Sunday, June 05, 2005

Bloc Party

So last Wednesday I'm at BAM... and I get a call from Jem who says they have an extra *FREE* ticket to the (sold out!) Bloc Party show at the Fillmore show & did I want it? uuuuhhhh. YA!!!

SO I had been out & about doing things for 2 different clients before going to BAM, so I had my laptop with me. But I figured I didn't care if I had to hold it the whole time (as I was so NOT going to leave it in my car or trust it to coat check- it has my whole life on here!), it was worth it for a free ticket into this show that I had totally wanted to go to!

So I arrive, meet up with Jem, her cousin and his crew and we go in to catch the first band that her cousin and all his friends know (hence the free tix, I think), called the Ooh La's. I wanted to love them... but I just couldn't. Something about it reminded me of music that's already past it's time. And the lead vox girl, although she was super cute and admittedly her sexy boobies, that we could see the beautiful shape of so clearly through her little hippy-esque top, were doin it for me. I still couldn't love the music like I wanted. But hey - good for them! They apparently just got signed w/o even having so much as an EP out. Which is sorta Josie & the Pussycats freaky, but whatever... I'm sure they're stoked.

Alright, moving on though - the show just got better & better! On next: Kiss Me Deadly a Montreal band on Alien8. They were great & I want their CD!

Complete bonus was that I ran into cutie Todd (who I met @ The Walkmen & then ran into again at the Hijack the Disco show) AND Chris, who I hung out with a bit the night of Misty's PNYE, at Coachella, and I'm delighted to say is becoming a friend I completely look forward to talking to and hanging out with. He's a good guy. Oh... so the best part? Is that between Chris & Todd, I had two tall, sexy, music-lovin men standing by me all night. Like that doesn't help make it a great time!?!? hahaa :)

So Bloc Party goes on and oh my god. Seriously, ask anyone who was at this show and they'll tell you the same: INCREDIBLE!!!!

Apparently they'd played the night before at Slims, but weren't so 'on'. It seemed like they may have been tired or something... but not Wednesday night. It was AWESOME!!!!

You know how a show can completely be all about the energy in the audience!? And when everyone is just enjoying the shit out of the band, the band is having a great time, the crowd is freaking out - and it all turns into a spiritual experience of HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!! Ya, that was this show. KICK. ASS.

I wasn't that close, so I only got a few shots worthy of posting: View Bloc Party Album
(also shots of Kiss Me Deadly (openers) and Tilly & the Wall/Of Montreal from Thurs)

So they end their set, crowd goes nuts, they go off stage - crowd is going wild, they of course come out for an encore... play about 3 songs, rocking us all so hard... the floor of the Fillmore is warping as people are jumping up & down screaming (I love this feeling, every time I envision us all crashing through the floor, and that's the way I die... having the best f*in time at a show and falling through the floor because everyone was getting their rock on so. hard! hahaa). SO they end - we all cheer... lights go up & the music starts... people start funneling out and we, like most everyone we heard passing us as they were leaving, are just standing around in awe of what an incredible show we just witnessed. I mean, jesus. SO. GOOD!!!!

Oh, and it probably helped that I fell in love with the lead singer, Kele a bit. Hott damn is he hot. Not to mention his accent slays me. Although I couldn't understand a word he said it was so thick! It was still hott. hahaa. AND the drummer!! Who I have to say looks more like he's taking time off from a very high level science project than is a major drummer in a rock band - but oh my god is he awesome! Several times during the set he was blowing me away. And, despite his science look, he had his shirt off anyway. When I become a drummer, I'll totally take my shirt off, too. (haha)

So we're all standing around guffawing about how frickin incredibly mind-blowing the show was... and about 8-10 minutes goes by and all of a sudden they come back out on stage!!! "Since you all stuck around, we're going to play you a few more songs!" AWWW FUCK YES!!!!!!! So the stragglers rush up to the stage - making it maybe 150 or so of us and they played like 3 more songs!!! Then at the end I think Kele did a stage dive - but for sure the drummer did and I got it all on video. :)

I got an email from my friend Dan the next day, telling me about how amazing it was - and I was SO STOKED that he was there, too and SO STOKED that I was able to report that I had been there - and we both emailed back & forth about how incredible it was. yay for great shows!!! Man. I get so happy just thinking about it!

Oh - and although my laptop got pushed around quite a bit (mostly by me as when it was between my legs at my feet I had to continually remind myself that knocking it back & forth between my two legs as I rocked to the beat was probably NOT good for it. haha!), not to mention my Booq bag getting its fair share of whisky spilt on it (thanks Todd! haha), it still works! phew! :)

Anyway - great seeing you boys & thanks for calling me, Jem! That show is in my top 5 of this year FOR SURE! xoxo