goldfish
Another Wednesday show last night and since we had a few friends in town to entertain we decided to hit the town afterwards. We wound up at a bar that instead of golden tee and a pool table was offering up goldfish races. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, the basic idea is you pick the fastest looking goldfish out of a tank, pay $5 and race head to head with other hopefuls. When the race starts the fish are placed in the track and with only the ability to blow through a straw each handler wills their fish to the finish line. Each races winning fish advances while the loser must immediately be swallowed…not really…but the last fish swimming is showered in glory and prizes. To a lot of people this probably sounds kind of cruel but their is actually a silver lining to it all.
A few years ago at a different bar we came across a goldfish race…the first we had ever seen and instead of straws you could use water guns. Although our fish was eliminated in the first round we were able to secure his/her freedom along with the winning fish…they would be released into a large pond at Blue Roof Studios. Blue Roof is where we did most of the recording for the latest album End of the Hits and when we remembered to check in on our fish we noticed that their were now hundreds of fish swimming in massive schools…all stemming from those two pioneering racers. Kinda crazy huh?
April 11th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I remember somehow one of the pond runners having a very close call with his maker.