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I have a new friend, who fills the flat with the lovely smell of freshly baked cupcakes. *waves*
Went to see 65daysofstatic last night at the Nottingham Rescue rooms. Think it's the third or fourth time I've seen them. As ever they are fantastic live. I think they are one of the best live bands I've seen; certainly up there with Biffy Clyro. vickehh and I were amused/scared by the very drunk guy next to us. We were standing at the front against the barrier, pretty much to the side and he came up behind us and said "excuse me". Slightly confused as to where he thought we could go, I asked him where he was trying to get to so we could move out the way for him and he started saying about him having beers ad trying to get to the fucking front so he could give him beer to the person who'd fucking paid for them. Jut wanted a left or right, but nevermind. So we move very slightly and he moves to stand next to Vicky, where his friend is. Band come on and he starts dancing around splashing his beer everywhere. A couple of occasions he asks me if I want any more space and attempts to show me the lovely space he'd made for us and I decline saying I'm cool. He hugely surprised me by snogging his friend. I don't expect that sort of thing from drunk annoying cocks, but I guess even arseholes can be gay. Vicky was wondering if he was a faux-lesbian and would regret it in the morning, along with his hangover. He at one point said to Vicky "You don't come to many gigs like this do you". About halfway through the gig, I saw the security guy look at him, then look at the guys crotch, then at his face, then at his crotch again, which I thought was a little odd. Vicky pointed out that it was more likely that he was looking at the vomit on the floor. The security guy asked him if it was him and he claimed ignorance. Bouncer runs off to get help and a minute later comes back and asked the guy to come with them. He looks a little confused and seemed to be following them thinking "what? you've got a puppy for me this way?" His friend didn't even seem to notice, despite being stood next to them. Ah, not one of Nottingham's finest.
Saw This Will Destroy You on Monday in the Brighton Engine Rooms, supported by Latitudes and another band I don't know the name of. The first band were the very definition of shoe-gazing. My friend has discovered the term nu-gaze. I think this fits them rather well. They only played three songs, but their last song was 16 minutes and I think I only recall them using chords for two 15 second periods in their entire set. Dull as ditch water. Avoid. Latitudes on the other hand were more post-metal than post-rock and were a welcome improvement on the previous band. Finally This Will Destroy You were good. The only problem with them is that they are very samey. They are generic post-rock, but good generic post-rock. It's just all their songs sort of merge into one great big Godspeed You! Black Emperor track. I guess that's one of the dangers of being instrumental. I swore on a couple of occasions that they'd already played that track.
This week I have 65daysofstatic again in Brighton at the Concorde2 on Sunday and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, again at the Concorde2 on Tuesday.
Vicky is currently looking cute, asleep next to me, as I write this. :)
Went to see 65daysofstatic last night at the Nottingham Rescue rooms. Think it's the third or fourth time I've seen them. As ever they are fantastic live. I think they are one of the best live bands I've seen; certainly up there with Biffy Clyro. vickehh and I were amused/scared by the very drunk guy next to us. We were standing at the front against the barrier, pretty much to the side and he came up behind us and said "excuse me". Slightly confused as to where he thought we could go, I asked him where he was trying to get to so we could move out the way for him and he started saying about him having beers ad trying to get to the fucking front so he could give him beer to the person who'd fucking paid for them. Jut wanted a left or right, but nevermind. So we move very slightly and he moves to stand next to Vicky, where his friend is. Band come on and he starts dancing around splashing his beer everywhere. A couple of occasions he asks me if I want any more space and attempts to show me the lovely space he'd made for us and I decline saying I'm cool. He hugely surprised me by snogging his friend. I don't expect that sort of thing from drunk annoying cocks, but I guess even arseholes can be gay. Vicky was wondering if he was a faux-lesbian and would regret it in the morning, along with his hangover. He at one point said to Vicky "You don't come to many gigs like this do you". About halfway through the gig, I saw the security guy look at him, then look at the guys crotch, then at his face, then at his crotch again, which I thought was a little odd. Vicky pointed out that it was more likely that he was looking at the vomit on the floor. The security guy asked him if it was him and he claimed ignorance. Bouncer runs off to get help and a minute later comes back and asked the guy to come with them. He looks a little confused and seemed to be following them thinking "what? you've got a puppy for me this way?" His friend didn't even seem to notice, despite being stood next to them. Ah, not one of Nottingham's finest.
Saw This Will Destroy You on Monday in the Brighton Engine Rooms, supported by Latitudes and another band I don't know the name of. The first band were the very definition of shoe-gazing. My friend has discovered the term nu-gaze. I think this fits them rather well. They only played three songs, but their last song was 16 minutes and I think I only recall them using chords for two 15 second periods in their entire set. Dull as ditch water. Avoid. Latitudes on the other hand were more post-metal than post-rock and were a welcome improvement on the previous band. Finally This Will Destroy You were good. The only problem with them is that they are very samey. They are generic post-rock, but good generic post-rock. It's just all their songs sort of merge into one great big Godspeed You! Black Emperor track. I guess that's one of the dangers of being instrumental. I swore on a couple of occasions that they'd already played that track.
This week I have 65daysofstatic again in Brighton at the Concorde2 on Sunday and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, again at the Concorde2 on Tuesday.
Vicky is currently looking cute, asleep next to me, as I write this. :)