The Boogie Knights

Our friends, the Boogie Knights (You see what they did there?) from the Chumash Casino moved on to Vegas, where they were "always the best in town." However, when I searched for their performance schedule, I was horrified to learn that they are opening for George Lopez's Tour.

"Have you ever noticed that I'm not funny? No estoy comico! What up with that? But first, disco."

He will be in Santa Clarita next weekend. Like passing ships in the night, so go I and The 'Knights. (Not that I'd drive all the way to Santa Clarita to see them AND George Lopez).

What I did find, however, is that The Boogie Knights are part of some conglomorate of awesome called Perfect World Entertainment. So they have another group, The Spazmatics that is playing "on the Strip" on Saturday Night.

The Spazmatics story... (How The Spazmatics became The Spazmatics)
The Spazmatics were born in the spring of 1983 when physics professor Kevin Stigwood of Alta Dena High in Thousand Oaks California, lost a debate over String Theory to an upstart pupil in front of the entire student body and faculty. As agreed to by both parties, the loser would have to do anything that the winner demanded, and the victorious prodigy demanded that Mr. Stigwood perform "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby during half-time at an upcoming state basketball championship game. Having no musical background and desperate to not go down in total humiliation, Professor Stigwood formed The Spazmatics by tapping the genius of electronics teacher Sidney Baderman (AKA "Sid Sonic"), who had achieved international acclaim in 1981 for his invention of "robot" drums. When Baderman (who was also the girls water polo coach at Alta Dena Middle School) explained that most of the music could be generated by computers, and that all he needed was a couple of decent musicians to complete The Spazmatics, Stigwood was ecstatic. To make The Spazmatics complete, Stigwood brought in his special needs brother Curtis on bass, and teacher's assistant Rusty A. Woosmeir (AKA "The Raw") on guitar. When The Spazmatics took center court that evening, members of the hip elite began heckling them with jibes of "geek" and "nerd," while everyone else howled with laughter. But once they broke into the opening salvo of "Science," the nonbelievers were stunned by the group's authenticity of production, world class musicianship, and tight choreography. The Spazmatics performance came to a climax when Stigwood grabbed one of the cheerleaders and began doing the "Belinda" up and down the court with her in tow. When it was all over, the crowd rose in a standing ovation, and The Spazmatics were born.

Sounds awesome and fun right? So I checked out the location 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd. - "That sounds high." *Google google google* "South Point Mall?" Oh, I've been there with my friend MikenotAdrian - it was the prettiest/saddest mall on earth!" It's also like a mile south of McCarran Airport, which makes it stupid to put on any shows or call it "the Strip" at that point.

However, if you live in America, there's probably a Spasmatics show near you. They're in LA, NY, SF, Chicago, New Orleans, etc etc etc. So they don't seem like much of a Vegas novelty. Also, there's no pun in their name. And at this point in the blog, I demand at least that.