MARK THOMAS DEMING: THE PINK SNOWFLAKES LAND AT THE JIVE >>>
Trip mushrooms and go to Bob’s Java Jive sometime. Walk into the coffee pot. Take a long hard look at that hamburger lamp on the bar. Stand under those hobbit-like ceilings and order a Coors from Gandalf. Play Tetris. Pee in a trough. Have a conversation with a dead antelope.
Wait, bad idea.
Get weird on Portland psych studs The Pink Snowflakes instead. Their extravagant, surreal, super-loud act will blow your mind almost as ably as the funny fungus. More than just another ’60s rehash, The Pink Snowflakes combine hippie-era acid rock with modern pop and sludge.
No telling what they’ll pull at the Jive, but past Snowflakes shows have included bubble machines, black lights and unicorns. I’m thinking Smurfs. Huh, remember the Smurfs, dude? Dude. Dude? Whoa.
[Bob’s Java Jive, with Nudity and Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid, Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m., $5, 2102 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, 253.475.9843]