Early this morning Dan sent me an IM regarding last night’s terrible event in Columbus, Ohio. Apparently a lone gunman stormed the stage at a metal show and killed four people before he was gunned down by a police officer who responded to the call. One of the victims is "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott who formed the band Damageplan in the wake of the Pantera breakup. This shooting is extremely startling. Detectives have yet to construct a motive for the killing. This type of incident will have a negative impact on live music across the country. Much like the crack down on capacity levels after the Great White tragedy in Long Island, we are sure to be subject to more security checks and longer lines at the door. Imagine walking into one of your favorite venues and being padded down like you were going to Twilo. This whole occurrence is beyond me. I wish people would exercise some common sense or even a slight bit of morality. Here’s to hoping that none of us will ever be present at a show where something like this happens.
So I’ve been trying to be a good boy in hopes of whatever cold I thought was coming on might not reach its peak. Last night was an exception to my evenings of dosing with Nyquil so I could be asleep by midnight. After work I took to some hang time by myself before rolling up to Webster for a shift at the door. The band in question was Bunbury which is something unknown to me. I was told it he was the Latin Jim Morrison or Nick Cave, but from downstairs it sounded like polka meets salsa mix of campy Latin flavor. Bunbury must have some serious pull in the Latin community because kids were lining up down the block to get into this show. The language barrier made my work a little more difficult than expected, but we pulled together and got the job done.
After the show Del and I were returning to the L.E.S., and the direction of my evening was at a complete crossroad. Should I go home to get some sleep? Should I ride with Del up to Strawberry Fields to sing some Lennon covers? Should I stop in at Pianos to catch some of the show? Since my mind was still racing when I hit Ludlow, I decided it was best to take the right and go say hello to some friends. As I approached Pianos Emma and Pooja were sitting out front getting their cigarette on. After a quick hello I shot into the club and said hello to Sam Champion and their people before sliding into the back room to catch a few songs by Demander. Their new guitarist has the goods, (he is also good looking, so ladies, pay respect). Though I only stayed for a few songs, Demander has proven they’re an extremely solid rock band. Check them out next Wednesday at Pianos as they wrap up their residency.
During their set Hawkins breezed past and informed me that he was heading to the Delancey to catch Walk Humongous. We said later on to Noah and made way for the front door. Sean was cool enough to pass me a burn of the first Drive Like Jehu record which I’ll introduce myself to later this evening. As we walked up to the club we were greeted by Stevo, Noah Humongous and Noah S. Hawkins lured me inside with the promise of a drink where we ran into Dave who was playing in a band called Quarter Slot and the Good Vibrations. Interesting name eh? Anyway, we went downstairs where Max introduced me to his mother and I said hello to the rest of the crew. We suffered through some band called The Kites who didn’t really move me. There was also a bias stemming from their final song which was a cover of Britney Spears’ Toxic. Everyone should know These Bones covered this song, and they did it better, faster and harder than anyone can hope to.
The Death Disco party, as per the usual, pushed back the bands something awful so my chances of seeing Walk Humongous were slim to none. Dana stopped in to say a quick hello, and I managed to catch up with some of the boys (and girls) from The Head Set before watching Dave’s band play a few songs. They were quite an interesting mix. I was digging on his guitar parts, but there was something about the Molly Shannon meets Karen O style of their lead singer that didn’t get me too excited. She was quite hilarious though, and she sounded pretty damn good. She looked as though at any point her heals would break sending her straight to the ground. They were tight and had a solid niche to them. Check them out if you like free brownies.
This was the end of my running around. I returned home, drank some Nyquil and slipped off. A big shout out goes to Bonnie. Thanks for checking in!
*** You know I’m a huge fan and the producers for this endeavor have done great work, but something about this isn’t sitting right with me. I’ll just get the box set and call it a day.
*** Christopher digs on GBV. That’s wicked.
*** Oh that Bono, such a nice boy. Now he is trying his hand at journalism. I will hold my comments since I also eat shit at editing.
*** Novoselic says, hey Bono, anything you can do I can do better. Well, not really.
*** Diddy / Bush 2008. In an unfortunate turn of events, P. Diddy is invited to the White House, but President Bush throws a temper tantrum when Puffy won’t sing that song about “Babys having back”.
*** How do we contact this guy so he can start coming to our parties? I believe he’d boe well with the rest of our crew.
*** A second album is already in store for the Futureheads, but I’ve yet to hear a single song off their debut. Someone please catch me up.
*** Last time I saw Elliot he told me to check these guys out. Unfortunately I missed their opening gig for Out Hud. It looks like Pitchfork agrees with the kid whose finger rarely lifts from the pulse. Can anyone help with a burn?
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