Pop.1280 at Cake Shop
I smelled smoke during this set! It's those extra lights they put on the floor. The effect of this extra lighting was nice. It made the place look post-apocalyptic (and the smoke didn't hurt either!) Too bad it was too dark to shoot without the flash, so I couldn't really capture the atmosphere.
A Frames at Cake Shop
Once in a while you find a band which has one member whose energy on stage blows the rest of the band away. Try to guess which one. As for their music, some A Frames songs sound like 70s British punk. Others are more conceptual and remind me of John Cale in the Sabotage era if anything.
World War IX at Don Pedro
I'm not sure anyone was even paying attention to the music. People are allowed to get crazy at Don Pedro and they knew it, so they did. P.S. Notice how old the average guy in this band is? Punk bands get better with age. Fact.
Posted: 10/3/2010 at 8:21pm Tags: Don Pedro Welcome To Our Nightmare World War IX
Straightjacket Nation at 538 Johnson
I was number 194, at least according to what the door guy wrote on my hand. That many people in a loft makes the place pretty ridiculously packed. I'm glad I even managed to get these photos, and also that the guy who crowd-surfed over me didn't land on my camera.
Posted: 10/3/2010 at 6:59pm Tags: 538 Johnson Straightjacket Nation
Wild Thing at Dead Herring
This band's name is so generic I'm almost worried I got it wrong. Funny too considering that they got the audience fired up, but themselves were more chill. It is almost as though they didn't expect people to go nuts and try to crush them.
Posted: 10/3/2010 at 6:01pm Tags: Dead Herring Wild Thing
