So I'm going to try to go out every night this month. (That's what the whole "May Daze night 1" thing above means. Yes, that's a super-lame name but I'm tired and cranky. If you can think of a better name send that shit along, thx k bai.) This may sound absurd, but fuck it. This is the type of meaningless, hollow gesture that most folks my age gave up on long ago, but if there's anywhere an asshole like me should be trying to act younger than he is, Williamsburg's probably as good a place as any. Yes, my back will probably give out at some point, but by now with me never really knowing whether or not I'm actually getting any rest while I'm "sleeping"/waking myself up while snoring/randomly stopping breathing every 2 minutes or so in the middle of the night, getting adequate sleep isn't really too big of a consideration these days/ever.
Was considering going to the King Khan show at MHOW, but 1.) I've already seen them twice and 2.) I really didn't feel like drinking, and seeing King Khan live without being hammered is a fool's errand, and 3.) they're playing Santos Party House Sunday night, and I still haven't seen a show there so in all likelihood I'll get out to that instead. Also was considering seeing A Place to Bury Strangers but I didn't feel like getting all stoned just to ride the train into Manhattan. Plus, APTBS' live show is fucking insanely amazing, but I've seen them at least six times over the past couple of years and I'll be catching them at least once later this month with Holy Fuck. So this left me with the option of seeing Liturgy, who I'd caught at Market Hotel about a month ago opening for Future Islands, and who I remembered enjoying quite a bit. (Another fine band that played that same show: Double Dagger.) Taxed a bowl and headed out.
I really don't know what to say about the openers, because since I got to the show a bit late I have no idea who was who. First group was a drums/guitar duo which to me sounded like Mouthus mixed with Harvey Milk. Kinda cool. The next two acts (I have no idea what order they performed in was) were a dude with a guitar kneeling down in front of his amp and creating some meditation-tastic single-tone feedback (yes, that description blows) and another duo that added candles and a wall projection to the usual noisy/electronic stuff you hear at a lot of Todd P shows. Meh.
Liturgy closed the show with a set of blistering black metal. This time they were without their drummer, replacing live beats with an iPod full of doomy metronome beats which shifted speed and tempo seemingly randomly. Also, they did a sort of Gregorian chant type thing with looped vocals, which was pretty rad. Not that I'm a huge authority on black metal but compared to other stuff I've heard these two aspects of their music would probably distinguish them from other black metal wannabes. Last time I saw these guys I labeled them "kiddie Krallice" in my notes and for lack of a better idea (and lack of ambition to make this post more clever) I'm going to stick with that. Good shit. Post show: $3 falafel at Oasis (kiiiiiid!) and multiple listens of Spiderland.
Naptime. Not sure what the fuck I'm doing tonight, but I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess that it will involve weed and live music. Muddd ya later.
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