Summer concert update...

It's been awhile since I've blogged, but it's not because I've been sitting on my ass. It's been crazy-busy at work, and the weekends have been pretty crazy too. Brad and I have slipped into summer concert high-gear. We saw NIN at Jones Beach last weekend--what a f*@#ing amazing show. I mean, Jesus Christ. It was out of control how amazing every single somg sounded. I was super psyched because not only did they do all the good stuff off of the latest record, With Teeth, they did all the amazing NIN we know and love--including two somewhat obscure songs, "Get Down, Make Love," and "Dead Souls" (which is actually a Joy Division cover)--just one more reason why I love NIN so much and have ever since back in the Pretty Hate Machine Days...

Anyway, we also saw A.F.I. this past Friday at Roseland. Brad's friend Jen works for the label and scored us awesome seats, so we were actually sitting in the balcony and not down below in all of the mess, which was a good thing because honestly, I thought the kids in the pit were going to take someone's head off it was so crazy. A.F.I. was really impressive. I wasn't expecting them to sound better live than they do on their records, but that was exactly what they did and they put on an amazing, high energy show. My favorite moment was at the end of the show when the singer, Davey Havok, actually came into the crowd and was standing (I think on people's shoulders) as he was singing. It was an amazing show.

Upcoming concerts...belive it or not, Brad and I are sort of on a cheese-metal kick, so I think we're going to see Poison and Cinderella (I LOVE Cinderella) in August and then Aerosmith and Motley Crue in September. Very cool!

Guns N' Roses! I'm not ashamed!

Yes, I used to be a metal chick. I had the hair, metal t-shirts, ripped jeans, MC jacket and everything. Since the late 80s/early 90s the sun-in has grown out, I switched to designer jeans with holes in them, and I've given the MC away, but I still have metal roots. I don't care. Make fun if you so desire. But I am not ashamed!

A few weeks ago, Brad and I were talking about the possiblity of going to see Guns N' Roses--or the skeleton crew of Axl Rose and Dizzy that has become G N'R--but we couldn't get tickets. None were available anywhere, unless you wanted to pay $200 a seat on e-bay. Since I've seen them before (several times--including giving up my seats for a show during high school because I had to take a damned Regent the next day and my mom wouldn't let me go--grrrrr, I'm still pissed about it), it didn't seem worth it to pay that much for seats especially when it wasn't even the original band--just Axl really.

However, I just got an e-mail from Live Nation (basically, that's ticketmaster) saying that there were tickets available for this Sunday's show (probably because it's Mother's Day) so we're going! We're going! Yes, it's cheesy! And yes, Axl Rose is a money-grubbing fuck! But I don't care! We're going! And Izzy Stradlin is supposed to be playing these shows, so it's more like the original Guns (there have even been rumors circulating that Duff--my first bass-player lust--is playing with them too; I'm not sure I really believe that, but it would be awesome if he was). I'm really glad that I got to see them when it was really the whole band back in '91 at MSG (Soundgarden opened for them) when Steven Adler was still the drummer (is he even alive anymore? I thought he OD'd or something). I also saw them at Nassau and Giant's Statidum when they toured with Faith No More and Metallica, but I'm so excited that we're going to see them. Ahhhh, metal memories! I'm going. I'm going!!!

Displaying my metal roots at our wedding:

Next Tribe/Lucky Cat/Poetry!

James and Rob's band Next Tribe is playing tomorrow night at Lucky Cat in Williamsburg...and I'll be reading poetry with them during their set. I'm so excited! If you aren't busy tomorrow night--hell, even if you are--come to Lucky Cat, hear some awesome music, congratulate James on finding out the sex of his first born (a boy!), and hear a poem or two. Check out their website for details:

www.nexttribe.com

Contramano--The best band you've never heard of...

Hubby and I discovered Contramano approximately a year ago at a show at the Brooklyn venue, South Paw. They were opening for one of our favorite bands, Rasputina--an amazing band whom I've blogged about extensively, but the nitty gritty is this: two chicks singing incredibility sarcastic, funny, and off the cuff lyrics, simultaneously playing cellos, and backed by a male drummer. They like to dress in corsets, and also like pilgrims and native Americans. Seeing them live is better than their albums. Their album A Radical Recital will make you pee yourself. But back to Contramano--an amazing, innovative and exciting band, hailing from Argentina, with live cello, lots of stuff done with an iBook, a crazy singer, and immensely catchy, politically driven lyrics. We're going to see them again this evening, at South Paw in Brooklyn, and if you're interested in coming with, you should call me ASAP.

Here's hubby's epinion he wrote about them forever ago:

Contramano, The Best Band You've Not Yet Heard Of...
Contramano: you should know about them. It was my duty to inform, and that duty is done. Thank me later.