i have a lot to catch up on but i'll start with this one: david johansen at the brighton bar...
which is kind of difficult because i was excited about it that night and then got less jazzed as the night went on and now i almost don't care. almost. yes, the new york dolls are one of my favorites, obviously. but, compared to the sylvain show, and i know i'm in the minority here, david just didn't hold up for me.
i know, it doesn't make sense. david had a whole backing band, who sounded amazing by the way, and he sounds pretty much the same as ever; and i do love that raspy voice of his. but there was just something missing, i guess, i don't really know how to put it. sylvain only had an acoustic guitar, and a bassist at the brighton show, but he made his performance bigger. by sharing stories and being cute and funny and stopping in the middle of songs to reminisce about something... i know that's not everyone's bag, but i really enjoyed it a lot. and if i'm gonna see david johansen on a stage singing new york dolls songs (which was most of his set, interspersed with a few solo songs) i would rather see sylvain and the rest of the new york dolls (well, the new new york dolls, if you know what i mean) up on stage with him.
besides that, yeah, it was great. it was fun. everyone else was having a good time. i made friends, etc.
oh and also i met him after the show which was not easy (and that's weird for the brighton) and he was not very nice. i don't expect everyone to be a ray of sunshine but come on man. there were only a few of us waiting around to talk afterwards, and i had brought my record that sylvain signed, and he kept trying to avoid me but there were some dudes looking out for me and they kind of forced him to pay attention to me. i ended up not saying anything to him because i could tell he didn't give a fuck. my friend offered to get a picture of us together so i said ok. it's horrible, you guys. i can't bring myself to post it. i mean, i look ok, but his face looks like it's melting off his skull and he looks absolutely miserable. it's just sad.
so yeah, that kind of marred the show for me, too. again- i don't expect everyone to be sylvain sylvain, mr. cheerful friendly nicey nice, but you don't have to be rude to someone who just paid to see you.
that's really all i have to say about that. yeah, go see him if he plays around you, it's still a good show and fun to hear those songs. but i don't know that i'd go out of my way to see him again.
