Wish You Were Here
This is how it goes when you hear about something awesome coming up and decide to organise attending it. You will ask others to come. Some will simply say “no.” And indeed, no means no. A significant number (say, 100%) will say “maybe.” Maybe pretty much always means no. And, holy Moses, a select few will say “yes”! Do not be alarmed by this. Yes, in a surprise twist, also means no.
Now, this is not an “everybody sucks!” post. Many people have completely valid excuses. It’s just unfortunate, is all. When something awesome is on, you want, ideally, the entire world to be there too. Because it was awesome.
So at this juncture I should give due props to Lo4d3d, proprietor of a highly successful website, and also present for Minuit’s The Guards Themselves Tour.
You may have heard that Lo4d3d is a fast eater. In person, it is terrifying. Upon receiving his foot-long Sub, his hands went into a blur as he devoured it within seconds.
Ruth Carr, and in fact the whole group, had a fantastic stage presence - reminiscent of Elevator. This is to say nothing of the music. I mean, within seconds, I had made up my mind. The Fear will now be an electronica/breaks act. No amount of Audioslave covers can compare to the stuff in their catalog. At my earliest convenience, I went straight to Trademe.
After an absolutely stonking (yes: stonking) rendition of I Hate Guns, they returned for an encore and encouraged people to get up on stage and dance with them. While I thought this was totally cool, I declined on this occasion.
FYI: having four Vodka Bulls thinking it’s the perfect way to get amped for an electronica/breaks gig while still being able to drive home will not seem like such a good idea at 7am when you are sleeping awake. Man, that was fucked up.
What do you use to play those files?
Believe it or not, Nokia Media Player crashes when I play them. I might have to make a post about that.
Comment by Pete — March 27, 2006 @ 9:49 am
I have something called MPEGable X4 that converts to and plays 3GPs, but they will actually work in Quicktime. Which is unfortunate, because I hate Quicktime, but I also hate WMP so what can ya do. I wonder if they work in WinAmp?
I don’t understand why the world needs just one audio format yet 16 billion video formats, but there you go. Unfortunately I don’t have anything that converts from 3GP.
Comment by db — March 27, 2006 @ 12:09 pm
Cheers (used Quicktime).
I’m guessing they were better live than those videos show. I guess I shouldn’t complain, it’s a cellphone after all.
Comment by Pete — March 27, 2006 @ 3:01 pm
Indeed. They tell me Being There is Everything.
Comment by db — March 27, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
Yeah, but recently Deerhoof came. Deerwho? Oh my:
http://www.vporter.com/burn_my_eye/burnmyeye06_deerhoof_high.ram
and I would have given my eighth testicle to see them live. I am already attending both Sigur Ros and Opeth, scandanavian joy.
The Fear has two members who are active in the electronica scene: DJ Dark Wizard and DJ Fist. Watch out for the “vs.” album featuring music videos with lots of breakdancing soon.
Comment by Santadog — March 29, 2006 @ 11:05 pm
It is good times on the music scene. I’ll have to brush up on my breakdancing.
Comment by db — March 30, 2006 @ 1:53 am
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