Going for a song

After the awesomeness of Batman Live (see yesterday’s post), how could my Saturday night have gotten any better?

Well for starters, after the show, we headed back to the Sky bar (as mentioned previously) where I began drinking Hoegaarden’s like they were going out of fashion. Apparently singing “I’ve got Hoes, in different area codes” (of course a reference to the alcoholic beverage) is only acceptable if your wife isn’t there to hear.

After they kicked us out of the Sky bar (we were the last ones there unsurprisingly), we wandered aimless as a cloud (or more accurately several clouds) until settling on another bar where we could continue drinking. By this point I had resigned myself to the fact that I wasn’t going to get to eat anything to soak up the alcohol until the end of the evening.

After several more drinks, we decided to call it a night – largely in order for the people who had to get the last tube home to be able to get the last tube home. Now at this point, those of us who were getting driven home (thanks Jake BTW), decided that the best possible course of action would be to get ourselves a midnight snack from McDonalds. My stomach did not thank me in the morning.

On the drive to the “restaurant” (and it does deserve the speech marks), I received a call from my friends Alex and Laura. After warning Alex that I was pretty hammered at that point, she decided she still wanted to talk to me. Now, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, Alex is in an all girl band called My Heroine, who incidentally are (in my humble and entirely unbiased opinion) the best unsigned band on the planet. So at this point, they play an impromptu song down the phone for the listening pleasure of myself, Jake and Paul. The song was brilliant, and had a number of references to superheroes throughout, making it the perfect way to end an evening already jam packed with comic book heroes and villains. My (admittedly somewhat skewed) recollection was that they had written that song specifically for me, and even if they hadn’t, I’m going to continue to believe they did until one of them corrects me. In fact, next time I see them I might suggest they call it “Wesley’s Song”. I’m sure that’ll go down a treat.

So, in conclusion, an absolutely amazing evening. All in all, my life is pretty damn awesome sometimes.

Incidentally, if you are interested in checking the girls out you can find them on http://www.myheroineofficial.com. They’re all absolutely lovely, down-to-earth and friendly, and personally I think it’s great to see an all girl band who: a) can actually play instruments, b) write all of their own songs, and c) are entirely unmanufactured. My personal favourite song is “Default Man”, with “Breath” and “Show and Tell” close second and third. Check them out and see for yourself. I’ve got a feeling that they’re going to be huge in 2012, so get on the bandwagon early…