an alright drummer (most drummers have a hard time impressing me). It took me quite awhile to realize that Jack Black kept referring to Kyle as “Cage” because his initials are K.G. but it did not take long after The D went on before Wayne and I waded into the seating section to see if we could find a couple vacant seats. After nearly getting to the walkway between sections where all the security guards were we came upon about eight empty seats together in the second row and made ourselves at home. Good thing because this is right about the time the gummies I ate kicked in. Even better – nobody ever came to kick us out. As for the show itself there were a number of songs that I had forgotten about like “Kielbasa” that were amazing. It makes me laugh every time Jack Black sings “Your butt cheeks is warm.” His overall operatic delivery was also quite impressive as was “Fuck Her Gently” as the closer but I think what was most impressive is the rabid fan base I was not expecting. No matter where we were there were people all around that knew every word and were really getting into it. In a time where there is no shortage of serious shit going down it was easy to figure out why everyone including myself was enjoying the moment so much.

SETLIST: Post-Apocalypto Theme, B JR Rap, Woman Time, Save the World, Post-Apocalypto Theme (Reprise), Rize of the Fenix, Low Hangin’ Fruit, To Be the Best, They Fucked Our Asses, Sax-a-Boom, Roadie, Kickapoo, The Metal, Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown), Dude (I Totally Miss You), Friendship, Kielbasa, Tribute, Double Team, Explosivo, Master Exploder, Fuck Her Gently