Piebald, Minus the Bear, My Chemical Romance, and Noise Ratchet played to the thoroughly packed with youngsters Graceland last night. Here are excerpts from my notes.
--in pencil, very messy but more legible than the brittany spears notebook--
"I had forgotten the discomfort of going to a show where everyone is generally sober and stone quiet and not used to going to shows. much less smoky. much more quiet. That kid is wearing an armband...and has tremendous forearms. maybe he wants to arm-wrestle..."
"I just shotgunned a lucky."
"The indie rock formula is as follows: 3 really skinny guys and one guy with a bit of a belly, 4 t-shirts, red green and brown. One mesh back hat. Voila! You're touring."
"Who the hell are these sassy bastards? They're fantastic!"
"I have to figure out how to end up in Canadian prison with a broken wrist and a leg wrestling trophy in -like- 2 days. Gilly said 'If anyone can do that, it's you.' That was encouraging."
"I just shotgunned a lucky while wearing a big yellow paddington bear coat."
"Minus the Bear, you are boring me out of my mind. Get to the part where you rock and mean it. This rocking is kind of insincere."
"Bulbasaur! Tackle Attack!"
"The guy from Piebald just turned to his bandmate and said 'man, I've never seen you do anything like that before. those were some sweet licks. I like sweet licks.' and then some girl in the front row held up a sign she made for them. This is so fucking weird."
Don't you wish you would have come? We could have shotgunned a lucky.
Posted by Sonya at January 23, 2003 03:42 PMi wish i coulda seen minus the bear and been bored out of my mind, although i probably wouldn't be bored. that drummer's got chops.
Posted by: tim at January 23, 2003 04:40 PMWhen I was like 15 or 16, we used to shotgun Lucky's out in the woods behind the elementary school in our neighborhood. I think that was the first time I ever got drunk.
Glad to hear some people know how to keep traditions ALIVE!
Posted by: THE COMTE at January 23, 2003 04:44 PMFace chops or drum chops?
It was a really good show, overall, but I have a hard time focusing when I'm by myself. I think I would have liked mtb if they would have come on before noise ratchet. They were just kind of a downer after a really energized set. I was really suprised to be impressed by n.r., but they were awesome.
drum chops, pork chops. the new record's good, but the ep's better.
Posted by: tim at January 23, 2003 04:59 PMI wish I woulda come. I've never been to a concert with you, which is a sad state of affairs.
Posted by: freesia at January 23, 2003 04:59 PMThey're from San Diego! There's your answer baby; those are the best rock stars. I mean, John Ries lives there.
Mmmmmmmm.
Posted by: g. at January 23, 2003 08:58 PMI can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $24767. Isn't that crazy!
Posted by: Betsy Markum at November 16, 2005 05:22 PM