O'Death last night at Bowery- oh my god! So great! For anyone who hasn't checked out this band- they have to. Saysha calls it "Appalachian Punk". Brilliant!
http://www.myspace.com/odeath
www.odeath.net
There's something about watching live music- so you're standing there, right- and you're not really doing anything, but... you feel like you're part of this bigger thing. Like just by standing there, you're participating in life in such a way that is so important, so necessary, and so good, that how could you possibly picture spending any other second of your day?
And then it's over and you feel like a better person for having done it.
Two years ago I saw The Dead Milkmen play a memorial show for their bassist, Dave Blood, at the Trocadero in Philadelphia. My brother called me on my way to work and sent me and an email that said, "The Dead Milkmen are playing, you've got to call me back." 8 hours later I was 10 feet from the stage in a mosh pit trying to get a black eye. (I got elbowed, but not punched. Ah well.) That was literally the best show I've ever been to in my entire life. I laughed, I cried, I danced so hard I couldn't breathe- it was amazing.
I hope we can bring that kind-of joy and happiness into people's lives. That's what we try for. To have so much fun that by extension all of you can spend one moment, one half hour, one evening existing in a place where you can laugh and dance and sing and feel really good about yourself because you deserve it. You deserve to feel important and happy.
