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Jul 15 2005

Carnival of Sorts

Last night's cover band show was interesting. Athens 82/83 were good, but not great. I think my expectations were too high. "Stipe" had a shaved head and they mostly played stuff from their later IRS albums, skipping must plays like "Gardening At Night", "Begin The Begin", "Cuyahoga", opting for dreck like "Superman" instead. They did do a pretty kick ass version of "Don't Go Back To Rockville" though. My biggest complaint was "Stipe" didn't even sing in a Southern accent. Seriously, WTF? But I'm totally nitpicking. Bill Berry's monobrow was a nice touch. Seeking Irony has some photos. DCSOB was there too.

Mac Attack went all out for their set. Wigs, costumes, the whole nine. They got a late start so I only stayed for four or so songs but they absolutely crushed "Rhiannon" so I was a happy camper. I only know like four Fleetwood Mac songs and they played two of them right off the bat so I decided to go home and try to get one good night's sleep this week. Still, it was a fun night and the bands should definitely think about doing this again. On A Friday.

That's all I got today.

VHS or Beta tonight, general bar hopping for Saturday. That's five nights in a row I will have been out and about. Quite the social butterfly, me. Hopefully I will rest on Sunday & Monday and then bluestate on Tuesday and Teenage Fanclub on Wednesday.

BTW, I just found out I got the apartment I was looking at, so I'll be moving at the end of the month! Arlington, here I come!

Posted by Kyle in Concert Reviews | Permalink