There are a few parties I was asked to crash this weekend, and one of them reminded me of this epic question Ari asked yesterday. The host, who is turning 40, is throwing a big private bar party and has hired the “great eighties cover band” 80s Invasion to play. The host promised to drink “until her liver gave out.”

Part of me doesn’t know whether to be stoked or horrified by the prospect of this party. It really could go either way: the sad desperation of turning 40 combined with the sad desperation of a real life “Wedding Singer” band combined with copious amounts of alcohol could end up in a lot of tears. For fears. It could also be a blast. Looking at the bands that 80s Invasion is currently covering is promising: Talking Heads, David Bowie, the Smiths, Billy Idol, and a bunch of regular 80s staples. It will most likely be a fun, positive party…but there are a lot of unaccounted variables here.

In the end it doesn’t really matter, because I got invited to a house having a “fried food” party (two deep fryers!) and my beat is homes, not bars. Still, the idea of a wasted, freshly turned 40 year old simultaneously scream laughing and crying on my arm as a live band plays a perfect rendition of “Relax” is something I kind of want to experience, if only for the memories. I would tell you where the show is so you could see 80s Invasion for yourself, but its a private party, so you can’t go. Unless you show up and say your name is Jeff Kirby and that you’re with the Stranger.