Sunday, June 26, 2005

heartless bastards + beers @ fly bar = SUCH a fun night!!!

I've been into the Heartless Bastards for awhile now, missed them in NYC & was stoked when I finally heard they were coming through town! After mentioning it to my friend Dan (who I know from high school & ran into at a Noisepop party back in February), he told me about the show & said him, his girlfriend Sarah and his friend Chris were going to go - so they bought me a ticket and the plan was in place!

Dan, Sarah & I met up for dinner at Tsunami Sushi. However, we had to wait for a table, so they sent us around the corner to their sister bar, Bar 821, which was actually a cool little bar none of us would have known was there otherwise. Good music and tasty beer (I had a Chimay!).

It was great to catch up with Dan and get to know his girlfriend a bit more (she's sooo awesome!). So after finally getting seated at Tsunami, we enjoyed some tasty fish and some yummy cocktails. It was all really good, but definitely seemed a little pricey, especially one of the appetizers we got - it was $12 for hardly any fish in some fancy presentation. Other than that though it's a pretty fun scene and I love that they stay open till 2am!

So we finish dinner & meet Chris, Lyne & Chris' friend Jim at the Independent for the show. Heartless Bastards came on first and they were great!! Her voice is SO powerful and they sounded spot on. They didn't even play Onion though! But they did play Gray as their last song. It was pretty empty in there when they got started, but it didn't stop me from being right up front. Great set!! I highly recommend you check em out.

The headliner was this band called The Slip. We'd read they were kinda a jam band with jazz influences, which wasn't that promising - but we thought we'd give them a chance. Just as I thought, I SO wasn't into them. The stinky twirling hippies weren't helping either - so we all decided to grab a beer down the street.

Willo & Dan @ Fly Bar on Divisadero
(Dan's gf, Sarah, left early - so there's no pics of her, unfortunately. I should have broke the camera out earlier!)

Chris, Lyne, Willo & Dan having a blast

Lyne, Chris & Willo

Lyne hadn't eaten dinner, so at some point her & Jim had gone over to Tsunami sushi for a bite. So after many beers, photos & laughs, Dan, Chris & I closed down Fly bar and went over there & helped them eat a few of their rolls (the Scorpion roll there is AMAZING!)... and then we all stumbled home. It was SUCH fun night!! All day Saturday we were crackin up at all the funny things that happened.

For Chris & Lyne: And a one, and a two and a one-two! hahhahahaaa What a night!

Click here to view photos from the show & the crazy photo shoot at Fly Bar