"That Al Gore guy doesn't know what he's talking about!"

Last week Eric invited Sam and I to this "experimental music" concert/show. We thought it could be interesting, and were all for it. So today we get on the tram, meet Eric and he tells us that he neglected to read the French description (only the English bit at the bottom) and it turns out that this show is for ages 4+. We decide that we fall into the "+" category, so what the hell.

When we get to the place, it's like a family center and all the children look like they're 4-, so we're kind of alarmed. But we buy tickets anyway and get ready for the show.

Oh my god. I can't even describe how strange it was. There were three people on stage: a woman with this weird instrument who kept chanting/making strange noises, a drummer and a guy with a laptop. In the middle of the stage was this large screen that displayed this horrible video which alternated between shots of a badly animated polar bear and an elephant figurine and actual footage of icebergs/jungles. It was like watching a kid playing with his action figures in the bathtub.

At about halfway through I just started giggling uncontrollably. The polar bear was floating down the Amazon or whatever and the elephant was zooming along in her lotus flower and the woman was making crazy motor boat noises and it was all just too much. I couldn't stop laughing. I started saying "Sorry, I love you baby, but I just can't smile," over and over again (I HATE being in the middle!) and that would work for a few minutes, but then I'd see Sam's shoulders start to shake or hear Eric snort, and then I was off again. It was bad.

Afterwards we all kind of just looked at each other and were like, "um?". Eric thinks that the morale of the story is that global warming won't drown the polar bears because flying elephants will save them. Sam thinks that it was a terrifying portrayal of the world and all its problems. i think it was a complete waste of time. And 6€.

Haha oh but no, it was totally worth it for the laughs. I will never ever forget Nanuq and Ganesh!

And aren't you just uber lucky? I found an excerpt for you! Wow...it looks semi-normal.