Saturday, August 4, 2007

And now, the long weekend

I went to the Agile Like This show last night. As usual they were a riot. I was also very impressed with one of the other acts, the New Peshmergas. This act consists of two people, a drummer and a singer/guitarist. The singer is amazing; she can sound like Ani DiFranco one moment and PJ Harvey the next. They covered PJ Harvey's song "Down By The Water", but they also did a bunch of originals, which I also liked.

The Agile performance was marked by one weird incident. Midway through their most obscene song, "Dimefront" (aka "Two Inch Dick"), a friend of theirs, the_thaw, came in with three young boys (ages maybe between 10 and 14); apparently they're her cousins. Not the most family-friendly show to bring them to, perhaps, but apparently she'd already shown them Borat, so they were already hopelessly corrupted. I imagine, though, that if this had happened in Alabama, everyone involved would probably be in jail now.

Today I have a funeral to go to, and will hang out with the family afterwards. It will be a sombre occasion, but c'est la vie. Or rather, c'est la mort.

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