i think there was some twisted secret exhange program at work when the heavy blinkers toured germany, while KMFDM came to halifax. germany could probably use some more fey orch pop, and halifax could certainly use some more nihilist industrial influence. and some nihlist industrial influence we had last night at stage nine. all the dark rock, goth, long haired-metlins, S&M folks, (dark) comic shop regulars, diehard KMDFDM fans, four or five out-of place huge jocks, and many a generally apathetic folk were out last night in full affect as if the gates had opened just for them and closed behind them when they left. most of these people you don't see around, or at least in such large groupings. there were, tho, many familiar faces there, aside from the people i knew: the main waiter at andy's restaurant, the manager of the downtown le chateau, comic shop employees, my new ally from a downtown record store, etc etc. the crowd was impeccably polite. everyone took care to say excuse me as they passed you to go to the bar, bathroom, front of the venue etc. a group of us keeners, who were at the front for the shitty dj performance were punished by the masses by being stood in front of. we formed a sort of short alliance and cordoned off a couple of square feet of empty space in which to move at our leisure. one of the dudes had fashioned a vest of caution tape and duct tape, which was pretty relevant as well as durable. a random dude stopped me, asked me if i was ready for the mayhem or something, and offered: "if you need a boost, just come and ask us." whatever that means. ididn't ask them. enough sociology. the show was superamazing-- unlike anything i expect to see- but not something i won't try desperately to witness-- again. it was their 20th anniversary tour and wow! when i was 14 listening to kmfdm is a drug against war on dan gallagher's video hits, i never ever expected that i would even have the opportunity to see them. so glad to be wrong on this one. they were loud fast tight passionate thorough dark sexy and playing in our town. they played 20 songs. the female singer, lucia, was mad hot. she oozed confidence and had such solid stage presence, as did most of the rest of them, but this was grand. i wondered aloud if i (or anyone) would find her as hot (or hot at all, really) had she been a mousy girl serving us coffee wearing a pastel sweater. probably not, but it's not worth arguing about. one of the guitarists was really attentive to the crowd-- just kind of watching and making lots of firm but nonassuming eyecontact, which made me wish i had been closer in proximity to the band. i dig looking into their eyes and giving them the look. i appreciate bands who bother to do this. it's hot. i'm not sure what else to say other than that i often forgot where i was and what i was doing, as i was off somewhere incrediblly amazing, mentally and physically. thanks for bothering to come to our town. we are hungry for it.
and after giving a huge lecture to a young rock prodigy co-worker yesterday about the importance of wearing earplus to shows and while jamming (when she had come to me looking for supplements to save her ears from being pillaged by rock music), i didn't wear any at the show, despite having been graciously given a pair because i had forgotten mine.
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so yesterday i had someone perhaps try to steal my soul. she said she liked my name, that her "professional name" was branny, and that maybe she would change it to my name. but she pronounced it wrong. and this way, even if she does try to change her name to mine, she won't truly steal my soul.
in other yesterday's news, i was telling a co-worker about a pleasant phone call i'd had from a fellow nutrition school grad. she wasn't prying or badmouthing anyone or trying to promote herself. she wanted to call and ask permission to use my article about healthy eating on a budget. she and a friend were doing a talk on the subject and she thought my article was amazing and shit. so this woman approaches me and says she's overheard me and says she knows the woman who called me and says that she's a medical herbalist and she's the one who passed the article on to the n-school girl and she thought my article was oh so concise and informative, etc. that was nice. awesome that me blabbing my mouth off in a positive way went in a positive direction. my negative badmouthing moments at work probably outweigh my positive comments a hundred to one. got lucky.
au current: crown royal and water is my new favourite thing. i don't even have to concern myself about a sugary mix. why didn't anyone tell me of this sooner?
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