after class tonight, i went over to raleigh for the show at king's--lud, hotel lights, and the radar bros. there was some improv comedy troupe performing when i got there, who were somewhat entertaining, although perhaps not in the way they meant to be. anyway, i took a bunch of pictures of the bands, minus lud, b/c i forgot i had my camera in my bag during their set--such a shame, b/c they were awesome, and i wanted to get some shots of lee drumming. of course he is in ten thousand other bands so i';ll get another chance (work clothes and fan modine are playing a show in a couple weeks at the revamped space-above-hell, now called the wetlands).
i'dbeen dying to see hotel lights live--i loooove their cd, and of course i looooved ben folds five when i was in college (i hope ross grady doesn't read this, or he will mock me forever for publicly admitting that). darren jessee was the cute one and i am glad to see that my 19-year-old-self's rock star crush was not wasted--wow, they are just as good live as on their cd, way better than ben folds five, and now i am determined to pester ross until he has them on his show.
of course really i was there to see radar bros. sadly, i crapped out halfway through their set and left after hearing papillon, my favorite song from their new cd. i was sorry not to get to tell steve and the guys how awesome they were--of course they still have a place in my heart for their sweet antics during mergefest. :)
anyway, my pictures are all at flickr--they're random and fun, at least to me at 2 am. i should go to bed now, yikes! i'll label them and organize them tomorrow!
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I did an interview with Darren Jessee a LONG time ago, when he was in another band whose name I cannot even remember. What I do remember was that he was funny, which I always appreciated.
he did seem to have a goofy sort of charm last night. maybe i will revive my rock star crush on him! that hotel lights cd IS really awesome . . . ;)
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