Wednesday evening I headed to the Hemlock Tavern to see a band called the Evangelicals. They hail from Norman, Oklahoma, and I kind-of-sort-of know the lead singer in a round about way. I enjoyed going out to support them, and to tip them off about Bob's donuts, which is a sugar-glazed piece of heaven in San Francisco.
Bob's is a donut store that is open 24-hours a day. Nothing is better than Bob's donuts at 2am when the donuts are hot out of the fryer and dripping with glaze. You know how excited the ending of Inglorious Basterds made fans of Jewish-Holocaust Fan Fiction Alternate Endings? This is nothing like that, because donuts have nothing to do with the holocaust and I doubt anyone writes Holocaust fan fiction. Although they kind of did in that World War II popularized donuts and then a girl from my Intro to Speech Class - her grandfather came back and commercialized donuts in the US and is the grandfather of donuts. Seriously. I'm not making that up. She gave a 7 minute speech on it and had the gal to not bring in donuts. She should have flunked the assignment on sheer principles.
If donuts try to obtain nirvana, then Bob's is where that cosmic state happens.
Anyways, the Evangelicals have a great studio sound (check them out on iTunes, Amazon MP3, or their MySpace page). To be honest the first time I saw them play I left unimpressed, but that happened over 2 years ago, and they've improved ten-fold. If they were donuts, they'd have almost made it to Bob's by now.
They headlined on Wednesday. I appreciated that they didn't just stand up and play their songs like the opening two bands. Instead they put on an actual show. Their setup is spartan, but they're on a quick tour around the US and they don't have some cool Spy Hunter style semi following them around with awesome gear. But their custom props (headless people made of plastic and filled with Christmas lights) and custom light rigs make a remarkable difference.
This time I couldn't help but notice how eerily similar Josh's voice is to Jim Morrison, and his lyrics are on the same creativity and oddness.
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Seriously, aren't you glad you me and Phi got to Bob's it up?
...actually that sounds dirty and slightly homoerotic. Especially in context to SF.
@Drakonskyr - Daniel.
Sharon wants donuts when she's in.
There aren't any places in this town, and certainly not any that are open 24/7.