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Ok, so finals are over, and I only fucked up most of my grades (whew!). Now I'm back at home--talk about a 'climate change'... all that rain was depressing me, I almost forgot what the combination of snow and Christmas lights looked like.
Even though the shows were a while back, and I was seriously faded during one of them, I'm going to recap them anyway (due to my OCD), here goes nothing:
The Faint: To be honest, I was kind of skeptical about this show, for a couple of reasons: 1) I was bracing myself for a flood of scene kids from the nearby high schools, 2) The Faint haven't toured in forever, 3) Bellingham had been in a 'State of Emergency' (seriously) the whole week cause of a big snow storm, and 4) all of my friends bailed on me at the last minute (except Sam, who is awesome). Needless to say, any reservations I had about the show, were quickly killed as soon as The Faint took the stage. Their lighting and effects were a fucking trip, and despite their two year break from touring, they sounded really good. They played some new stuff too, which was definitely cool-- I kind of got a more European-electro vibe from their new stuff, not quite sure why--take from it what you will.
They played a lot of old favorites too, including: Glass Dance, Worked Up (So Sexual), I disappear, and, Agenda Suicide (as an encore). They also burned through 'Let the Poison Spill', a nostalgic song for me-- one we used to pre game to in my friend's car before high school dances (don't ask why, we were confused back then). They also played a rare B side that is one of my favorite songs of theirs, 'Take Me to the Hospital', which they introduced as 'a really deep cut'-- pretty awesome. Overall, they exceeded my expectations, and put together the best show the Viking Union has seen all year, it will be hard to top.
The Faint - 'Worked Up (So Sexual)'
The Faint - 'Take Me to the Hospital'
Ratatat: Let me preface this by saying that I was pretty wasted at this show. I had a friend from high school visiting, and we put away at least 10 (7.3%) 16 oz. beers before the show (apparently we drank one during the show too), so the details run together a bit. I do know I had a fucking awesome time, and I vaguely remember pissing a lot of people off around us cause we were dancing like crazy the whole time. But in my defense, what the fuck else are you supposed to do at a Ratatat concert? They definitely bring the party, so we busted the moves. Although I can't really speak for the Ratatat show, there were definitely a lot of people dancing during The Faint, so maybe we were just surrounded by the wrong people (that's what the back wall is for, right?). I do know that they played 'Seventeen Years' as an encore, which is by far my favorite song (and, yes, I did drunkenly sing along to the opening lines of the song-- I'm baller like that).
Ratatat - 'Seventeen Years'
Ratatat - 'Wildcat'
Overall, I had a blast at the back to back shows and it really seems like it'll be hard to top the shows AS POP put on fall quarter (note, due to finals week I missed out on Pretty Girls Make Graves). They are off to a good start though, so far they have lined up Neko Case and Matt Costa as the first two concerts winter quarter.
I suck, I know... but finals are kicking my ass, hopefully this can hold you over until next week (when I promise I'll write about the last two shows I've been to, plus some other random stuff)...
This is pretty much how I feel about finals...
The Unicorns - Ready to Die
And quite possibly my fav. instrumental study song of the moment (or maybe just my favorite instrumental song in general):
Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand In Mine
peace out.
-Doug
