Friday night at the khyber in hfx, sparsely
attended but well worth
the $5 an allages show featuring bomb threat (mike c on drums woo woo!),
preppy relatives, tim robbins experience (thrush hermit minus cliff),
superfriendz & jale. Bomb Threat were abrasive but entertaining, reminded
me of coyote but the suits may have had a lot to do with that...(TOO)
LOUD! Preppy relatives (guitar & drum duo) were up next. I liked them,
intelligent lyrics, but I must confess that my attention was mostly
focussed on the kissing couple wearing bride & groom costumes
positioned on the stage behind the band. It was performance art, y'see.
TRE were hilarious (the rob & ian falsetto "harmonies" were priceless) with
songs like "six figure sattelite" & "countdown to the grammy's" (complete
with grammy acceptance speech & a screamed "I'd especially like to thank
GAAAAAAAAAWWWWWD! GAAAAAAWWWWWWD!). Superfriendz seemed a little subdued
(the 3rd floor of the khyber is a weird space, very dark)...fun to watch
criss bashing away & mugging for "lp drummer" dave marsh (who was sitting
on the stairs right below me)...I can't help but think that it must be a
little distracting for the rest of the band...poor drew had equipment
trouble again...not among their best sets but still really fun. Jale
played a short set as well...mostly stuff from the new ep, some of the
non-allyson songs fr dreamcake & a leonard conan cover ("frightened
of...")...a few people danced. Roderick handed out cryptic valentines (he
gave 1 to jale) but no baked goodies :(
SLOAN last night at birdland...pat said at the end of the set "see us
tomorrow night or never again" :( so everyone in hfx the sunday allages
show is your LAST CHANCE! Did both stood up & same old flame as well as
covers of thrush hermit (25 all right) & elevator to hell (that girl
problem song...I don't have the lp upstairs with me). It was criss who sang ped up
"before i do" (tho i have no idea what he used as a "talking part" at the
end). LOts of jumping, no violence this time except for in the crowd.
Yan modelled the new sloannet t-shirt which is truly wikked! lots o
sloannetters there...jon dacey,yan,heather,jim
cooper,rod,shant,adam,andrew were among those i saw & i'm sure there
were many more...
see all you haligonians in less than an hour & all you upper canadians on
friday. woo hoo!
................kat
