Knee Poems
I slept sixteen hours last... Thursday night, on into Friday morning. I think my body just stopped working. But I eventually woke up, so I went to Omaha for a few hours. A show:
VICTORY AT SEA
I think that's what they were called. They were a post-rock group who still need to come up with a message. Three drunken assholes walked up halfway through the set and started yelling bigot-Spanish at the guitarist/violinist, because he looked Hispanic and they were drunken assholes. (To wit: the violinist's last name is Hatanaka.) Fortunately, he was a very nice guy who spoke no Spanish at all, so he didn't seem to mind the heckling.
I AM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
What can I say? Even better than the other two times I saw them. (video?) Amy charged into the middle of the crowd at the start of the song and completely bowled me over, because I am dense. Then she started dancing in the back of the room, and there was much freaking going out in the indie fashion of the day. Dan traded the MIDI-theremin for a MIDI-xylophone gadget on this tour, which disappointed me. More bands need the theremin.
MATES OF STATE
Just fun. There wasn't much in the way of instrument stands, and I noticed that their characteristic electric organ was covered with duct tape. I wonder how many more recording sessions it will survive.
Topics of discussion: Warren Buffett, Kori/the sound guy/somebody's birthday, some drunk girl molesting a guy I rode with, and why the hell Sokol Underground (the venue) closes at 1 am.
For the record, this is the first time I ever went to show on a guest list. Also for the record, the person who scored my spot on the guest list was not himself on the guest list for some reason unknown to us. The guest list is a strange beast, beyond my puny human comprehension.
Final record note: between the show, gas, food and the vinyl copy of Einstein on the Beach I found at some record store Servo knew about, I have exactly fifty cents in my name until Monday. It's the happy kind of broke.
Posted on Sunday, 5 October 2003 at 02:26 AM about 'Knee Poems'.
I have to ask...
How was victory at sea? From the description, doesn't sound too great, but Im always interested in new post-rock ( I hate that term). How did you get on the guest list? The guest list is perfect to build the elite ego. I've been on my fare share for parties, and its just funny how cocky it can make you feel. Enjoy it, and keep me up on shows I would be intersted in over there. I'd love to come out and visit!
I envy your show going though as of late. I've been going to more shows around here, but I've only seen a select few that have really done much for me.
Posted on Sunday, 5 October 2003 at 07:21 PM about 'Knee Poems'.
We've been very lucky around here lately with shows. Even lucky to see Victory at Sea, who weren't all that bad... a bit pretentious, I guess. The impression they gave was "Here's some music we wrote. And... whatever. Think what you want. Fuck it. We don't care." Maybe it was because they did not think too highly of Omaha, Nebraska; I do not know. I'm not sure what to think of them.