By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE
If I were a more scientifically-minded person, I would have conducted an experiment last night at the Mission Bowl. During the 10 p.m. to midnight Rock 'n' Bowl session, I would have written down the name and title of each music video playing as I tossed the ball down the lane and then made a note of my score for that frame. Would modern butt rock inspire more strikes than emo rock? Probably, the results would have been a wash. As it was, butt rock ruled the night, anyway, and all those pitchers of Bud Light surely had the most effect on whatever my final score was.
But the Wednesday night Rock 'n' Bowl is a great concept: two hours of unlimited bowling for $8, plus cheap food and beer, and music videos on a big screen. Granted, one of the videos was for “Paralyzer,” Finger Eleven’s lame song about meeting a girl at a club. But considering the only other place I see videos these days is online, I swallowed my elitism for the night.
Finger Eleven: Take the nu-metallers bowling.
As is the case with TV screens placed anywhere in public, the videos made me a rather anti-social bowler. To the chagrin of at least one fellow ball roller, I spent more time gazing at the giant screen suspended in the middle of the lanes than chatting it up with my teammates between frames. Teammate Double Down Dixie agreed, though: It’s hard not to stare at Gavin Rossdale. Bush may be a Nirvana knock-off, but Rossdale’s still grunge’s hottest rocker. And he still looks good – the video in question was for his new band, Institute. Less sexy were the repeated shots of Kenny Loggins lying on his back and singing from bed in the video for “Danger Zone.” Thank god he was fully clothed. Otherwise, I might have thrown my bowling ball at the screen.
Here’s a partial list of artists and songs I remember from last night.
Rick Astley – “Never Gonna Give You Up”
Flyleaf
Smile Empty Soul
Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name”
Fall Out Boy – “Thnks fr th Mmrs”
My Chemical Romance – “Teenagers” and “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”
MC Hammer
Nine Inch Nails – “Only”
Finger Eleven – “Paralyzer”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Love Rollercoaster”
Puddle of Mudd
Nirvana
Institute
Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone”
30 Seconds to Mars – “From Yesterday”
Rock 'n' Bowl happens on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, too; admission varies. For full info, see the Mission Bowl Web site.
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