dear death from above 1979, i love you

let me start by sharing a bumper sticker i saw on my way home from the independant tonight:

george w. bush is a punk-ass chump

how much do i love that?

ok, so, the independant: controller controller and death from above 1979 ( i missed the opening opener). controller controller, yeah, not so much. i really love them when dj ted (www.bagelradio.com) plays them on his show, but tonight all there songs sounded like one long, neverending song. there was also something very screechy about their guitars. here's what did impress me tho, the bassist. or rather the fact that the bass was the main instrument and WAS the melody. the two guitars were just background music. THAT was very interesting, which leads me to believe that the bassist is the main song writer. they were also a very good opener for DFA79 because DFA79 is ALL ABOUT THE BASS.

for those who don't know, death from above 1979 is just two guys. a drummer who sings and is very reminiscent of a combination of geoff tate (queensryche) and bruce dickenson (iron maiden), with some DRI/Metal Church thrown in for good measure, and a bass player who also rocks the keyboard (and who i was also very hot for...there is just something about the tall, well proportioned guitar player...dj ted took photos so as soon as he gets them up i'll link, but for now here's one from their website -- hot). the bassist plays his bass like a GUITAR. that's in caps because it sounds like a giant guitar. its just those two and their sound is so huge. i can't get over it. the best part of the whole show is when the drummer walked out and he is wearing a white muscle tank and dark sweatpants tucked into white socks. he grabs a bottle of water, stands behind his drum kit (which was in the front of the stage and sideways so that his left side was facing the audience) and he takes a swig, throws the bottle down and hops behind the drums and starts rocking. AWESOME. my theory on DFA79 is that they are probably from a small midwestern town and they have been doing this in their basement for like the last ten years. oh they're from toronto. anyways, i am in love with them, and am very proud that in BSSB i was playing my bass like a guitar. see? i'm a rockstar.

before the show misty, D. and i went to dinner in japantown. i feel like i am getting sick again and all i wanted was asian noodle soup. i don't think i am gonna go to the gym tomorrow morning. i am hitting the airborne hard because there is no way i am getting sick again. after the show, misty and i ran into willo and jem. they are 2/4 of our new band! yeah i had more here about all of us being sick, but for some reason, when i just tried to add that link to our band shot it deleted my last paragraph. uh. yeah, we were all sick. heh.