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March 25, 2004
that's not punk, it's hipster
mitzh invited me to go out and see xiu xiu perform at the warehouse next door. first we went to this groovy hipster cafe 'round the corner from the eagle, then we went 2 doors down to the club where xiu would perform.
at first i thought the black irish or jewish cutie with the bitch glasses and speedo bag in front of us was dancing like the cool kids dance, but mitzh pointed out that it was probably autism. plus we think he was gay. cute though. we knew of a cure for that kinda dancing.
the opening band, a solitary kid with a casio keyboard, strobe light and a drumset, was painful and it sounded like a cross between pink floyd and an extended purple rain 12" single. i kept hoping his drumset was on hydraulics and would extend at a 90-degree angle over the audience, but none such effects were to happen. i need to go see kiss in concert again.
smoke break at intermission with mitzh. on the way to a bathroom, i overheard a couple of early 20something grungebags discussing property values. hons, yer not punk, yer hipster if you have the cash at that age to think about buying in dc. i need to move to the west coast.
then xiu xiu came on board. lead singer was cute. by this time 4 or more beers and our age was catching up on us, as we were clearly at least 10 years older than the rest of the crowd. we could also catch snatches of echo and the bunnymen, erasure and nine inch nails embedded in their set, so it was time to go. post-punk pre-neo-new age is upon us, and we've heard it before. i got to hang out with mitzh anyway.
Posted by jimbo at March 25, 2004 3:58 AM
Comments
ah - don't worry 'bout it....old is in.
Posted by: sean at March 25, 2004 6:53 AM
never heard of the band, but they are coming to L.A. in April; might have to check it out and give you a West Coast report on the 20something crowd.
Posted by: brent at March 25, 2004 10:38 AM
irony is not lost on the younger generation. it is merely on sale at your local urban outfitters, and occassionaly, a thrift shop.
viva la courtney love.
Posted by: donald at March 25, 2004 11:17 AM
dude, it only gets worse over here. $500K gets you a quaint, two bedroom condo in a shitty neighborhood.
"it only needs maybe $30K in upgrades to make it nice and the association fee is just $200 a month!"
this will be said to you with a totally straight face by the agent.
Posted by: the mighty xanex at March 25, 2004 8:27 PM
i am so not the mighty xanex. dammit dammit dammit. time to clean out the autocomplete.
Posted by: the mighty jimbo at March 25, 2004 8:28 PM
Dude I am so gonna name my next D&D character 'The Mighty Xanex'. Thanks bud.
Posted by: jimbo at March 25, 2004 8:56 PM
Nice Time Machine look. I was tired of hearing those Whos singing about Christmas or something like that from my mountain aerie. Morlocks, much much better....
Posted by: jeff at March 25, 2004 9:52 PM
So why the hunky photo of Rod Taylor? Not that it isn't appreciated, of course.
Posted by: WeHo Mark at March 26, 2004 2:00 AM