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Last weekend was K’s birthday and we spent it doing a bunch of fun stuff. Friday night we took J over to grandma’s house for a five day visit and K and I were off to see Tropic Thunder. The movie is a laugh riot and Tom Cruise does a memorable job in a small supporting role as a greedy studio head who doesn’t mind dropping quite a few f-bombs and threatening everyone around him.

On Saturday, K and I headed out to Gibson Amphitheater (formerly Universal) and saw Poison, Dokken, and Sebastian Bach in what can only be said was a revitalization of 80s glam to the extreme. All bands were on fire and didn’t let anyone down in the partying department much like the old days of 1988. Sebastian Bach did have a wonderful moment though while singing I Remember You, where he trip backwards over the front PA system and went feet over head upside down. I might even that moment on video! If I do I’ll post it. I guess my only complaint is that it was pretty much a “hits” machine concert. I mean all these bands have enough material to throw in the rare non-hit and Dokken was pretty much the only one that did that by adding “Kiss of Death” to their set list. Well Poison did do a cover version of “What I Like About You” by The Kinks but that actually was a released single from a little over a year ago from their Poisin’d album of all covers. Oh well it was still Nothing But A Good Time at Glamfest ‘08.

Finally on Sunday we saw Pineapple Express and had a great time watching it. Surprisingly, it’s not my favorite Jud Apatow flick but even saying that is a compliment considering that it’s ten times funnier than most of the flicks out there. The thing that threw me off on this one was the attempt to cross breed this with their typical humor and let’s a Quentin Tarantino film… so lots of laughs but a lot of rough violence too. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but somehow unexpected for me. I still liked the movie movie quite a bit and would recommend it over most of the wannabe comedies.

We finished off the birthdayfest on Monday with a wonderful lunch at Lucille’s and one last movie, Vicky Christina Barcelona. Both were excellent and a nice way to cap off the day and the weekend with good drinks, even better food and a top-notch movie.