Conchords soar in Aro Valley

Flight of the Conchords, review of their mini-concert, Feb 12 2008 (only took me 18 months to post it!):

Bret and Jemaine played a short set (Jenni, Inner City Pressure, Think About It) at the AroVideo store in Wellington this morning. Invitations were only sent out to AroVideo members at 10 pm the night before, giving about 12 hours notice in an effort to keep numbers down.

The store was crowded, but speakers were outside, so those of us who couldn't get inside could still hear (see video clip on www.stuff.co.nz). Then we all waited around with DVDs, CDs, jandals, a ukulele (on which Bret wrote 'Ukes not nukes'), a pie (apparently, though I didn't see that), even a tissue, to be signed. They had earlier offered to sign 'boobies and butts' too, but again I didn't see if they did.

My friend and I waited an hour to speak to them, and the reason it took so long is cos the guys chatted to everyone, wrote personal messages and posed for photos. Lovely guys, both gorgeous close-up, with smiles to die for. Eagle vs Shark was also released on DVD today, so the lovely Loren Horsley was also there.

My friend took photos, incl one of me up close with Jemaine. A perfect start to the day or, as I like to call my conversation with Bret - 'Five minutes in heaven'. In typical NZ/Wellington fashion, we have at least three friends in common, so plenty of conversation 'ins'.