and rockstar dreams are the winner!

wouldn't that be a great name for a racing horse? Rockstar Dreams. As God is my witness, i have copyrighted that name and if you are a billionaire thinking of naming your race horse - i demand royalties.

in any case, i had another dream about being a rockstar... well... sorta.

somehow, weezer needs a drummer because Pat (their regular drummer) wanted to play keyboards - so i convinced them to let me play in their concert. the only problem, and i only had one, is that i don't know how to play drums. i guess that has been a passion of mine as of late - to learn to play drums (aileen even bought me an electronic drum set for my birthday - she is so insane). in any case, back to the dream:

IN front of a huge crowd, weezer takes the stage with ANDY as their drummer. the crowd goes wild. RIVERS comes to ANDY and tells him what the setlist is.

RIVERS
Okay, so we're gonna open up with 'Holiday', 'Dope Nose' at ... 120 i think..., followed by 'El Scorcho' ...but i'm going to give a talk before then so wait for my cue... (he goes on with the setlist in band lingo)

andy looks very confused, trying to interject that he only knows how to play 'Island in the Sun' and that he's never played a real set of drums before - only electronic ones.

ANDY
um... okay.. well... i ... i sorta...

PAT (from the keyboard on andy's left)
don't sweat it dude. let's just play.

Rivers starts with the song and Andy starts hitting random drums to the beat. Eventually, he just plays the tab for 'Island in the Sun' for two songs with some crash cymbal alterations. Andy starts to worry about El Scorcho after barely surviving through Dope Nose, for El Scorcho starts with a small drum solo. However, Rivers comes to talk with Andy between songs.

RIVERS
so you think you know what you're doing?

ANDY
no... not really...

RIVERS
well, just play along man. i'm sure you can do it.

Rivers, BRIAN, and Pat start a very long conversation while Scott is in the background just hanging around the stage. The crowd starts getting rowdy and is mixed with boos and chants of "Weezer!" after waiting 10 minutes. The band starts snickering.

RIVERS
okay, let's play. Andy, start it up when i give you the cue.

Andy starts getting scared. As the audience starts to get up and leave the concert, Rivers comes to the front of the stage.

RIVERS
HEY! HAHA! WHERE ARE YOU ALL GOING?!

Suddenly from the back of a audience, a huge crowd of girls wearing t-shirts with the US Flag on front start storming the crowd. The crowd realizes this was all a set-up and all part of the show. Rivers looks at Andy to play the drum solo - and so he does. He plays it a little off starting with a cymbal instead of one of the drums, but the band eventually ad libs and starts the song. Andy continues to play the beat of 'Island in the Sun' and it sounds totally off.

After the song is done, the band decides to play another prank on the crowd and leaves the stage. The crowd is booing once again.

RIVERS
we'll be back soon! we just need to take a break, that's all! in the meantime, enjoy our cover!

another band walks in and starts to play music against the even louder boos and taunts of the crowd. Weezer and andy walk in the hallways to the cafeteria, laughing all the way. People are passing them but don't notice who they are. afterall, weezer is supposed to be on stage. they come to a table and sit. Brian starts chuckling.

PAT
why you laughing Brian?

BRIAN
(turns to andy) i can't believe the way you played drums tonite man!

everyone laughs. Andy feels dumb but still thinks it was definitely a fun experience.


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okay, so that was my dream last nite. maybe i should be a rockstar.