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Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes!
A perfect band to buy tickets for on the aftermath of elation from the Breeders on Friday.
They’re only $15 and playing at the Dogs Bollix on August 30, so there is really no excuse to miss this!
we go and see a bit of live music - not as much as we used to but still a fair bit. bands fall into one of two categories - bands i totally love or seeing bands i know of and have decided to take the opportunity to see live. it’s awesome either way most of the time.
we went to see the breeders play at the bruce mason centre on friday night. i have always really liked the breeders, though they don’t fall into the top ten bands of all time. i thought it would be on par with seeing sonic youth and the cure - watching a band who have achieved greatness that you never thought would tour again.
i was absolutely blown away. i always try to take a lot of photos to remember and commemorate these shows - i didn’t have my camera and the shot here is just off my iphone - but no photo or video could have captured the elation of being at that concert. crowds in auckland don’t move much at shows but for the breeders, i danced so much i have whiplash and incredibly sore muscles.
the breeders are a tight band who don’t appear to have any airs or graces or bullshit - they just got up and played, and they rocked. they talked a little bit to the crowd, but not so much or little that it was disappointing (i always hate it when bands don’t even say hi, cf: interpol, cat power etc).
they have set the bar for live show awesomeness for MONTHS to come. that gig reminded me why live music is so important and special. it changes your life!
weekend round-up...
and as a bonus it’s not even over yet!
wins:
- wet weather which enabled a ‘west wing’ marathon - we have now finished season 5.
- al volo pizza delivered so as not to have to go out in the storm or interrupt the above marathon.
- drinking a bottle of champagne we were given for our engagement present as we were out of all other non-spirit alchohol (and why not).
- getting parking right next to doorways when we did have to go out in the rain.
- mario kart being in stock at jb hi-fi.
- our already-hammered guttering not completely coming off the house.
losses:
- not stocking up before the storm.
- missing out on live music because we didn’t want to go out (and neither did our friends we were going with).
- the storm itself - really, minimal damage around the place compared to how bad they made it sound like it would be. this may have just been auckland though.
- haven’t completely missed out on ‘the dark knight’ spoilers, but at least we are seeing it tonight.