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Sep. 4th, 2004 02:08 amSo despite my complete cluelessness about what would happen today, flying by pants seat seemed to go well. Was contacted by my new flatmate around noon and told that we wouldn't be signing the lease until next Tuesday, so instead of getting keys and moving his stuff in, he was going to move his big stuff to his girlfriend's apartment (which is right across the lot from our new one) and give me his half of the downpayment so I can front the whole bill when I sign my lease next week. Then at least we'll have the place and he can figure his stuff out when he gets back. Meanwhile I've got to try and arrange phone, electricity and internet service so I can actually move in. Until those are on I think I'm quite happy in BW where I have all those things.
Anyway since that required basically no attention today, I packed up and left around 1:30. This was earlier than I probably could've left had we actually signed the lease, which was pretty cool I guess because there was no traffic, even all the way into downtown. I met Laurel once I got in, she was the only one on top of it enough to tell me she was actually going today. She was pretty cool to hang out with, especially for someone I basically don't know. We putzed around a bit and got in line for the stadium show. On the way in we met Shane & Becca, Cliff, and eventually Jacob Brockerman. It was pretty weird in a cool way. I guess I should've expected something like it, but Jacob Brockerman? Who'd a thunk?
The stadium lineup was two Bellingham bands (United State of Electronica and DCFC) (note that DCFC did not once during the show claim to be from anywhere but Seattle, which annoys me) and of course the Presidents, who are from Everywhere but live in Seattle. The show itself was more than worth the drive and the $12 parking. U.S.E. sounds like a bunch of guys that heard the second Daft Punk album and said to each other, "I can do better than that! Call the girls over and have them bring the vocoder!" and it turns out awesome. I can't wait to see these guys in a tiny club somewhere in Bellingham because it'd be great. DCFC called the lineup "a depression sandwich," as U.S.E. and the Presidents are shows you walk away from grinning, but DCFC is best served smoky and dark, in small cuts. That said, they played a very different, more fuzzy set than I've seen them do before and it worked well enough. It was a little disorienting seeing these guys in a venue as large as Memorial Stadium's, and the setlist made me worry a bit about them swaying towards Green Album rock-mongering. We'll see I guess. The Presidents were everything you've ever hoped they would be live, which is to say pure awesome. They're really just three guys noodling around and playing fun music, but they're all so musically solid that it just works great. They played a bunch of new stuff which felt a little forced in its quirkiness but wasn't disappointing or anything. I think it'll work good on the record, though I doubt it'll propel them to anything resembling "Lump" success. They closed with "Kick out the Jams" which made me a happy man. It was so excellent seeing so many of my favorite and seminal songs from highschool played live FINALLY. It was shocking how much I'd internalized their music. It's not complicated stuff but still, to know ALL the songs after several years was kind of surprising. That and they totally nailed every bit of them which was awesome. Quite satisfying.
Right now I'm so tired the room is spinning around me and I'm listening to christmas music because it's all that's on this computer. My body is not going to be very happy with me this weekend. I should retire to the waterbed and appease it with 10 hours of sleep. Instead I will probably stay up for a while doing stupid ish and wake up at 9am for no apparant reason.
I'm not sure who's to blame for this.
Anyway since that required basically no attention today, I packed up and left around 1:30. This was earlier than I probably could've left had we actually signed the lease, which was pretty cool I guess because there was no traffic, even all the way into downtown. I met Laurel once I got in, she was the only one on top of it enough to tell me she was actually going today. She was pretty cool to hang out with, especially for someone I basically don't know. We putzed around a bit and got in line for the stadium show. On the way in we met Shane & Becca, Cliff, and eventually Jacob Brockerman. It was pretty weird in a cool way. I guess I should've expected something like it, but Jacob Brockerman? Who'd a thunk?
The stadium lineup was two Bellingham bands (United State of Electronica and DCFC) (note that DCFC did not once during the show claim to be from anywhere but Seattle, which annoys me) and of course the Presidents, who are from Everywhere but live in Seattle. The show itself was more than worth the drive and the $12 parking. U.S.E. sounds like a bunch of guys that heard the second Daft Punk album and said to each other, "I can do better than that! Call the girls over and have them bring the vocoder!" and it turns out awesome. I can't wait to see these guys in a tiny club somewhere in Bellingham because it'd be great. DCFC called the lineup "a depression sandwich," as U.S.E. and the Presidents are shows you walk away from grinning, but DCFC is best served smoky and dark, in small cuts. That said, they played a very different, more fuzzy set than I've seen them do before and it worked well enough. It was a little disorienting seeing these guys in a venue as large as Memorial Stadium's, and the setlist made me worry a bit about them swaying towards Green Album rock-mongering. We'll see I guess. The Presidents were everything you've ever hoped they would be live, which is to say pure awesome. They're really just three guys noodling around and playing fun music, but they're all so musically solid that it just works great. They played a bunch of new stuff which felt a little forced in its quirkiness but wasn't disappointing or anything. I think it'll work good on the record, though I doubt it'll propel them to anything resembling "Lump" success. They closed with "Kick out the Jams" which made me a happy man. It was so excellent seeing so many of my favorite and seminal songs from highschool played live FINALLY. It was shocking how much I'd internalized their music. It's not complicated stuff but still, to know ALL the songs after several years was kind of surprising. That and they totally nailed every bit of them which was awesome. Quite satisfying.
Right now I'm so tired the room is spinning around me and I'm listening to christmas music because it's all that's on this computer. My body is not going to be very happy with me this weekend. I should retire to the waterbed and appease it with 10 hours of sleep. Instead I will probably stay up for a while doing stupid ish and wake up at 9am for no apparant reason.
I'm not sure who's to blame for this.
