Star's Devastator

Hello to all,
Today I was about ready to upload at least one concert video just so that I can relieve the itch of doing so just for a little while...but alas. I forgot the cord that attaches from the camera to the computer so I will have to just bullshit about them. Text is so woefully inadequete when talking about bands. I would rather just show rather than tell, but tell is all I have at the moment, and I already went on briefly about seeing the Lavelles and Star. Excellent bands both of them. I can just go on...and I guess that's what this blog is for....thanks Erin and congratulations to you and JP....you did say yes, right if not never mind.
Star's music grows on me the more I listen to it and as I do I grow more fond of the performance I captured. The lyrics on the songs have some bite. Within the context of the CD "Devastator", a guy is either a sad, lonely loser or an isolated revolutionary/hero or all of the above. It seems part of the burden of being a hero/revolutionary is to be alone. And a lonely guy can aspire to save the world. All this just makes me wish I got down more of the performance on camera. I hope there are more performances to come 'cause I will be there to document them.
Chloe Day I saw the day after Christmas. There was so nothing to do that I had to find something to do, and here was this pretty name in the Reader. I haven't known a Chloe that is not attractive and so off to the Elbo Room I go. There were only about 11, or 10 people there to see miss Chloe, and she was the prettiest one in there. The low turn out is not a bad thing for me as a fan, (as I left the venue as one). It actually encouraged me to meet Chloe afterwards. Her whole band seemed to be contained inside her iPod she had hanging from her mic. "Dirty Little Secret" is dancey and thought provoking with references to the cross one bears made heavier
by the secrets that sit on top of it. Secrets that one can never escape. Hearing it made me think she went to Catholic school. "Dirty Little Secret" would feel at home playing in a goth club, something to play right after Bel Canto's "Shimmering Warm and Bright. "Spoon" and "Hands" seemed to written about the Mr Right every guy aspires to be, or should aspire to be. This is not corny, shallow Valentines Day romance, but cool Nick Cave love. This is what PJ Harvey would feel about finding THE ONE....but that's just me gushing about this girl's music. More on everything later.
Kaspar-Zig

Cloud Tectonics

In the very near future, I will be posting pictures and video of the various concerts I went to this year and perhaps I will shut up about them once and for all so that I will not have the same conversation with 60 different people. They start to avoid you at some point. The bands that I will rant about. Regenerator, Chloe Day, Alla', Star, AVP, Attrition, I:Scintilla, I probably missed some, but all will have some coverage.....meanwhile, this play "Cloud Tectonics" that will be performing in Peter Jones Gallery, 1806 W Cuyler. $10 to $15. This is an amazing play. I read it years ago and it is just a beautiful magical story. I dare say that it reeks of magical realism but that comes with the territory when you're a latino playwright. The writer's name is Jose Rivera. I will post more a bit later....
Kaspar-Zig

Last Tuesday...Star, The Lavellas, Arch Visceral Parlor

Hi, I guess this is my very first real entry into my blog and all. Here it is. I was really looking forward to this shoegazer-goth concert, mostly to see AVP which I'm friends with, I am happy to say. Sorry, Gail and John for arriving too late for your performance. Still, I was happy to see you all there to see the same performances I saw.
The Lavellas are a male vocal band that had me dancing as well as a few others. This is significant for me because the male voice normally does not hold my attention, but this band had me and many goths around me dancing, and as I was moving I knew I would leave the venue with everything that this band produced, as well as a size M shirt.....I'm normally an XL but hey how often do you get to talk to a band that you like? Take whatever size is available. I'll take that size M and I will love it. I can say this, for the time that they performed I was not thinking of who was playing next. My concentration was on enjoying them playing. Afterwards I had a nice talk with the lead singer. They performed this past Saturday as well. I could not go to that because of work.

Star, was the main act. There was something written on them in I think "New City" a free local newspaper with an lean towards music. I liked what I read and so I bought the CD before hearing them sing. It pays off so well when you buy it on blind faith first and love it later. Star is a fuzzy, loud shoegazer act with a female voice that's local. Lead singer Shannon, dressed in casual dark colors seemed relaxed enough to sip from what looked like a really cheap south-side beer, Blue Ribbon, I think, as she sang. I fucking loved it. She has the kind of stage presence that's relaxed, casual, unassuming but still commanding. Kind of like a really cool open mic poetry performance. I had to talk to Ms Shannon after her performance. She deserves a big audience, a big passionate, subcultural audience. As does the Lavellas, and AVP.
I feel everytime I have a good time during a Tuesday night concert is like I took it away from weekenders. It's like I took something straight out of their mouths. A good Tuesday is better than a regular Saturday for me, in part because Tuesday is my regular weekend, and so when a concert lands squarely in my weekend, it feels like it was customized for me. As I get more and more into the routine of posting for this blog of mine, (thanks Erin!) I will ad more post more pictures and video for the bands that I have seen and heard.
Kaspar-Zig

Goth Traveler Debut

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