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Friday, June 19th, 2009
1:39 am	Everlasting Gothstopper Peter Murphy (the singer from Bauhaus) performed in Austin today, for the third time in the past year. Last July he performed at Emo's (my post about the concert), in March he performed at Elysium during SXSW (I was planning to go but I didn't get enough sleep the night before and ended up staying home that evening), and this evening he performed at Emo's again. I ran into halalkitty and Mindy shortly after I got there. I have to admit that I haven't listened to even the majority of Peter's solo works: only Deep (which is still awesome, one of the greatest albums ever) and Dust (which is... atmospheric, but kind of boring). Most of the songs he sang today before the first encore were ones I had not heard before (many of which were new, apparently), except a cover of NIN's "Hurt", another cover I forget, and "Too Much Twenty-First Century" from last year's Peter Murphy + Love And Rockets collaboration. The encores were much more familiar: "A Strange Kind of Love" / "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (which was a surprising combination when I first heard it, but seemed more natural this time), "The Passion of Lovers", a cover of Joy Division's "Transmission", and for the second encore, a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, we know Major Tom's a junkie, and Peter wore a black feather boa while singing "Space Oddity", because he could. No "Cuts You Up" this time, though. (As an aside, if the dead did happen to walk the earth, I would expect a fairly high number of peri-apocalyptic Ian Curtis collaborations. Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy would probably be towards the top of the list, The Killers probably closer to the bottom? (And yes, I know how they got their name.) Not sure if Sumner, Hook, and Morris would go for the whole reunion thing, even under the circumstances. But I bet more people own Joy Division T-shirts today than actually saw the band perform. Not to mention the woman I saw at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007(?) who had the cover art from Unknown Pleasures tattooed on her arm. Now that is a devoted fan.) The opening band, "Venus In Furs", was pretty good too. Not sure about the name, since their music seemed pretty removed from that of the Velvet Underground (and its subject matter further removed from the term's original referent). Actually, they reminded me of a local band, The Lemurs, but less Gang-of-Fourish and more mainstream? Current Music: Joy Division - Autosuggestion (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
10:42 pm	Being less apathetic about my car This afternoon, I got new tires installed. I plan to take better care of these than the previous set. I got the suspension realigned a little over a week ago, in hopes that these will wear more evenly. And I need to be less forgetful about the inflation/rotations. This evening, I hand washed my car at one of my apartment complex's car wash stations, for the first time in two years of living here. It took two hours. Apparently I wash my car the same way I drive it: slowly. Interior windows were particularly painful: did I use FogX or something at some point, or are the windows greasy and impossible-to-clean because I regularly fry bacon in my car? Also, I finally removed the six-years-obsolete apartment parking sticker from the rear window. Its adhesive made the back seat smell terrible, much like the vile chemical-dogshit reek of whiteboard cleaner spray. Remaining tasks in order of decreasing annoyance: Obtain a steering wheel cover. Nine years of Texas sun have made the vinyl/foam outer surface of my car's steering wheel crack and peel. I want one that laces up, because the ones at AutoZone/Walmart/Target/whatever are overly thick, made of stinky rubber or fat foam + uncomfortable elastic, and leave an open gap around the inside of the wheel. However, there only seems to be one brand that laces? Vacuum interior and wipe hard interior surfaces. Replace stock stereo head unit with one that has a non-flaky volume control and an iPod/aux input. I tried one of those FM transmitters once, and it went back to the store two days later because I couldn't get a decent signal without switching to mono, and even then it sounded bad compared to the CD player. Shampoo carpet. Several years ago, someone's bottle of Snapple ended up under the driver's seat and half of it leaked out in the six months before I noticed. I have never gotten around to doing anything about it. Current Music: Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
9:20 pm	NIN/JA 2009 photos A big thanks to Trent Reznor et al. for having such an open photography policy for the NIN/JA 2009 tour. ( More photos of Street Sweeper Social Club, Nine Inch Nails, and Jane's Addiction... ) Current Music: Lou Reed - Wagon Wheel (2 Comments |Comment on this)
8:44 pm	NIN/JA 2009 (aka. NIN Wave Goodbye tour 1989-2009) I went to the Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction concert at Frank Erwin Center with schlaeton yesterday. The opening act was Street Sweeper Social Club. I'm not terribly fond of Rage Against the Machine, and these guys sound a lot like them (or maybe a tribute/cover band?), but it turns out they're not just imitators--Tom Morello is in the band. Yeah, okay, but that doesn't make them any more interesting. Next was Nine Inch Nails. It was a good show, but not as exciting as when they played Stubb's because watching a concert from stadium seating 10 miles high (not counting the mezzanine) just isn't the same as getting kicked in the head in general admission.¹ The setlist included a lot more songs from before The Fragile than after, and they even played "Dead Souls" (cover of a Joy Division song, was on the soundtrack to The Crow) but no "Burn" or "The Perfect Drug". I'm glad @trent_reznor waited until after the show to tweet "Not one of our better shows. Despite our efforts we seemed unable to win over the crowd. Texas ends with a whisper." Jane's Addiction played last. I've only heard a handful of their songs before, a couple of which I liked ("Been Caught Stealing", "Jane Says", both of which they played last night). The rest of the songs they played were decent, worth another listen, if not the most wonderful thing my ears have ever heard. Thankfully, Perry Farrell was decent too (read: clothed); he claimed to have seen these "funky duds" in a thrift store and just walked right through the door. ¹ Had I gotten up early on a Saturday in order to refresh the ticket sale page constantly, general admission might have been possible. Current Music: Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
1:50 am	My Bloody Valentine pics I phone, you phone, we all phone for iPhone. Anyway... ( Cell phone pictures... ) Current Music: My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone (Comment on this)
12:46 am	My Bloody Valentine Well, I'm just a modern guy Of course, I've had it in the ear before. I have a lust for life Iggy Pop, "Lust for Life" Seeing My Bloody Valentine play at Austin Music Hall this evening (one of five U.S. tour stops?) was great, but it was also possibly the loudest thing I've ever heard. It started out loud enough that you'd be a fool not to wear hearing protection, and gradually, like boiling a frog, it grew in intensity (literally). By the end, it was deafening (figuratively, and perhaps literally). You'd be insane not to wear hearing protection, and even with earplugs I felt a bit foolish. There was even a guy handing out earplugs at the door for those who did not bring their own. For the grand finale, the last song segued into an extended noise jam. It could be felt by the entire body: waves of bass buffeting the face, beating the chest, making it harder to breathe; mid-range fluttering the throat and quivering the lip; treble dancing on the skin, teeth chattering for more. Metal Machine Music taken to its logical conclusion? Also, the light show during the concert bordered on the excessive, and the finale firmly crossed that line as well: gleaming, strobing, piercing; hues and patterns constantly mutating. Total audiovisual overload. How was the music? It totally sounded like My Bloody Valentine crossed with My Bloody Valentine. The vocals were buried in the mix, naturally, even more than in the recordings. I didn't realize that Kevin Shields sang on as many of the songs from Loveless as he did. The drumroll sections in one of the songs from Isn't Anything ("Nothing Much to Lose", I think) exceeded expectations (which is to say they were very long, played for all it's worth). Only a couple of songs seemed to overstay their welcome. In all, it was a very nice set, performed with much intensity (in multiple meanings of the word). Thanks to halalkitty for obtaining the tickets, and for driving, and for the profuse offers of earplugs. Current Music: My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
5:46 pm	At least I'm not posting the "lucky numbers" Apparently I like Chinese takeout a lot more than I like fortune cookies. I found these amidst the clutter of my apartment (the orange-colored quasi-food shells went into the trash): The superior man is modest in his speech, but he exceeds in his actions. A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. A good laugh and a good cry both cleanse the mind. Your aspirations are met with success soon. Dispel negativity through creative activities. You are about to receive a big compliment. You [sic] critical insights can provide the stimuius [sic] for change. Still not as good as "Eat more healthy Chinese food!" (Comment on this)
Friday, April 10th, 2009
1:54 am	People are stupid / When you're a stupider Who could have possibly predicted this latest twist in the Conficker virus saga? MSNBC.com, 4/1/2009: In one telltale sign of an infected machine, Conficker blocks Microsoft's site as well as those of most antivirus companies. Computer owners can work around that obstacle by having someone else e-mail them a Conficker removal tool. (emphasis added) ZDNet.com, 4/9/2009: Researchers at Marshal8e6’s TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that’s issuing bogus “Conficker Infection Alerts” and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the links.... The event-based social engineering campaign is also impersonating various Microsoft security departments in order to improve its truthfulness. Current Music: KMFDM - Virus (Pestilence Mix) (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
12:46 am	An answer on Stack Overflow happened to remind me of the Corel Netwinder. About ten years ago, Corel released this odd small form factor Linux PC with an ARM CPU, and I thought it was pretty cool, but not cool enough to actually buy one. Mac Mini? Yur doin it wrong. What at all is interesting about the Netwinder, at this late date? I think it's amusing how it stacks up to the iPhone:   Netwinder iPhone Image Released 1998 or 1999? 2007 Price $1000 $600, later dropped to $400, then $200 w/contract CPU StrongARM SA-110 (275 MHz) Samsung ARM1176JZ(F)-S (620 MHz underclocked to 412 MHz) RAM 32-128 MB 128 MB Nonvolatile Storage 10 GB 4-16 GB Networking 10BaseT + 100BaseT 802.11b/g + GSM/GPRS/EDGE + 3G (on newer model) Audio Record/playback Record/playback Video VGA out 480x320 LCD TV Video Capture/playback (composite) Playback w/adapter (composite/S-video/component) Telephony Available in prototypes, removed before release It is a telephone Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 iPhone OS (based on Mac OS X) (Netwinder specs, iPhone specs) Current Music: Say Hi - Hallie and Henry (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
11:33 pm	On another note, Rook by Shearwater is Robert Christgau's dud of the month on account of... "green" misanthropy? Huh. (temporary link for 4/2009, permanent link after 5/2009) Current Music: Shearwater - Century Eyes (2 Comments |Comment on this)
10:36 pm	Knowing is ( spoilers... ) Current Music: Shearwater - Rooks (Comment on this)
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
11:55 am	I plugged my iPod into my PC running Vista, which started iTunes automatically. When I tried dragging and dropping songs from Windows Explorer, I just got the circle-with-slash cursor. I went into the iTunes preferences and started poking around, and had an a-ha moment: iTunes was running as Admin, not as my standard user account. WTF? Apple-- (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
1:31 pm	SXSW Music Festival 2009: Day 4 (Saturday) I got a late start getting downtown, so I ended up parking at the Austin Convention Center parking garage for $$$. Which was worthwhile, because it got me into the convention center in time to see the Echo & the Bunnymen taping. There was an enormous line, of something like 500-1000 other badge/wristband holders, stretching around the corner of the convention center, and a separate line for those without badges/wristbands. But after a few minutes, it started moving very quickly, as apparently they were letting everyone in to the empty "venue" at the same time. Performances: Echo & the Bunnymen (@ "Bat Bar" at Austin Convention Center): This was a very different performance from Wednesday night's show at Emo's, most of which had to do with the fact that this was not a concert but rather a television production for DirectTV. Inside one of the giant exhibition halls, there was a television production set of a fake bar called "Bat Bar"; the fake walls on the sides even had fake bricks and fake A/C ducts painted on them. Some of the lines during "Bring On the Dancing Horses" seemed particularly apt given the setting: "Hating all the faking / And shaking while I'm breaking / Your brittle heart". The band didn't seem terribly excited about the whole thing, but they also seemed to be taking it easier than at Emo's, and the acoustics were better. In a musical lull in the middle of "Rescue", Mac (Ian McCulloch, the singer) took forever to blather out some made-for-TV comment along the lines of "I love coming to America. I think it really brings out the best in us." During "The Back of Love" he seemed to be slurring the words "taking advantage of" much more than at Emo's, making me wonder how much he had to drink before the "show". On the other hand, "The Killing Moon" seemed well rehearsed and probably better than at Emo's. Before the last song ("Lips Like Sugar"), Mac explained apologetically that "they told us to make it fit in forty-two minutes. So we have only one more song. What else can you do with only forty-two minutes?" So yeah, did I mention how fake this seemed? As fake as the "Austin City Limits" skyline (which is a painting on a studio wall). But I'm still glad I went. Seeing the TV production crew at work was pretty neat. They had a section of floor that was cleared out to make room for a camera on a dolly, and there was a guy sitting there whose job was to pick up the slack in the cable to make sure that it doesn't get tangled in the wheels of the dolly. There was another cameraman in front of me, behind a giant TV studio camera, zooming in for close-up shots of Mac's face, all the while standing on two wooden crates taped together. The Cannabinoids (@ Auditorium Shores): "6 laptops, 4 turntables, 4 keyboards, 2 mp drum machines, live onstage production" should be able to produce something a lot more interesting than these guys did. Some guy behind me was raving about how awesome they were: "they're using hip-hop instruments, but they're playing jazz with them!" At one point they tried to get the crowd excited by saying something like "look, we're putting down all these beats completely live and unrehearsed!" Unrehearsed being the problem, as schlaeton pointed out later. Now, I've heard much worse bands before, but it takes a special kind of underwhelming to disappoint people who went in with no prior expectations. Also, THE CANNABI NOIDS (as seen on one band member's T-shirt): worst Domino's pizza promotion ever. The Cannabinoids featuring Erykah Badu (@ Auditorium Shores): Erykah Badu's singing greatly improved upon the Cannabinoids' background music, so it was a shame that she was so delayed by "travel difficulties" that she only did two songs. At the end, she said something like "Austin, are you ready to blow up the sky?" and a lot of people got really excited for whatever they thought she was going to sing next, then were super-disappointed when the roadies came onstage and started tearing everything down in preparation for Explosions In the Sky. Worst segue ever. Explosions In the Sky (@ Auditorium Shores): A great show from these Austin post-rock favorites. However, I think that there were a lot of people in the audience who didn't know what they were getting into (long compositions with no vocals or choruses). Hearing Explosions In the Sky play while seeing the downtown Austin cityscape behind them was pretty awesome. During the finale, there were fireworks (the band's namesake), which was wonderful, but since these were post-rock fireworks, they went on too long after the music ended. The people in the crowd who were shouting "one more song!" after that were whiny pricks; when a band ends their show with fireworks, playing "one more song" would be freaking anticlimactic. Some people in the crowd realized this, and tried to start up some new chants, but "let's leave it at that" and "great show guys but it's over so let's go home" aren't quite as catchy. Cage the Elephant (@ Antone's): schlaeton and I went to Antone's early to ensure that we got to see the Silversun Pickups. I'm sure I will have more chances to see The Octopus Project and Say Hi again, given past experience. These guys were playing when we arrived. They played not-terribly-interesting-to-me hard rock. The only notable part was when the singer climbed up on the sound booth balcony and continued to sing. However, he took the stairs down. The Duke Spirit (@ Antone's): This was more interesting: a noisy British rock band fronted by a brash singer with a lot of stage presence and a voice reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux's. Probably worth another listen. Silversun Pickups (@ Antone's): Great show, full of energy, noise, and good tunes. The Silversun Pickups play something like a mixture of My Bloody Valentine and heavy metal, with breathy/rasping/purring lead vocals, sweet/innocent backup vocals, waves of guitar feedback and synthesized noise, and a drummer who is dead set on destruction. For most of the show, everything really came together, but there were also a few missteps: a false start where the singer/guitarist stopped everything and apologized: "That was terrible. Did you hear that? That was me. I'm sorry," and then got it right the second time; a new song ended halfway through due to technical difficulties with the keyboards; random squalls of microphone feedback (which actually almost would have fit in with the music if they had happened at the right times). When the singer mentioned the new album due out next month, he quipped, "we were going to call it 'Chinese Democracy', but those fuckers beat us to it." At the end of the show, the singer/guitarist and backup singer/bassist went around to everyone in the front row and high fived them all, which was amusing and cute. The Statesman was completely right on one note, "this is what Smashing Pumpkins should have evolved into". (2 Comments |Comment on this)
12:33 pm	SXSW Music Festival 2009: Day 3 (Friday) Performances: I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (@ The Parish): They're not as goth as their name sounds. This is the third time I've seen Chosen Darkness, and this was a good show, probably the best of theirs that I've seen. This time around they had a bunch of much-needed new songs, mixed with songs from Fear Is On Our Side. A guy in the audience who kept shouting "Your Worst Is the Best" in between songs was told that they couldn't play that one because they had no keyboards. And really, with three guitars, do you really need keyboards? School of Seven Bells (@ Radio Room patio; badge/wristband only): It's hard to sound "dreamy and ethereal" when the drum machine is overpowering the vocals and the guitar is buried in the mix to the point of being almost inaudible at times. That said, the twin sisters in this rhythm section want ad have pretty voices, and they sing almost everything (even verses) in harmony. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (@ Emo's Jr.; badge/wristband only): schlaeton and I left after standing in the wristband line for about ten minutes without the badge line moving at all. Headlights (@ Habana Calle 6 Patio; badge/wristband only): Imagine Mates of State with guitars, and take the vocals down an octave. Simple yet earnest indie pop. At one point, members of The Evangelicals came onstage and played with them. Asobi Seksu (@ Habana Calle 6 patio; badge/wristband only): Yuki Chikudate's voice is the most beautiful thing I've heard in a very long time. On the albums, the wall of sound behind her voice sounds slow, almost relaxing, but during a live show it becomes clear that it is actually full of energy, made of these little guitar bits all played hyper-fast. During the finale, as the guitarist and bassist were busy producing feedback, the drummer stepped down and Yuki (who is petite if not outright tiny) started banging up a storm on the drums. Then it was clear it was truly over. (Well, actually, when everyone left the stage but the guitar and bass guitar were still propped up against their amps producing feedback, and a guy came onstage to turn them off, it was over.) This was an awesome show, and I really need to obtain Hush, which about half of the songs were from. ( Venue notes... ) Current Music: Asobi Seksu - Goodbye (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
3:31 am	SXSW Music Festival 2009: Day 2 (Thursday) I was exhausted, sleep deprived, and in a very bad mood. Also, I noticed that the bags under my eyes would be dark enough to be mistaken for makeup at the Peter Murphy concert (at Elysium). So instead, I went home and went to sleep very early (6:30pm). (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
3:18 am	SXSW Music Festival 2009: Day 1 (Wednesday) schlaeton and I went to the Austin Convention Center during lunchtime to pick up our wristbands. Traffic was terrible and there was a long line at the wristband pick-up booth, making for an overly long lunch break. So this was not the best time to pick up one's wristband. This evening I went to Emo's and stayed there. Admission was badges and wristbands only, so I guess it wasn't a waste. H.R. Band: When Bad Brains played Fun Fun Fun Fest last year, I was disappointed that H.R. was so out of it. Today, he was more coherent, less Cheshire cat-like, but no more excited or engaging. At least they played a hardcore song from the 1st Bad Brains album, but I don't remember which one it was, it was so fleeting. Some guy who was supposedly in a Snickers commercial, doing stand-up comedy during sound check: Terrible. The funniest part is when he gave up and started trying to get the crowd to boo him, and they stopped booing him as much as they were before. Circle Jerks: This was a quality punk rock show. Thirty songs in about an hour, and a bunch of them were pretty good, too. Highlights included most of the album Group Sex (but they only played them once¹) and "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" from Keith Morris's previous band. Oh, and the photo of Keith Morris on the wikipedia page is really quite appropriate. Juliette Lewis and the New Romantiques: Huh. I didn't know she was in a band. Not terrible, but she gave a more convincing performance in Natural Born Killers. Amusing conversation I overheard before her set (paraphrased): "Yes, that Juliette Lewis. She was just standing over there. I saw her and said, my God, she even looks like a Scientologist." Echo & the Bunnymen: An enjoyable performance, with plenty of old favorites². Highlights: "The Disease" segued into a much darker-sounding and more forceful version of "All That Jazz"; "Seven Seas". I really hope they play "All My Colours" (a.k.a. "Zimbo") at their day show on saturday. Note: Ian McCulloch's muttered and accented stage patter was almost unintelligible to my American ears (the earplugs probably didn't help). ¹ The CD version of Group Sex includes the entire album twice, since it's less than sixteen minutes long. ² Crocodiles: "Going Up", "Crocodiles", "Rescue", "All That Jazz"; Heaven Up Here: "The Disease"; Porcupine: "The Cutter", "The Back of Love"; Ocean Rain: "The Killing Moon", "Seven Seas"; Echo & the Bunnymen: "Lips Like Sugar"; single: "Bring On the Dancing Horses"; Siberia: "Stormy Weather" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
11:08 pm	Dear sink, Unclogging you with a plunger is less disgusting than unclogging the toilet. But not by much. I hope you're feeling better now. I know I'm not. Yours in utter revulsion, Brad P.S. I couldn't bring myself to lye to you again. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
11:36 pm	SXSW decisions: something has to give Ranking: 1: If all else fails, or nothing better comes along. 5: Must see. I have seen some of these bands several times before, like Say Hi and The Octopus Project, so that factors into the ranking. Also, some are local bands that I will have more chances to see sooner or later, like The Lemurs, and (in theory) Chosen Darkness. (Trail of Dead is local too but they are usually touring elsewhere.) Also, this is not including bands I've never heard of. I haven't sat down to listen to all of the sample songs on the SXSW website. I'm curious to see halalkitty's and schlaeton's SXSW schedules. And no, I don't have to see Echo and the Bunnymen three times. But I really want to see them. Wednesday, 18 March 2009 [2] 09:00PM Built By Snow (Cedar Door) [3] 10:00PM Circle Jerks (Emo's Main Room) [4] 11:00PM Grant Hart (Aces Lounge) (After midnight, Thursday morning) [5] 12:30AM Echo and The Bunnymen (Emo's Main Room) [?] ??????? I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness w/ Monotonix (SWSW - The Red Bull Moontower) Thursday, 19 March 2009 [5] 07:00PM Peter Murphy (Elysium) [3] 09:00PM Meat Puppets (Stubb's) Friday, 20 March 2009 [3] 09:00PM I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (The Parish) (After midnight, Saturday morning) [1] 12:45AM Dinosaur Jr (Cedar Street Courtyard) [5] 01:00AM Asobi Seksu (Habana Calle 6 Patio) [3] 01:00AM Shearwater (18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn) [5] 01:00AM Okkervil River (The Parish) [1] 01:00AM Pelican (Emo's Annex) Saturday, 21 March 2009 [3] 01:00PM Say Hi (SESAC Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center) [5] 05:00PM Echo and The Bunnymen (SXSW Live (The Bat Bar) Austin Convention Center) [3] 09:00PM The Octopus Project (Emo's Main Room) [3] 11:00PM Say Hi (The Parish) [4] 11:00PM Trail of Dead (Emo's Main Room) (After midnight, Sunday morning) [5] 12:00AM Silversun Pickups (Antone's) [5] 12:00AM Echo and The Bunnymen (Rusty Spurs) [1] 12:00AM Pelican (Emo's Jr) [1] 01:00AM Monotonix (Mohawk Patio) [3] 01:00AM The Lemurs (The Music Gym Patio) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
12:59 am	Blogging Molly This evening I went to see Flogging Molly at Stubb's with baldnate, krlikyu, schlaeton, and halalkitty. It was a good show: lots of old songs from Swagger¹, lots of new songs from Float, and several crowd favorites in between. However, it was very windy today and the temperature dropped to 45° F, so we had a very cold walk back to the car. Also, I've had a cold all week (I'm almost over it now), so I didn't feel like jumping around much, even though it would have warmed me up from the other completely unrelated cold. We arrived just in time for the second opening band, the Aggro Lites, who were aggro-free, disappointingly. They played what they kept saying was "dirty reggae" but the description going around the crowd was "slightly scuffed reggae". The crowd got a lot more excited when the house music was "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones (the true originators of "steam punk"). ¹ Not including two of my favorite Flogging Molly songs, "The Ol' Beggars Bush" and "Black Friday Rule". Oh well. Current Music: Flogging Molly - Black Friday Rule (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
5:06 pm	SXSW I'm going to try the SXSW wristband thing this year. We'll see how it goes. (2 Comments |Comment on this)