Above pic: Bloody Panda (photo not from this show)
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Had a reasonably productive day, which is weird for a Saturday. After being inconvenienced/misled by a procession of semi-literate lazy pieces of fucking shit employed by two (2) separate Targets, I finally wound up with... drumroll, please... A VACUUM!!! VICTORY IS MINE!!! Ugh. Tried out the newish Vietnamese sandwich place on Havemeyer (decent, but I wasn't terribly impressed) before watching a truly awful, poorly done, idiotic movie. Yes I'm only a couple days into "May Daze" (aka my attempt at going out every night this month) but the idea of staying in is mighty tempting when there are so few interesting concerts on the docket, and I can't find anyone who wants to see either of the Anvil or Tyson documentaries with me. Yes, my journey of frivolous leisure over the next month shall be a tumultuous (read: excruciatingly boring) one.
(You know what? After some initial apprehension, I'm getting more and more okay with the "May Daze" name, mainly because I'm usually lumbering around in a sleep-deprived, stoned "stupor," or "daze." Also, I was considering an attempt at timeliness and, as, such, maybe calling it "Fuck the Swine Flu" or perhaps the rhymier/less personable "Fuck You, Swine Flu." But fear not, timeliness is for people with paying jobs.)
After puffing a few bowls I finally got motivated at about 9:45 or so and walked over to Death by Audio only to be told that the show wasn't going to start for awhile, which kind of blows. See, in NYC when a show is advertised as starting at 8, that usually means that the first act takes the stage at 9, and so forth. Maybe there were some extenuating circumstances further delaying the show's start, who cares. I used this opportunity to head over to Oasis and eat a shawarma. Not too shabby, but by the time I got back to Death by Audio it didn't look like anyone was any closer to, you know, performing music. Sat around for another long while.
Eventually, Bloody Panda took the stage, and I dug their shit good 'nuff. Elements of black metal, doom and stoner stuff which is always a good combo. Their stage presence was kind of fucked up, with all 5 members of the band wearing black hoods covering their entire heads, and with the keyboard player and vocalist standing in front of the stage (as opposed to on it). Because I had no idea what was going on, for much of the set I was under the mistaken impression that the female vox were canned only to eventually discover that the vocalist was standing about fifteen feet to the left of me. Huh.
Pontiak was up next and they had kind of a slow stonery vibe which I also enjoyed, alternating between more traditional chunky riffing and quieter strumming. At one point the guitarist/vocalist came offstage and began smacking shit around on a drumset that was against the front of the stage, facing the rest of the band. Neat-o.
At least one other band played after Bloody Panda and Pontiak, although by this point it was 1:30 AM, my back was killing me and I didn't feel like sitting on the floor, my cell phone and iPod were both dying, and I had places to go (my room), people to see (HAHAHAHA good one) and things to do (smoke more weed, watch porn). So if you're one of the bands I missed and you're Googling yourself expecting to find a review of your set, next time try taking the fucking stage at a reasonable hour. Thanks!
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King Khan tonight (probably). Muddd onward and such.
