10 Reasons Why White Cowbell Oklahoma Anniversary Show Ruled

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White Cowbell Oklahoma (File photo by John Papamarko)

Friday night's festivities served two purposes: the celebration of another White Cowbell Oklahoma XXXmas, and a commemoration of the band reaching their 10th year together.

In the spirit of that anniversary, here's a list of 10 things that made this show great:

1. Colonel Sanders: The king of Kentucky Fried Chicken rose from the grave to MC the show. If his potty mouth is any indication, the afterlife must be a lot like Animal House.

2. Dancing ladies: It wouldn't be a White Cowbell Oklahoma show without half-naked ladies parading around the stage.

3. Jagermeister: Chainsaw Charlie is becoming quite generous with the band's liquor. He practically demanded audience members make their way to the front so he could pour shots from a 40 oz. bottle of Jag down their gullets.

4. Flames: It's a miracle Charlie hasn't burned down a bar in the last 10 years. As usual, he was shooting off sparks with his circular saw and later set the famed white cowbell on fire, using lighter fluid to propel flames above the patrons' heads.

5. Chainsaws: When you have a dude named Chainsaw Charlie in your band, you had better chop some shit up. Charlie hauled out the Husqvarna mid-set and laid waste to a few giant stuffed animals.

6. Santa Claus: Old Saint Nick showed up to play cowbell for a few songs. He looked like he'd been drinking since noon.

7. Giant penises: Mrs. Claus is a lucky woman. Santa felt it necessary to remove what was practically a third leg from his pants. He urinated over every crowd member he could hit. Santa can hold an astonishing amount of piss.

8. All-star guitar face-offs: In perhaps the weirdest event ever witnessed at a White Cowbell show, Billy Talent's Ian D'Sa and the Brown Brigade's Dave Baksh joined the band on stage for a guitar showdown. It wasn't clear who was victorious.

9. Fake snow: Late in the set, Chainsaw Charlie hauled out the night's second giant penis. This one covered the entire front half of the bar in an inch of Styrofoam snow. They must have been cleaning Lee's until sunrise.

10. Rock 'N' Roll: The spectacle aside, Cowbell still play devastating and dirty boogie-rock.

To conclude, I have just one question for White Cowbell Oklahoma: Who's going to come to my apartment and clean up all the fake snow I brought home with me?

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