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October 04, 2004
"I'm not a winner, but I don't intend to lose", The Nervous Breakdowns @ Madrone, 10/3/04
I keep forgetting that the miraculous can happen anywhere. I'll get to the miracle in a moment.
Last night, Roddy listed a bunch of things he wanted to do and the one we had talked about was a publishing party for a magazine called Kitchen Sink. Good magazine. I'd been walking past Madrone (Ms. C: New cool bar alert!) all weekend on the way to the Independent. So glad the party was there because the inside of the place looked great. Lots of dark hard wood and a nifty bar where they displayed their infused vodkas on a back lit wall. Lots of nifty, not so moderately priced drinks too.
So we waited for the band to show. And here's where the miracle occurred. They were amazing. I think I'd read that they put on an amazing show in either the SFBG or the Weekly, but this was a great time. They started off with an instrumental that sounded a lot like Imperial Teen. Then:
1. They did a cover of the Go-Gos' "This Town".
2. They sang about sex! Over and over again. I told a friend of mine once that we needed more post-punk songs about enjoying sex.
3. Female bass section!
4. Good sloganeering lyrics. Besides the title of this entry, they came up with "Your pessimism turns me on" and "This is not a song of silence".
5. They sounded like 1995 was happening all over again with those loud post-punk guitar chords and Keala is a damned good player.
6. They played a tune that was built on the bones of "Sweet Jane" and called that one "S.O.B." They also dedicated it to Film School for drinking all their beer when they played with them.
7. In their best moment, Matt, the rhythm guitarist, turns around and starts singing into the mic with his shorts unzipped. They keep falling down. He eventually turns around, pulls them off, then gyrates his ass and crotch in time to a tune that might be a Peaches cover. He looked great in his tighty-whiteys. While he's gyrating, the bassist and lead guitar ended up lying down on the floor. Alt-rock orgy exhaustion! Matt's my vote for best looking guitarist this year. We need more hot Asian men on stages everywhere.
When it was over, I went over to talk to the lead guitarist/singer, who happened to be from Hawaii. So was Matt. Did I also mention they're gay? Keala said it figured that the one other Asian guy in the room was from Oahu. It somehow makes sense.
They play again on 10/16 at Balazo Gallery in the Mission. I'm there just to see if they pull this off again. I'm pretty certain they will.
Would I make out with the band? Oh, hell yeah! Orgy at Balazo! This proves miracles can be skanky too.
Posted by deaconmf at October 4, 2004 12:05 PM
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I definitely approve of ending each review with a sex wishlist. Why don't they do this in spin? Probably because they've already slept with the band. More more more!
Posted by: davidk at October 4, 2004 11:40 PM
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