Twisted Sister is one of the most famous 80’s Glam Rock Bands out there.  How could one possibly pass up, a Twisted Sister Christmas? A show that promised Christmas tunes, laughs, and classic Twisted Sister tunes.  TS’s performance fell nothing short of AWESOME, however getting to it was an adventure in itself.

The show was held on Sunday Dec. 6th in New York City’s Times Square in Nokia Theater.  It was a General Admission show with standing room in the front and stadium seating in the back.  The capacity for this place is 2100 and it seemed to be packed to the rim. The crowd ranged from excited tweens to aging rockers.

Doors opened at 6, and the show was supposed to start at 7,  but NOTHING happened for sometime. A little bit after 8pm, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, from “That Metal Show” on VH1 came out to perform “comedy.” By comedy I mean, racist, homophobic, “jokes” about how Asians can’t drive, you shouldn’t wear your seatbelt, how drunk driving is cool, and that they like to bang minors. Class act guys. Not only was it painfully unfunny, they were each on for about 15 minutes and once disapearing from stage it took another 30-45 minutes MORE before Twisted Sister came on, just after 9pm.

For a show that starts at 7, most the audience was a bit livid, shouting things like “we have to work tomorrow!”

Finally when the show started the curtains pulled back and we saw some elves in this rad Santa workshop stage.  Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, Jay Jay French,  Mark “The Animal” Mendoza,  & A. J. Pero then got on stage followed by three slutty reindeer’s pulling out Santa’s sleigh which had Dee Snider on top in a Santa outfit as they broke into ” Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The audience squealed in delight.  After the first song Snider lost the Santa costume and donned his normal spandex pants apparel, and of course full makeup.

They alternated their play list between Christmas songs and classic Twisted Sister. There were plenty of over enthusiastic drunks bopping around who got entirely too excited when songs like “Burn in Hell” came on. When  piece of equipment fell or needed repair an elf would run out stage to fix it.

During “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” rocker Constantine Maroulis, made a guest appearance and really nailed it. It was highly enjoyable to see him singing with Snider.

At one point an elf came out with a snow machine and was humping the snow out of it. I believe it was during  ”I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” The ejaculating elf ran across the stage like mad, dowsing the band and audience members with his special white stuff.

Throughout the show Snider kept disappearing behind the set, presumably for water. It was a tad distracting.  ”The Animal”  had some bass issues for a few songs but later returned on stage.

The perhaps most amazing thing about the show was that guitarist Eddie Ojeda, was on stage rocking it out just 4 days after having emergency back surgery. He didn’t appear to be in pain, and played like a champ.

At one point Santa came on stage with no pants on. He asked everyone in the band what they wanted for Christmas, and when he asked Snider he replied that he already had so much to ask for anything else would be selfish…but…. and Santa insisted, which he finally replied ” I WANNA ROCK!” and then broke into that song.

The show was excellent, they were defiantly spry for a band thats been around since the 70’s, still showing the same enthusiasm I imagine they did on tour in the 80’s (when I was still in diapers), engaged the audience in song with them at several points, making it all that much more enjoyable. The only thing I would suggest is ditching the openers and starting on time.

For the encore they sang  their own rendition of the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, called “Heavy Metal Christmas” and then brought out approx. 30 of the FDNY on stage while they sang “We’re not Gonna Take It.” These guys were LOADED, dancing around, like morons, singing into the mics, I was just waiting for one to fall off the stage. It was harmless fun though.

I suggest checking out their album, “A Twisted Christmas” to an alternative to the crap thats out there now.  Available on their site http://twistedsister.com/ you can download “Come All Ye Faithful” to the tune of  ”We’re Not Gonna Take It” for free.

I’d love to have coffee with Dee Snider some day.

As I had predicted, http://www.sunglassesline.com was full of shit:

I contacted http://www.sunglassesline.com/ regarding these glasses. They claimed to not have them in stock but that they are able to get them from the company and will take about one week longer to deliver. Hmmmm….that sounds too good to be true. I emailed back asking that she confirm that these are available and she “confirmed” it.  Seems WAY too good to be true. I checked out the site best I could and said “hell with it!” and ordered a pair. I did it through Google Checkout so only time will tell if they REALLY have it.

I highly highly highly doubt that they will be able to acquire these sunglasses. They claim not to charge until the glasses have shipped, so I’ll keep a close eye on my card and I’ll sick Google on them if they try to screw me over!

I “liked” these:

D&G
Fendi in Pink

Why bother, nothing can replace what was lost…

Many of you have been emailing me links like Popular Glasses Decor my Eyes and Eye Wear Town (and more) that show they are selling these glasses. Thanks for the emails, BUT these sites of full of crap. It appears that there is a group that run collectively runs all of these sites and they offer the ol’ bait and switch.

Back in April, I tried purchasing from Popular Glasses before I was aware of this. They told me that the style of glasses were discontinued and they could not get them, and offered alternatives (even though it says they are in stock online, and called and verified that they had them) It took over one month for them to send me that email after I had repeatedly called, emailed and asked about the glasses. I finally got a refund over a month later.

I’ve since emailed every site that has the glasses “available” and I’ve gotten a few responses from different sites from the same email address (proving they are all the same company). Some of the responses are RUDE:

“it seems as though this color is DISCONTINUED You wont be able to locate it anywhere”

 That is if they even bother responding, and don’t offer something else. Online retailers don’t have these glasses so I am turning to the general public to search! If you see someone wearing them tell them to contact me.

I’ve started the search again online with “Wanted Item” ads on both eBay and Craigslist and am getting a lot of spam and people offering me glasses that don’t even closely resemble the ones I am looking for. Its getting frustrating BUT I will NOT give up hope!

My name is Sandra Soroka, and I am looking for a pair of  Vogue model 2419 color 133989 sunglasses. Please help.

Above is a my friend Matt, the sunglasses I want, and the prize he shall receive it he successfully finds them for me.

I’m not doubting Matt’s internet scouting abilities one bit, but I’ve looked and looked to no avail, so if I can have minions doing some work on my behalf as well the more the merrier. I’ll up the stakes by offering a prize to anyone I personally know, if you find these sunglasses. Whats the prize? IDK something cool, I mean look what I offered Matt? Huh, huh? You know you want something cool like that….yeah…

Many people have asked,

Sandra why haven’t you called the rental car place before today??!?

Well the car place/Travelocity screwed up a ton of shit and overcharged us like $100+ and I was so busy trying to sort that out and I never realized I didn’t call. I just realized it recently I never called about the sunglasses.

I called again today and got a woman who told me they donate lost items after 30 days to the Salvation Army. Great some hobo bought them for $1 and are looking all stylish in MY SHADES.

I’ll say this much though, never use Travelocity or the Budget Rent a Car in Las Vegas at 4475 W Tropicana Ave. They refused to give us back any of the overcharges and were very rude to boot. So you know what? SUCK IT.

I phoned the POS rental car company, to inquire about their lost and found department. After being transferred 3 times I ended up at someone’s voicemail and left a message. To no surprise of mine I have not received a call back. Now I realize the chances of them having them are slim, since it was after all April, but geez I gotta try! I’ll phone them back today and request a manager go look.

I’ve gotten two responses to my eBay posting for Want it Now but both have been dead ends, not the glasses I am looking for.