the opening band was ok, i forget what they were called. the second opening band was actually david thomas of pere ubu doing some other project. also forget what that was called and i'm too lazy to google that shit. but you guys know what i'm talking about. he was like, talking into an old school telephone over some looped samples of weird electronic music. it was fucking weird as shit but really good. oh and there was a guy wearing a chicken mask and doing interpretive dancing. so that was cool.
but fucking pere ubu, man. i guess mr. thomas is the only guy who was an original member left in the band, but since he's the singer it works. and also he has a really fucking great band put together now. i was absolutely mesmerized for the entire show. they're droney and exciting and syncopated and weird but like, the fucking best. especially for someone like me who kind of went on a whim and didn't know what to expect- this is exactly what you want to happen when you do that. get fucking blown away.
so i don't know anyone's names and i'm still too lazy to google, but guitar player was fucking great and made it really atmospheric, you know? i don't know how they do it. guitars are a mystery to me, so when someone can make it sound all fuzzy and loud and shit i get really excited. bass player was also really fucking good and she was laying down the jams and also did really cool shit. you know, exciting bass lines. not the boring monotonous shit that most bands get away with. so i loved her. then there was synth/theremin guy who was one of my two favorite people of the night to watch. he would be doing stuff, pushing buttons, and then just freak out and wave his hand around like a crazy man while he made the theremin do its thing. theremins are fucking rad and not enough bands use them. but i guess if everyone used them they wouldn't be as cool. but whatever. he was fun to watch. my other favorite? the goddamn motherfucking drummer. i just sat here for way too long trying to think how to describe him. he was fucking rad. like, doing weird ass beats that fit perfectly into the song and using alarm bells as percussion and also all of his cymbals were different brands which i find endearing. dude knew how to rock out, but also how to keep it cool when the songs would go into a quiet moment. i respect that. and then there was david thomas, who sat in a chair and sweated all night. he sounded good though, he has a very interesting voice, and he is very funny with his between song banter.
so after the show i waited around to talk, but old man thomas looked absolutely miserable before he finally hobbled away outside. i can't blame him, he looked like he was in a lot of pain, and i know what that's like and you don't wanna fucking talk to people. so i didn't bother him. but i did want to talk to the drummer, so i finally got a chance after like 15 minutes of standing around, because dudes were all shoving in front of me to talk about whatever bullshit they talk about...anyway, so i told him that he was really fun to watch, and how i'm a drummer so i like to watch other drummers but not in a judgey way, just like an interested observer kind of way, and that he was blowing me away with his fancy shit. and he said "aw, wow, i think i'm blushing!" but he has a beard so i was like i can't see it so you're good. and he asked me my name and shook my hand and then i said good night. sometimes, i can be cool with musicians in bands i respect.
here are some halfway decent pictures of the show:
(and yeah, i went up on the balcony, which i don't normally do at shows, but i loved it because i could see EVERYTHING. pictures turned out way better than they would have if i had been down on the floor)
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