Wednesday, May 05, 2004
A weekend of rock!
Friday: I went to see Yumi Yumi at Club Velocity. I keep meaning to review Club Velocity, Reading's most consistently good gig night, but never quite manage it. Something to do with it being on a Friday. This time I was convinced I'd be able to but in the end missed the first two bands because I was talking to Tim and Annie (from and associated with Off the Radar) about their experiences promoting gigs in Reading and setting up gigs in foriegn lands. Which was most interesting and informative. Yumi Yumi were excellent and had me and most of the rest of the crowd dancing around, something that rarely happens at Reading gigs. Japanese poppy rock-tastic!
Saturday: To Bristol in preparation for Therapy? and the Wildhearts on monday night. With a few days to kill Saturday night was spent watching Idle Tuesday and Stud Lisa at the Engineer's Arms. We went down to check out Stud Lisa's last gig with Left Side Brain on their recommendation. Stud Lisa were very good. Bristol's answer to Three Litre? Maybe. I think that'll probably be their last gig though. Idle Tuesday were an impressively tight (and very young) ska punk band. I am not a fan of ska punk if you are in a ska punk band you have to be amazing for me to like you. Idle Tuesday were good, not amazing.
On the way home from the gig I realised I'd left Therapy? and Wildhearts tickets in Reading. Bugger.
Spent the rest of the night discovering that if you have a very rock CD collection, a collection of rock loving people and you allow each person to choose one track in turn a party will develop. Also, all Andrew W.K. songs might sound the same but every single one will get people dancing.
Sunday: Bought replacement Therapy? and Wildhearts tickets via interweb. That solution was cheaper than going back to Reading to get the tickets I'd left behind. In the evening we had a great lebanese meal and played poker before descending into more one song rock partying.
Monday: Got up late, played Super Monkey Ball 2 a lot. Went to get some beers, started drinking. Went to see the most amazing gig I've ever been to. Therapy? were amazing for 45 minutes, The Wildhearts were amazing for an hour and a half. Danced for two and a half hours solid, then more back home after the show. If I had to pick my dream line-up for a gig I'd pick these two again. I wonder if there are still tickets for their london show? I even bought two new t-shirts.
The most rocking weekend I've had for years!
Saturday: To Bristol in preparation for Therapy? and the Wildhearts on monday night. With a few days to kill Saturday night was spent watching Idle Tuesday and Stud Lisa at the Engineer's Arms. We went down to check out Stud Lisa's last gig with Left Side Brain on their recommendation. Stud Lisa were very good. Bristol's answer to Three Litre? Maybe. I think that'll probably be their last gig though. Idle Tuesday were an impressively tight (and very young) ska punk band. I am not a fan of ska punk if you are in a ska punk band you have to be amazing for me to like you. Idle Tuesday were good, not amazing.
On the way home from the gig I realised I'd left Therapy? and Wildhearts tickets in Reading. Bugger.
Spent the rest of the night discovering that if you have a very rock CD collection, a collection of rock loving people and you allow each person to choose one track in turn a party will develop. Also, all Andrew W.K. songs might sound the same but every single one will get people dancing.
Sunday: Bought replacement Therapy? and Wildhearts tickets via interweb. That solution was cheaper than going back to Reading to get the tickets I'd left behind. In the evening we had a great lebanese meal and played poker before descending into more one song rock partying.
Monday: Got up late, played Super Monkey Ball 2 a lot. Went to get some beers, started drinking. Went to see the most amazing gig I've ever been to. Therapy? were amazing for 45 minutes, The Wildhearts were amazing for an hour and a half. Danced for two and a half hours solid, then more back home after the show. If I had to pick my dream line-up for a gig I'd pick these two again. I wonder if there are still tickets for their london show? I even bought two new t-shirts.
The most rocking weekend I've had for years!
# posted by Mike @ 10:28 
