[Trash-talk] SGR: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @the Barrymore

[Curtis]

I got home just in time to go see them Saturday in Lawrence. I was in 
Peoria the last couple of weeks and completely forgot they were playing 
within easy driving from there. Thanks for reminding me they were in the 
area.

Susan Senn wrote:

> It's been a while since I've posted, and I'll keep it brief because I 
> have and exam tomorrow.
>
> I just got back from seeing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs here in Madison at the 
> Barrymore Theater. We were late to the show because my friends decided 
> that since the show starts at 8 we have time to eat at 6:30. Which, in 
> theory, was a good idea, however, I didn't realize that they wanted to 
> eat across the street from the theater so it was packed and we had an 
> 1:45 wait before we even got a table.
>
> After eating we went into the theater and grabbed our reserved 
> tickets. We walked into the theater on a set change (His and Her 
> Vanities had just finished up) and I saw my boss sitting about four 
> rows from the back. She was slightly inebriated. She saw me and said 
> "Susan!" and turned to the man with her and said "Susan is the biggest 
> Garbage fan". The man turned to me and said "Well they're here, you 
> know. I've seen Duke and Steve and I think Shirley and Butch are 
> coming". I was of course suddenly much more excited. My friend Stacey 
> and I decided to go grab seats towards the back so we could see better 
> and have a place to put my shit. I turned to look around the venue and 
> low and behold I saw Duke hanging out by the back wall. I think I kind 
> of creeped him out because I kept watching him. It was just so bizarre 
> to see him at a show I was at. Later Steve and his wife came and hung 
> out back by Duke. I never saw Shirley nor Butch, but it's quite 
> possible that they were backstage. I'll have to await the journals.
>
> Anyway, the show. So I got there in time to see Ssion. Whom I was 
> pretty alone in liking. They were two girls, one dressed as a pregnant 
> lion the other as a glittery chicken, and a guy, dressed as a glittery 
> cow in hot pants. They were bizarre, but hilarious. They kind of 
> sounded liek Hole circa Pretty on the Inside meets Rocky Horror 
> Picture Show mixed with lots of performance art. They sang along to 
> tapes while a premade video played in the background. I loved it, but 
> I love weird avant-garde shit.
>
> Yeah Yeah Yeahs were amazing. They played a ton of songs. And Karen O 
> was very, very drunk. That's really all I'm going to say. Just 
> amazing. Go see them if you can because it's totally worth it.
>
> Susan
>
>
> "I could be passive gracefully...Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost, 
> 'Where is the love?'; Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost, 'Who put 
> these bodies between us?'" - Metric - 'Calculation Theme'
>
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