Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Weekend Roundup - The Greats? The Grates!

Who? The Grates
What? Rocked
Where? Broken City
When? On Thursday, November 23, 2006
Why? As they came through town supporting Tokyo Police Club.
How? Using all the tricks in the ribbon twirlers' handbook.



All are in agreement that these Aussies know how to party. The band's ebullience took everyone by surprise. I can't understand why they were opening for TPC. In comparison, the Torontonians looked, well, boring and amateurish. I say amateurish because they tried to pull the old, "Nobody rocks like Calgary!" routine to curry some easy crowd approval.

In any case, it was nice to see these bands, since I missed them both during their CMJ showcases. ♪

Dance of the week: The Porpoise Song by the Monkees. This weekend, I finally saw Head. The movie doesn't make any sense and really isn't very good. But, it was 'written' by Jack Nicholson and features a Frank Zappa cameo. This sequence made the movie:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is ebullience some kind of soup base? Well, I guess everyone is a critic. . . .