Les Georges Leningrad – Supa Doopa
Les Georges Leningrad played the Velvet Underground in my fair city last weekend. I wish more bands like this would visit Edmonton: edgy, eccentric, and danceable. The drummer, dressed in Flintstones-ish leopard print underwear, bumped into me on the way to the stage with an “Excuse moi”. The whole band had this Flintstones/circus freak-show feel going on for them. It definitely worked as a stage/art show. Overall, a very enjoyable concert (video to come!). Outside, I chatted with various peoples, yet it was the teenagers the made me uneasy. soo unpredictable.
It was only a few weeks ago that I got mugged outside of the Velvet Underground/Starlite room. Ok, let me backtrack…it was a Fri night, G and I went to this hipster dance party downtown at the Velvet Underground. The crowd was scant and mediocre at best (no one wanted to dance!). This one guy, though, for one reason or another, polished off his breakdancing moves on the dance floor, and in the process, ended up cracking open his head. There was, literally, blood on the dance floor, a big puddle (which no one cleaned up that I saw). This was the bad omen I should’ve payed attention to. After all that excitement, G and I called it a night and left for the harsh outside. Not too long after passing by, what seemed like a few ‘harmless’ kids, we were being mugged by them. Ok, it was mainly me because G was not only his cell phone, but he was drunk and distracted, unaware of what was going on. The kid flashed what looked like a real gun (G begs to differ), so I did what any sane, sober person would do: I gave him my money. Well, it wasn’t a whole lot, just a $5 bill and a handful of change, to what amounted to around $8 total (I had $60 on me). I thought that was the end of it, but it wasn’t. They followed us to my car and tried to intimidate us even more. Now, G probably did this because he was drunk, but he told them off and was egging them on for a fight, which ended up not happening. I think because of this they backed off and finally left.
I’ve lived in Edmonton all my life, yet this was the first time I’ve ever been mugged in this city. It was also on this night that there were a total of 4 stabbings in Edmonton, one of them not even a block away from where I was mugged. I realize G or I may have been stabbed that night, had we pushed these kids. Point is, there’s way too much violence in this city. Like really, what the fuck is wrong with people today?
