Vampires and more

Last Saturday, Cath invited Tim and I to attend the "Vampires Rock" concert/play at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Not sure what to expect, we dressed in dark, mostly blacks and browns, clothing. We guessed right. While most of the audience did have on similar attire, about a third had fangs, capes and face paint. What we didn't know until we arrived is that we had front row tickets!!

The show was quite loud and got off to a brilliant start with guitar riffs from Bon Jovi to Van Halen to Meatloaf. The plot - Baron von Rokkula is in search of a new wife; presumably, he's killed his first one. What the plot lacked -- it was a bit forced and weak at times -- the music made up for. We heard 80's classics like "I need a Hero", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Shot through the Heart" and "Poison" (by Alice Cooper) and many other songs by Guns 'n Roses, Whitesnake, Queen, Meatloaf, Van Halen and more. The front row seats provided lots of sweat and (fake) blood to drip down on us, not to mention nearly being choked out by the thick stream of dry ice. It was definately something different and an entertaining 2 hours.

Speaking of vampires, last night we celebrated with Victoria, our friend, Gothic novel professor and everything 'dark' (like vampires and the occult) expert for her 50th birthday. I drove John, Mary and Tim out to their flat on Fair-a-Far drive and joined them and about 15 or so of their friends for a nice night of wine, snacks, whisky and inappropriate banter. It was fun to chat with Paul and Lorna about their friends art (which is currently on display at the Blue Moon Cafe) and why Edinburgh doesn't have more 'strippers' in the gay bars. Her friend Stephan from Minneapolis flew over and gay'd it up more than Tim and I could ever imagine.

Tonight: Cath is doing a special 'naughty quiz' - I hope to make it.