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Saturday, October 30, 2004

Broken Hearted. Don’t Get Me Started.

Yesterday afternoon I was seriously bumming about Good Times Roll. Despite my need to update on all things weekend, my fingers felt magnetically repelled from the keyboard. There was even a moment where a total disbandment was considered. My attitude was facilitated by the massive confusion caused by my shift during the Bad Religion show on Thursday night. Punk rock kids are such bullshit. Seriously. Indie rock kids (including myself) are complete dicktards, but at least we aren’t punk rock kids. There were so many kids who needed to be kicked in the taint, but that’s not why they pay me. I rip your ticket, take your ridicule, let you smoke and smile when you roll your eyes or give me shit. I used to consider myself a punk, and I’m positive my previous days were full of the same misdirected angst so this is an open apology to all the door people and bouncers who had to throw me out of their club.

This attitude had to be put in check for my office Halloween party. A couple coworkers had costumes so to join in, I taped a tissue to my head and put a sign on my chest that read, “I’m a Booger!” It was a hit. So much sugar was consumed. My tude took a turn for the best. Around 6:30pm we all reported to Webster for last night’s Walkmen show. Let me just say, serving the indie kids is such a fucking treat. Everyone is so nice even if there is a problem. Unfortunately my ability to hear the show from the door was hindered by the 80’s prom night the club was throwing, but I did manage to make it upstairs to enjoy a bit of their THREE encores with Noah, Jin and Doug who informed me that I’d missed The Rat.

At the end of the second encore, I ran downstairs in search of the Beach crew, but didn’t see a soul except for Stephen Culkin who was bouncing dutifully. A quick hello and a hustle back upstairs after they finished lead me to Nista Christina who was rocking out with a friend or two. Then the Walkmen emerged for their third and final encore. Noah and I got a bit giddy when they made the announcement that their final track would be from The Recoy’s catalog. The Recoys was the precursor to the Walkmen. It was Pete, Hamilton and Hugh’s band while they were in college, (or so the liner notes would have us believe). Even Hugh (a Karl Rapfogal double) made it to the show last night, which must have been great for the entire band. Anyway, as they hammered away at Roy Orbison, I gleefully danced away with Juliet who was jamming like a rockstar.

The Walkmen are one of the truly solid rock bands playing these days. They always sound extremely professional and Hamilton’s howl has grown increasingly menacing. Everyone was surprised at his voice, and some didn’t like it all to much, but it’s easy to say that he won’t endure the same Bono comparisons that followed the band in every publication a few years ago. At times it sounded as though he was summoning the ghosts of hometown label Dischord records. It was so hardcore and when you have a kid that commanding fronting a band that not only sounds fantastic, but also looks like they are having fun; you have a pretty good thing going. Thank you Walkmen. Keep it up.

The first portion of my evening was in the books and things were looking promising. I bid farewell to Stephen, Jin, Noah and Doug before hopping in a cab with Beach, Lucy and Daylen. The Mercury Lounge was packed for Dead Meadow and The Warlocks. Upon walking in, we ran into Katie (a 186 neighbor), got some beers and shot back to the show room to catch some of the super heavy sounds of Dead Meadow. I was under the impression they were a three piece, but they were rocking the Mercury four strong. They pumped out their trademark heart pounding psych rock that made my chest feel like it was going to collapse.

A tequila shot later and I was out on the street in search of Paul Bothe. I ran into Katie and Julia who were waiting for some grub before going to the Bowery. After entertaining the idea for a block or so, I decided to go find Paul. Stevo, Christie, Paul and his lady friend were outside Julep and on their way to the Magician. On the way down to the bar I picked up a Sparks in hopes of pulling a big rally, but it wasn’t in the cards. Anoush, Hawk, T.Walk, Dan, Cami, Leah, Jordan, Brenda, Mike tHS, Kyle and some others were in the bar but my tired drunk ass couldn’t hang. A few of us snuck over to Johnson’s for a quick shot which thankfully ended my night. It was definitely time for bed.

The Cocktails Make Me A Little Forgetful.

There is so much going on this holiday weekend, but I want to make sure you all come to these two events because they are going to be so kick ass.

First up, tonight:

Followed by Sunday rock:

3 days until election day. 5 days until my favorite TV show comes back.

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