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The new Man Man album is in heavy rotation right now. I just can’t get over the energy that comes from this band. I want to live in their music. The closest they are coming to Los Angeles on this tour is Santa Barbara, so on April 24th, after work, I am driving to SB with some people to see Man Man and then heading right back.

Heâ€™s got a curse around his neck
Like a yoke
He knows
To ever forget
The way she cut through his bed
The way a snake will bite
Through a cave of flesh

But he holds her
Though sheâ€™s broken
And swears he donâ€™t care where sheâ€™s been
Heâ€™s tired
Of being human
Wears her close to the bone
As though she was his own skin
Shoots from the heart
Instead of the head
His mouth and his words
They rarely connect

Looks to the past
And where his toungeâ€™s tread
And knows he meant the opposite

But she holds him
Like an infant
Though it breaks her in half
To know
heâ€™ll wait like a man

So long
Cold indifference
When he reaches for her
Sheâ€™s gone
She slips like the wind through blackened sails

But who are we to love
At all?
Who are we to love
At all?

I hope you donâ€™t mind
If I hang all of my hopes
I hang all of my hopes
On this time

Although Iâ€™ve been warned
Iâ€™ll probably get burned
Iâ€™d rather get burned
Than to not try

I hope you donâ€™t mind
If I hang all of my hopes
I hang all of my hopes
On this time
Cause you wonâ€™t
Let it go

Let it go

November 1, 2007

This is Halloween

Last night: Saw William Elliot Whitmore, Ted Leo and The Pogues.

Unfortunately, I missed most of W.E.W.’s set, I had been rather looking forward to seeing him since I had listened to a few of his songs earlier in the day and it sounded like something I might like. Turns out, he was an artist that I would like. Ted Leo wasn’t that great. I’m not really a fan but I wanted to see what they were like live because in my experience, most bands are much better live. So I was trying to get into Ted Leo and The Pharmacists by listening to them on Hype Machine and it just wasn’t happening so I thought maybe if I saw them it would be different. Not so much. : /

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

ted leo

The Pogues were fucking awesome. I hadn’t really listened to them either. I mean I have some albums that a friend sent me and I had been trying to get into them as well. I really like Fairytale of New York but that’s only because I’d heard the Stars cover version first.

I think the reason I didn’t really “get” them is because it’s one of those things where people describe a band to you, and then you try to get a feel of their music and “scene” through the description of others but for each person the music is a different experience and I think I was trying to adopt the feelings of others instead of building my own. I think that’s what really allows one to appreciate a band or musician. When I actually saw them play it was something else completely to me.

So seeing them last night was great. The music really finally clicked with me and it was like I was finally hearing what I needed to hear instead of what other people were telling me to hear.

BTW, The Pogues are dressed as a mariachi band

el pogues

the pogues

Anyway, great show. Great way to spend Halloween. Well, that is aside from rude, drunk guy who I tried to sort of pick a fight with. What?! He was being an asshole and nobody else would say anything to him! His girl finally gave him enough of a glare and cold shoulder that he focused his attention on trying to appease her – I think that’s what happened anyway. I didn’t want to turn around and watch. Then there was the scramble of trying to get home after the show. That was cool.