they are night zombies
went over to the Death From Above 1979 show pretty early last night. i was worried that we might not get in, since the tickets at CDPlus had sold out. it turned out that 7:30 was a bit too early (who knew?). so, i went and got a coffee at the 'Chase and wandered around for a while, listening to You're a Woman, I'm a Machine and Illinois. ran into Tobin, who as you may know is an urban artist here in Halifax - he was working on a piece outside Strange Adventures. he and i were friends as teenagers, so it was fun to catch up with him. i climbed Citadel Hill and took some pictures of the setting sun. what a beautiful night. went back and checked the Attic, still no line. dropped into Cheers for info, but they couldn't tell me anything beyond the Attic opens sometime between 10 and 10:30, and they should be selling tickets then. i reward them for their inability to answer my questions by buying a beer.
after i finish my beer, i go outside to find that a line has begun to form at the Attic. i get in line and pass the time talking to the people behind me about Sufjan Stevens and the wood flavouring that they must put in non-mint toothpicks. there is a relatively minor car accident down the street for our entertainment. Katrina arrives and we wait until 10:45 or so to get in. Uncut is not too bad, their songs are serviceable and i enjoy most of their set. Controller.Controller bores me, although i'm oddly distracted by the female lead singer's armpits, which she keeps showing us. i think she was proud of the close shave provided by her triple blade razor (no brand names). DFA 1979 is really great, but the mosh pit that breaks out with the first song just reminds me of putting every bully i've ever known on a dance floor. you spend more time trying to stay on your feet than actually listening to the music. i'm not advocating that we should sit around in red leather wingback chairs, with pipes and smoking jackets, listening to DFA 1979, but spending most of your time fighting off the weight and beer showers of 150 drunken jackasses is crazy. grr.
in the end, it's quarter after two in the morning and there is no meat-on-a-stick to be found, which is very sad. we settle for pizza and pop. aside from Controller.Controller and the mosh pit, i had a great night.
after i finish my beer, i go outside to find that a line has begun to form at the Attic. i get in line and pass the time talking to the people behind me about Sufjan Stevens and the wood flavouring that they must put in non-mint toothpicks. there is a relatively minor car accident down the street for our entertainment. Katrina arrives and we wait until 10:45 or so to get in. Uncut is not too bad, their songs are serviceable and i enjoy most of their set. Controller.Controller bores me, although i'm oddly distracted by the female lead singer's armpits, which she keeps showing us. i think she was proud of the close shave provided by her triple blade razor (no brand names). DFA 1979 is really great, but the mosh pit that breaks out with the first song just reminds me of putting every bully i've ever known on a dance floor. you spend more time trying to stay on your feet than actually listening to the music. i'm not advocating that we should sit around in red leather wingback chairs, with pipes and smoking jackets, listening to DFA 1979, but spending most of your time fighting off the weight and beer showers of 150 drunken jackasses is crazy. grr.
in the end, it's quarter after two in the morning and there is no meat-on-a-stick to be found, which is very sad. we settle for pizza and pop. aside from Controller.Controller and the mosh pit, i had a great night.
posted by Jack Rational at 12:46 PM
4 Comments:
So. Who's better, Controler.Controller or Death By Nostalgia (soon to not be renamed DBN 1979)? Back in October of 2003 we were both listed as two of the best bands you've never heard. My how times change.
http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2003/1023/mus7.htm
i suspect that the best band you've never heard of is now The Brown Funk.
personally, would love to see a show with red leather wingback chairs & smoking jackets ... dbn >>>>>>>> controller controller
maybe that could be part of our stage show as The Cosmic Rich... or is that The Astro-Poor?
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