Loose Leaf Notes

Christian Breeder, of American Dumpster and Floydfest fire-breathing dragon wagon fame, narrated a space landing at Dogtown Roadhouse on New Year’s Eve.

In a spectacle reminiscent of a down home Cirque de Soleil, we watched as Breeder, in his best his best Leonard Cohen meets Bob Dylan meets the Crash Test Dummies meets Tom Waits on whiskey voice, made some stream of consciousness predictions as a carnival troupe of people in capes, on stilts and swinging from the rafters spun around acting out his stories.

Lizards posing as girls with zippers down their back … wormholes … interchangeable heads … and the universal question: What are you doing here?

Some of Floyd’s best local dancers were invited on stage to dance. The rest of us twirled around on the dance floor, trying not to bump into the court jesters.

I especially enjoyed the band’s rendition of Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane and Cohen’s Hallelujah.  At midnight I hugged a few friends and kept dancing.  Life goes on. Or as my Asheville potter son, Josh, says, “2012 … It’s not the end of the world.”  Watch the video HERE and HERE.