Sun Kil Moon: Part IV: The After-Party

We made a late-night run to In-N-Out with my favorite singer-songwriter alive. Bob Dylan or Neil Young could not have made the excursion more enjoyable. Mark was hungry after his performance so we all piled into the truck and went through the drive-up window. Mark did not mess around and ordered two hamburgers, fries, and and a large iced tea.

We hung out in the kitchen and talked music and families. Mark was happy to hear that so many enjoyed the show including people that had never heard his music before. He seemed relieved that his performance had delivered for neophytes and longtime listeners.

We convinced Mark that he needed to play Rock Band so we ventured down to the theatre room for some vicarious jamming. Mark unsurprisingly had never heard of the game before. We wanted to test our theory of whether the game was actually more difficult for a virtuoso guitar player than a couch-concert wannabe. But really we just wanted to play in the same line-up as Mark for one night, even if it meant pretending to play fake plastic guitars.

We first demonstrated our chops for Mark with a solid run of "Float On," "Wonderwall," and some other crap band that eludes me. We then gave Mark an axe and he played lead on The Cars "Just What I Needed." Mark reclined back in his chair and appeared to finger the buttons on the neck with ease. But after four straight failures, our band getting thrown off the stage, we deemed our theory correct and Mark retired from the make-believe world of gaming for the first and last time.

Enjoy Mark (in the shades) singing "Tiny Dancer" from 2000's Almost Famous.