3:30 am Saturday after last call. Way after. The drunken herds leaving the bars on Capitol Hill are often annoying and loud and you can hear what time it is without looking at the clock. Awoken by two guys walking home or on their way to a friends house or onto another party. Amplified by alcohol. Boisterous, courageous, discourteous but hilarious. From a block away I could hear singing. As they got closer I recognized the song. Each would take a turn a line a riff, trying to outdo the other. In an overblown caricature of a karaoke voice. Like an SNL skit or spoof or joke. Like Bette Midler doing her best Scott Weiland impression. Like Will Farrell doing Bette Midler doing Scott Weiland.
And it was good. Took my breath away.
Roll On! live free or die, you know, next door, one state over
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