Home Decorating

I should start by saying the kitty kat and myself have few clues on home decorating. We don't know colors, don't know what goes with what, and really don't know what our house "should" look like. Certain things are mandatory... like the Pac Man machine! Beyond that, everything is up in the air. Recently we decided to decorate our living room in similar style to a couple of our friends... concert posters! My first thought, as we discussed concert posters for our living room walls was, "if concert posters are ok why not move my framed Joe Ferguson (the Dodger, not the Bill) jersey to the living room. That thing is sweet, right!? However, knowing that was a losing battle I went with the framed concert posters theme.

Ok, which ones? I am thinking "classics" like Run DMC, Beastie Boys and maybe even something like AC/DC as a shout out to my frat bros. Kitty Kat was thinking Tim McGraw, the Police and others. We compromised!

I thought this House of Pain poster was pretty cool... but Kitty Kat reminded me she is not a big boxing fan so she voted no. That's ok though because we have a pretty decent group that we have purchased and may get one or two more. Here is the current crop we have bought and if you can think of any others let us know! We would like colorful concert posters of bands or venues with some meaning. The meaning can be "gosh we were dorks in the 80's" like Rick Springfield or it can be "man I was cool in the 90's" like E-40 live in Oakland. Ok, here's what we got so far:

Kiss/Aerosmith at Sleeptrain Amphitheater a few years ago. Of course, Sleeptrain is here in the Sac area so that's a plus. Also, the poster is real cool looking with a picture of a limo. I like it.

Dave Matthews Band/ Big Head Toad (or someone like that). This was for a Nor Cal concert (I do not recall where now) back in the late 90's. Poster is real colorful with some cool graphics. It's horizontal rather than the traditional vertical layout for concert posters. This may be good or bad depending on how the lay out looks.

Go-Go's. Classic 80's band in a classic Fillmore style poster. If you don't know what Fillmore style is that means psychedelic 60's looking. It's pretty nice looking and since Belinda Carlisle dated Mike Marshall back in the 80's it is almost a sports poster!

Hall and Oats. Fillmore style poster that looks great. Plus, though a lot of people make fun of Hall and Oats for songs like Maneater... I like Hall and Oats for their funky soul beginning and the CD they did live at the Apollo. Check that CD out sometime!

Parliment/George Clinton. Another Fillmore style. Big AFRO on G'Clinton. The kitty Kat wasn't real clear on who these people were and I explained they are like the foundation of funk music and, more importantly, the background to tons of great rap music. This is a cool one! Plus I saw them live back about '98, down in SF, and it was a great dance party!

Lastly, and the best as far as I am concerned, Sir Mix-a-Lot, at some little club in SF a couple years ago. Kitty Kat and I were actually at the club a few weeks earlier for a Wonderbread 5 show. The place was really just a small bar with a stage. When I saw that Mix was coming a couple weeks later I told her we were going back to SF... but unfortunately we had plans to be out of town that weekend so I missed the Mix show. Luckily for me I now have the concert poster! It's a different size and style than the others but it is funky fresh!

Ok, I will admit I bought Kitty Kat the Police poster yesterday. She doesn't know yet so don't let it slip. I don't love the poster but the Police were cool for a few weeks back about '81 and the poster has some good color to it.

With that I better get back to Ebay... I mean back to work.