i followed them for a long time, though i did get tired of the state theatre stables. parking was a bitch. john k ruled the band and everybody knew it, but nobody cared because you shut your eyes everytime and they were the dead. they became them. they even sort of looked like them. bizarro world. then john left and i havent seen them since. how horrible of me, for i love them. so i was thinking of checking out one of the two upcoming shows . . . to see.