Ok OK its been a while since I posted in this and I should probably update it.
Keep the readers up to date, all maybe 3 or 4 of you hahaha(kidding). Well I picked Instinto up from the airport and later in the week we chilled for a weekend. I took her for an early birthday present to see Circle Jerks/Dillinger Four/Paint it Black/Matt and Kim/Monotonix/Team Robosphere(or whatever).
The show review...
Team Robosphere started the show off and was a synth pop band that wasn't very good. They really didn't do it for me at all, but they had alot of the young crowd bouncin around.
Monotonix played second, they are a guitar/drummer/singer trio from Tel Aviv,Israel. They were seriously one of the most insane live acts I have seen! Their music also is just as good as their live show. They are like 70's riffage, some hendrix, and some zappa influences. But their live show starts in the middle of the club floor, then in between songs and sometimes during songs they move their set to other parts of the club. The singer will sometimes take the drummers equipment and play it himself. The singer also kneeled on my shoulders for a song at one point. They also ended up outside by the dumpster and started throwing fresh bags of trash at the people. To end the set they played ontop of people.
Matt and Kim had to follow an act like that which is hard and they definitely weren't my thing at all, but again they appealed to the younger crowd for their keyboard and drum duo. They played synth pop/dancie mix and looked like they had a lot of fun.
Paint it Black was on after them, and of course Paint it Black playing in philly, there is no better place to see them and Instinto was so happy to see that. She experienced the best hardcore scene and I am happy she enjoyed it and appreciated it. Paint it Black played pretty well, the guitar sounded like shit but they still put on a solid show. They got people revved up for what I think was the best band of the night...
Dillinger Four, I have had quite a history trying to see these guys live. For one, they barely tour, but I had a chance 8 or 9 yrs ago to see them with Avail and the venue got shut down. Then I had a good chance to see them a year or two ago and the show sold out but then I found out there was a 2nd show later that day and the bassist/singer had an intestinal problem and so they didn't play. Well I finally get to see them and they didn't upset at all! I loved every second of their angry punk rants! They were everything I expected and more.
Circle Jerks played after that and well it was alright but I was not looking forward to sitting through 27 songs(as they announced at the beginning) because they were just as mediocre as I remember them being. I was outside most of the time, then Instinto wanted to leave also.
The next day I took her back to philly to do a little shopping, which I think I did more because we hit up a record store and I picked up some sweet scores... such as:
Captain Beefheart-Trout Mask Replica(repress)
Shellac-Terraformer
Dillinger Four-Midwestern Songs of the Americas
Can-Ege Bamyasi(on green)
Well this week has been fun as well, had work which is fun since the teacher in there is amazing and is a lot of fun to work with, it doesn't hurt that she is young and cute and is also a blast to hang out with at bars after work. This past thursday night I went to AC with my bro, my uncle and my uncle's friend to see The Dark Knight on IMAX!!! We first got some dinner at Cuba Libre and then waited in line for about an hour and a half to be let in! I will not put any spoilers since it is awesome, but I will say believe the hype and go see it for yourself because it was everything the hype said it was and more. Aaron Ekhart and Heath Ledger were amazing in the movie. The film was visually amazing as well since I saw it on IMAX some of those panning and flying scenes were amazing! Also its dark as hell and is not a movie for the family, I would say keep the kids at home due to the violence.
Keep the readers up to date, all maybe 3 or 4 of you hahaha(kidding). Well I picked Instinto up from the airport and later in the week we chilled for a weekend. I took her for an early birthday present to see Circle Jerks/Dillinger Four/Paint it Black/Matt and Kim/Monotonix/Team Robosphere(or whatever).
The show review...
Team Robosphere started the show off and was a synth pop band that wasn't very good. They really didn't do it for me at all, but they had alot of the young crowd bouncin around.
Monotonix played second, they are a guitar/drummer/singer trio from Tel Aviv,Israel. They were seriously one of the most insane live acts I have seen! Their music also is just as good as their live show. They are like 70's riffage, some hendrix, and some zappa influences. But their live show starts in the middle of the club floor, then in between songs and sometimes during songs they move their set to other parts of the club. The singer will sometimes take the drummers equipment and play it himself. The singer also kneeled on my shoulders for a song at one point. They also ended up outside by the dumpster and started throwing fresh bags of trash at the people. To end the set they played ontop of people.
Matt and Kim had to follow an act like that which is hard and they definitely weren't my thing at all, but again they appealed to the younger crowd for their keyboard and drum duo. They played synth pop/dancie mix and looked like they had a lot of fun.
Paint it Black was on after them, and of course Paint it Black playing in philly, there is no better place to see them and Instinto was so happy to see that. She experienced the best hardcore scene and I am happy she enjoyed it and appreciated it. Paint it Black played pretty well, the guitar sounded like shit but they still put on a solid show. They got people revved up for what I think was the best band of the night...
Dillinger Four, I have had quite a history trying to see these guys live. For one, they barely tour, but I had a chance 8 or 9 yrs ago to see them with Avail and the venue got shut down. Then I had a good chance to see them a year or two ago and the show sold out but then I found out there was a 2nd show later that day and the bassist/singer had an intestinal problem and so they didn't play. Well I finally get to see them and they didn't upset at all! I loved every second of their angry punk rants! They were everything I expected and more.
Circle Jerks played after that and well it was alright but I was not looking forward to sitting through 27 songs(as they announced at the beginning) because they were just as mediocre as I remember them being. I was outside most of the time, then Instinto wanted to leave also.
The next day I took her back to philly to do a little shopping, which I think I did more because we hit up a record store and I picked up some sweet scores... such as:
Captain Beefheart-Trout Mask Replica(repress)
Shellac-Terraformer
Dillinger Four-Midwestern Songs of the Americas
Can-Ege Bamyasi(on green)
Well this week has been fun as well, had work which is fun since the teacher in there is amazing and is a lot of fun to work with, it doesn't hurt that she is young and cute and is also a blast to hang out with at bars after work. This past thursday night I went to AC with my bro, my uncle and my uncle's friend to see The Dark Knight on IMAX!!! We first got some dinner at Cuba Libre and then waited in line for about an hour and a half to be let in! I will not put any spoilers since it is awesome, but I will say believe the hype and go see it for yourself because it was everything the hype said it was and more. Aaron Ekhart and Heath Ledger were amazing in the movie. The film was visually amazing as well since I saw it on IMAX some of those panning and flying scenes were amazing! Also its dark as hell and is not a movie for the family, I would say keep the kids at home due to the violence.
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