Los Angeles, California

Clinic songs mostly sound alike but I like the manic weirdness of their somewhat uniform songs. Never seen them live.

Vahid, you live near the BUT? Did you go see any of the Nortec fridays things? I wanted to go but always had out of town biz those days.

Also, sign me up for Mills@suckdae tomorrow.

man you guys must be rich

i'll be seeing the yeah yeah yeahs tonite at the henry fonda theatre.

(i've never been there. do they require you to wear 'easy rider' gear?)

If it were the Peter Fonda Theatre, then yes.

:(

guess i need to be more 'fonda' the facts!

(is bridget still married to ted turner?)

hey tylero (and anybody else) i will be at JEFF MILLS tonight too!

i know the capacity is like 2000 people but i will be wearing jeans and a t-shirt with this on the front.

KXLU gave me a couple free tickets to the Unicorns, Beans and ... somebody else. Friday at the Knitting Factory. Beans is eh but I'm excited to see the Unicorns. Anybody want the other ticket?

I was thinking about stopping by Spaceland to see them tonight. (already have friday plans).

I'll be at the KF show.

I'll be at the N.E.R.D./Black Eyed Peas show at the Wiltern tonight.

Also, Prince @ The Staples Center next Monday

So, like I was saying, are Dance Disaster Movement good? I saw them at one of their first shows a long time ago opening for Q and Not U and I wasn't sure if they were just another Rapture-clone... but I hear enough good things about them to make me curious... how are their recordings?
And which show did you see last night, Morris?

OK, then:

The show last night was the Sharp Ease and DDM opening for the Von Bondies, at the Troubadour. DDM are two dudes dressed all in white - one of them, tall and dignified-looking, wails away on a drumkit, while his partner, a somewhat goofy guy with a stone-faced, "I'm dead serious!" schtick, plays a few jagged bars on a guitar, sets them to repeat, then puts down the guitar... plays a few shrill keyboard riffs, and sets those to repeat... then, to go along with the synth 'n' guitar soundscape he has created, he busts out a few robot dance moves, sings-screams-chants dramatically, drops to his knees (while wearing just white boxer shorts down beneath, no pants - ouch), wades out into the crowd and puts a guy in a headlock, etc. All the while, his buddy is really pounding on that kit!

The frontman's a bit silly... like other frontpeople these days I could name, he seems to want to be "wild" and "confrontational," but seems just half-assed about it. But the drummer was really good, and their set was definitely entertaining. Their one song I really liked had lyrics that went something like, "I've got shit in my pants!, and piss in my bed!..."

My girlfriend has the CD, and says it's not great... you have to see them, get hit will the drums and live synth to get the experience, she says... (I just checked out a few MP3s on their site, and it's true, they're pretty bland.)

We really like the Sharp Ease, by the way... (We've wanted to see them for some time, but never got around to it until last night.)

prince killed it at the staples center!

Xiu Xiu at the Smell this Friday (!!!)

The DDM song I liked is "The Shots" - there's actually an MP3 here. The lo-fi recording really doesn't do it justice, though.

(The whole time they were performing, I kept blankly thinking "Andrew WK vs. Wolf Eyes" - because of the white outfits and the noisy synth and the go-for-broke attitude. I don't have any idea what Wolf Eyes actually sound like, of course.)

I haven't heard The Sharp Ease yet, but when I was in college my old band played a few shows with The Grown Ups, who were a fun band that put a record out on Sympathy for the Record Industry... they were all like 15-year-old high school girls -- and the singer from that band, Paloma, is in The Sharp Ease, so I've been meaning to check them out.

So the Von Bondies stank? I have been meaning to pick up their CD, because "C'mon C'mon" is like my favorite single of the year -- I can't believe that's not huge on KROQ. Is it a fluke that that song rules? Does the rest of the album blow?

I really like "C'mon C'mon," too. (It's huge on Indie 103.1, so it'll probably be on KROQ in another month or so.) The rest of the album is just okay. Definitely not worth seeing live. (The singer was really irritating - posing and preening like ye olde Major-Label Rock Star.)

(Franz Ferdinand, on the other hand, tore down the Troubadour last week! We've got tickets to see them at the Avalon in June, but I'm really glad that we saw them when and where we did... what a show!)

I am bummed I missed that Franz Ferd show. I picked up both the singles this past weekend -- the b-sides are excellent. I highly recommend the "Take Me Out" one, which has a catchy as hell, more-than-album-worthy song called "All For You Sophia" and a slowed down lounge-y version of "Darts of Pleasure" that sounds like Arab Strap or something and is called "Words of Leisure."
Anyways, thanks for the heads up on the Von Bondies album. God, that single is killer though. And a perfect length at just a ways over 2 minutes

Oh, neat, I'll have to check those singles out (I hadn't heard about them before).

you guys are so nerdy

No argument here.

Our dream concert:

http://www.kittenpants.org/15_hamburger/nerds-poindext.jpg

Morris, please join me...

"Clap your hands everybody, and everybody clap your hands!

We're Lambda Lambda Lambda and... Omega Mu
We come here on stage tonight to do a show for you

We've got a rockin rythm and a high tech sound
That'll make you move your body down to the ground

We've got Poindexter on the violin
And Louis and Gilbert will be joinin' in

We've got Booger Presley on a mean guitar
And a rap by little old me Lamar

We've got Takashi beating on his gong
The boys and the Mu's are clapping along

And just when you thought you'd seen it all
Along comes a Lambda 4 ft tall!"

Most beautiful.

Anyway, all you bums have to be at the Sparks show a week from Saturday or I will pout. *pouts anyway*

Sparks of course, but first Electrelane next Fri... Ned, do you really like Timonium (opener) or did they bribe you with Taco Mesa antojitos to write that kind AMG review?

Heh, I missed this comment earlier -- yeah, I think they're great!

Anyway, Sparks on Saturday. Arthur and I are in, possibly Chaki. Come join us! A slew of folks on my Sparks list are getting together beforehand (and possibly afterward) for drinks, food and chat. Also, Thea and I have a mission to perform for the person introducing the band. ;-) Drop me a line if you're in.

Yeah! I am personally transporting "person introducing the band". Let me know where I can deliver this precious package before the show.

HAIR POLICE | KITES | PRURIENT | JOHN WIESE | PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT

Woohoo! It won't be anywhere fancy, but it's cheap and that's a good motivator. Will drop you a line.

You guys run rings around my poor brain.

DECEMBERISTS TONIGHT WOOT SEAFARERS AND PIRATES

!@#$!@#$!@#$!@#$@!#$@%^&%&*(&(*&)()))))))))))))))))!

Yes, it will be fun.

headspace's 10th year party

Message: Thursday, April 8, 2004
8:00pm-2:00am

only $8.00!!!, 21+

@Little Temple, 4519 Santa Monica Blvd (corner with Virgil)

(Tentative schedule; subject to change, but relatively set)
Main Room

8:00pm-Doors Open with opening set by TRANSISTOR CRICKET
9:00pm-9:25pm-LANGUIS (first live show with new line-up!)
9:25pm-10:00pm-PHTHALOCYANINE (a truly memorable live sound blast)
10:00pm-10:45pm-AGF (live straight outta East Berlin!)
10:45pm-11:30pm-SUTEKH (you will kick yourself in the face if you kiss this!!!)
11:30pm-12:40am-JOHN TEJADA (your derrierre will thank you later!)
12:40am-2:00am-JASPER (the #1 Chapin electronic artist in the world!)

The Lounge

9:00pm-10:00pm-FROSTY (the mythical manipulator of melodic manatees)
10:00pm-11:00pm-ALLEN (founder/CEO/nurturer of Plug Research Records)
11:00pm-12:00am-DAEDELUS (he will cuddle you just right)
12:00am-1:00am-NOBODY (lover supreme of all psychedlic sounds from then and now)
1:00am-2:00am-DNTEL (aka 1331; he will make you so happy you will cry)

There you have it! Plan accordingly and/or just come early and join us for this joyous occasion!!
Please tell a friend and come and have a drink or ten!!!

Phew, that's pretty good!

wow i wish i could go to that ned ill be at the perfect circle/mars volta show

The openers for that Electralene show at Spaceland are that band I'm always gushing over, Silversun Pickups... so make sure to show up to see them if you like the early 90's shoegazer-y MBV /"Gish" / type thing. I love them deeply...

Chaki -- okay! I have no idea if I'll see you there tonight but if I do, rah.

You guys are going to miss the noise. Shame.

Daedelus is excellent, and I must spread the love -- he was the bass player in my old band... and of course Dntel is great. That show should be fantastic, it's a who's who of LA electronix peoples.

Alfred Daedaelus is really great live and kicks ass. last time i saw him he was throwin some crazy cure samples in the mix!

WOW that headspace show sounds great!! the sutekh / tejada / jasper combo looks killer. makes me want to call in sick tomorrow.

As it is I'm completely tired from work and the Perfect Circle show last night (v. good stuff) so whoever goes tonight has my envy.

I might try to show up late to see DNTEL spin. Hopefully, I'll see some of you there.

You will not see me there. Unless "there" is seeing Tamala 2010 and then seeing NOISE.

did anybody go?

That noise show was amazing (!!!) Dunno about the DNTEL jibberjabber though.

French pop music DJs at El Cid tonight!!!