07 August 2006

Steady As She Goes...

Whew, what a weekend. Heck, what a month...here we go, things have been v. v. busy:

Thursday: Editors at the Magic Stick. Read the last post.

Friday: Big City Rock, October Fall, Drive By and Need to Breathe at The Shelter. It was a pretty good show, lots of teenagers (*by lots I mean about 45, and since there were about 60 people there total, it's a lot) and a sprinking of parents. The Shelter was a neat venue though I was a bit creeped out by the area. I'd have been a little bummed about the show if tix had been any more than $8. Let's put it this way, these are bands that have not yet made it to playing even the small stages at Warped.

After the show I ended up meeting Benita, Elana etc. at Deluxe Lounge in Greektown. It was a lot of fun-had some drinks, did a bit of dancing, just chilled. Good times. Having just come from the Shelter, I was in my usual, mostly black, semi-punkish ensemble and therefore did NOT quite fit in at Deluxe. Oh well, twas fun anyways. We should check out more clubs in Detroit...

Saturday: got up reeeaallly late since I didn't get home till 2:30 am, hit the coffee shop for some writing time to work on show reviews and then met up with Jim for dinner and The Raconteurs' concert. We ate at Grizzly Peak and were told that we missed seeing Jack White there by 10 MINUTES. Curses! We had a little time to kill before the show started so we went and had a drink at Ashleys and then went over to the Michigan Theater. Of course I bought a t-shirt:) Now, about the show...

IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING. I can hardly put into words how great it was, totally blew me away. Probably one of the best shows I've been to. My god...They played most of the songs off Broken Boy Soldiers as well as a cover of "Bang Bang" that will make me cry if they don't record some day. It was just non-stop music. Jack White was, of course, awesome, but Brendon Benson, Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence were every bit just as amazing. Here's something I decided though: Jack White-hardly conventionally attractive but, my god, fucking sexy voice and he is ripped! You wouldn't think so, I always thought he was a bit scrawny, but it looks like Jack has been doing some working out...

I just can't get over how great that show was. The album is supurb but a lot of the songs were even better live. I "heart" The Raconteurs:) So, after the show Jim and I went down to Conor's and had a few beers, sat outside and digested the whole concert. (Oh yeah, iTunes has a couple of live tracks/special BBC recordings by The Raconteurs. Go buy them!) Another 2am night but it was SO worth it.

Sunday: Hauled my tired ass out of bed early, went to ERC to do some writing, ran errands. Nothing too exciting but after seeing four shows in a week (one being Warped) I think I was allowed a night in. Lest you worry that I go into concert withdrawl, I got tix to see Hawthorne Heights at the State Theater for the end of September. Woot! I'm also going up to Stratford, ON for a weekend in a few weeks to see a few plays which will be fun. I haven't been there in a couple of years, so I'm psyched. I loooooove Stratford.

And, speaking of Warped/concerts etc. My review of Warped is up on Revolt. Even better? My editor ran two of my photos and I get a photo credit as well!! Check it out here. Kinda fun to get my photos published too! (I love the one of the singer from The Sounds, god, she has such attitude!!) I wasn't able to get any pics of The Raconteurs. They didn't allow photos at the Michigan Theater and I wasn't willing to risk it.

In other news, I got called for jury duty. Of course it is the second week of school. I have to try and get this postponed. Aargh.

Ciao,
~S
Listening to: The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers

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