Noise Against Fascism: Mirror/Dash (Kim Gordon/Thurston Moore), The Believers, Metalux, Double Leopards, 16 Bitch Pileup, Monotract, Nautical Almanac, Buzzardstain, Chris Corsano/Paul Flaherty, To Live and Shave in L.A. (feat. Rat Bastard, Don Fleming, Chris Grier, T. Moore, Tom Smith, Ben Wolcott, Andrew W.K.), Magik Markers
Black Cat, Washington DC
January 20th, 2005
So Ms. dW and I headed out to ye ol Black Cat in search of the one and only Mr. W.K. in spite of the bitter cold weather, various illnesses we were coming down with, and a certain other 'W' whose supporters have temporarily overrun our normally quiet little burg. This "concert" began with a female duo uttering some indistinguishable vocals transmitted over a bullhorn and accompanied by a dissonant backing track and crunching guitar. Different people kept coming out on stage in various configurations and I couldn't tell you the difference between any of the acts that didn't include Kim Gordon or Andrew W.K. So the whole thing was actually "noise" and I think 4+ hours of grating sonic dischord, feedback, and distortion should be enough to defeat just about any type of negative -ism. I also blame it on my current gastro-intestinal dischord (though that could be a virus I guess).
Highlights from the show include: two hooded DJs spinning a Gary Glitter record; some beret-and-sunglasses dude who reminded me of Dr. Mraz yelling at the sound guy to "play some Can, man" and ranting about various things during the set breaks; [for Sonic Youth fans] Kim Gordon doing some "cowboy" "song" for 20 minutes; and finally Mr. W.K. himself on drums (that's right I had to sit through all that crap just to watch him fiddle around with a backing track and then pound on one tom for a couple minutes).
Next time I will stay home and watch the 'Your Friend, Andrew WK' episodes stored in my computer. It would have been cheaper and hopefully resulted in less vomiting.
Oh yeah, one more thing: good grooming is not a government plot. Seriously...
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I'm not sure if I've ever been to a show while I was sick, but you described it well. I did throw up at a show at Phantasmagoria in Wheaton once because we ate this scary mom and pop restaurant (just outside the Beltway) with a spaghetti dinner special before the show and I think they poisoned me. It was embarassing because I almost ran into Simen, the wonderfully talented and attractive viking bassist (of, at the time, Dimmu Borgir), on my way out of the bathroom. I told him "Great show"... My man and I both have a crush on the guy, so you can understand my embarassment.
Even though you were sick, your story makes it seem like going to the show was worthwhile AND the fact that you saw a character like my dad is FUNNY! Did you know that he is exactly like Homer Simpson in the that Hullabalooza episode? He's always trying to rock so hard and singing things to my mom like "Witchy woman" and "I need a lover who won't drive me crazy"...
The worst thing he says is, "What's happenin' with band, man?" If we get him a beret and sunglasses, I'm not sure where it would lead...but I would laugh...
deathmetalroze
Uh...sorry about the typo --- we didn't EAT the restaurant...we ate AT the restaurant...
deathmetalroze
Being sick at show sucks! Back in October I didn't realize how sick I was until I went to the Unearth/Terror/Black Dahlia Murder show and almost passed out...then of course two days later I went to Green Day...then I lost my voice and found out I had tonsilitis. Ugh. But I'm dedicated like that (esp. to Carl from Terror...mmmmm, Carl)
As Ms. deW I would like to corroborate Princess Hoodie's account of this show. Granted, I was sick too, but 2+ hours of nothing but feedback is more than my little ears can take. I went for Andrew WK but I couldn't endure the situation long enough to wait for him. I usually enjoy shows at the Black Cat but I don't think I'll be going back there for a while.
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