Sinister: disturbing performace art or bad music?

[Kristi H]

Robyn said:

"oh yeah, right, i was going to list some good mountain goats
songs to (gasp) download even if you (shock horror) don't like the
mountain goats"


Family Happiness (by the mountain goats) is one of my favorite songs.  I 
know you can download it at www.epitonic.com if you are at all interested.

Last weekend, I went to what must have been the worst show I've ever seen.  
I decided to go mostly because I was offered a ticket and I had nothing 
better to do.  I also wanted to see the opening band, a punkish girl group 
from Olympia, Washington called the Bangs.  The headliners were a band I'd 
never heard or seen called the Makers, but I figured if they were playing 
with the Bangs, they probably were at least somewhat interesting.

The Bangs came out and played a mediocre set.  Although, I like some of the 
songs I've heard on their record, I wasn't very impressed with them live.  
Compared to the Makers though, they were amazingly good. Nothing could have 
prepared me for the Makers.  Before I describe their set, let me explain 
that this show was at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC, a medium sized club where 
bands often mingle with the audience before and after they play.  While I 
was watching the Bangs, I noticed a really creepy guy in front of me with 
80's butt rock hair (lots and lots of hairspray) black spandex pants, and 
(I'm not kidding) a cockpiece.  I quickly pointed him out to my husband who 
seemed to be just as creeped out as I was.  As the Bangs left the stage, the 
big-haired spandex pants man and 4 other guys who looked just like him 
suddenly appeared on stage and began tuning their instruments and setting up 
drums. Then..... unfortunately, they started playing really bad glam rock. 
It was both funny and extremely disturbing at the same time.  I started 
laughing hysterically until I noticed that some of the people around me 
weren't amused and actually seemed to be really getting into the music!  At 
best, it was disturbing performance art, although I'm pretty sure it was 
just really bad music.

Anyway, avoid seeing the Makers.

Kristi



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