This really isn't an endorsement per se, think of it more along the lines of a Mini-Review. The show was pretty good, I'll give you a snippet of the email I sent to the inimitable BillR describing the show.
Quoth I: "The show was ... hmm. Mixed reviews.
The first two acts, Sixtoo and Blockhead, were boring as hell. Sometimes I'm amazed at who gets DJ gigs.
Bonobo had a very lively/catchy set. Didn't do anything special though. Kid Koala completely stole the show in my opinion. They had a cam trained on the turntables projected on a huge screen behind him, and he did some absolutely
amazing shit like moving the needle on the fly to get precise notes, some crazy scratching...an amazing live DJ. I do find his recorded stuff a little dull, however it's much more interesting to actually see what he's doing in conjunction with the sounds he's making. He even tagteamed with "P. Love" from the earlier Sixtoo act.
Tobin himself had a good set, but Koala is a hard act to follow since Tobin was just spinning. He spun great tracks, really bassy and energetic, but ho hum, just mixing, nothing fancy.
My suggestion: If the "Zentertainment" tour is stopping nearby to you, check it out. It's worth the $20. However, unless you're planning on really chilling and talking with your friends and not really getting into the show, skip the first hour and a half and hop in when Bonobo goes on."
So last night I went with Zoua to the Amon Tobin show. We spent way too much money on watery drinks and bad food, but I think the show was worth it. So go check out the Stuffs section for the mini-review.
Also check out the Rants section for the latest and greatest news about Courtney Love's crashing and burning life!
How deep can one celebrity sink without ever suffering consequences for her depravity?
Part of the answer is right here. I definitely breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Courtney Love's god-awful band "Hole" was defunct. Finally the world would be rid of that crass outspoken hag. Needless to say, as celebrity often does, Courtney simply would not go away. I read almost daily these days about how far the woman has fallen; she gets arrested for breaking windows at 5am in a cracked-out rage, she fails to show up to a court hearing about her alleged illegal painkiller possession, and then she "repeatedly exposes her breasts on Letterman." In attempting to portray herself as as Rock n' Roll Maverick, she has succeeded only in:
a) completely humiliating herself
b) being completely and utterly unaware of humiliating herself
c) turning on a whole new generation of teenagers to ugly fashion and bad music
d) not being a maverick at all but rather reinforcing a decades-old rock stereotype.
Bravo Courtney, bravo. Un-PC as this may be to say, but no wonder Kurt Cobain committed suicide. With an insane bitch like that at your side, wouldn't you? I'm kind of assuming by now that she has completely lost custody of her child, yes? I sincerely hope so. No child should grow up with a pathetic loser like Courtney Love as a mother. I hear her new album has been well-received. It's really too bad that she can succeed so well as a musician (which I commend) but fail so utterly as a fully-functioning human being!
So anyway, I don't like to (at least publicly) denigrate someone for their physical appearance, but take a look at that article and tell me she's not fucked up on something. Not very photogenic, that one. Or maybe it's just the constant stream of heroin or whatever she takes in her bloodstream.
I hear Trent Reznor of "Nine Inch Nails" (and Allegheny College, HAHA) fame dated her at some point. No wonder he writes music to inspire sinking into a deep dark hole.
Poor David Letterman. Did he really want to see those? Yeeks. Talk about late to the bandwagon, Courtney Love ... didn't Drew Barrymore do that to him about 2 or 3 years ago? I'm telling you, that guy sees more breasts than a mammogram technician!
Well at least I won't be anywhere near Courtney's home turf, seeing as I got rejected last night from Univ. Washington. My #1 school! Oh well. Bitter? Yeah. I guess that's why this rant isn't very funny. Sorry!
Maybe I'll go expose my hairy chest to David Letterman. Hell, it seems to do wonders for everyone else's careers! ;)