baby, what's in that satchel?

i think the last gig i went for was the grates o so long ago last year. so last night we went to watch van she and operator please, who were pretty darn good. i was pretty miffed when we got there though, because security meathead was a tool! he was looking at my driver's license not believing it was me, so i had to pull out my student ID and my credit card so they could compare pictures and signatures. what a crock =(

i think i would have enjoyed myself more if i actually knew all the words to all the songs, but not everything they played was from their EPs. in fact most of it was from new albums coming out soon-ish; 2008 for van she and november for operator please.

van she's music was pretty much 3-chord progressions in 4/4 time, but they have this 80s electronica sound going for them and they're really into their music ... not to mention the bassist is good-looking. the last song in their set was particularly good, so yes! two thumbs up, and buy their EP and their album!

operator please was pretty good too. those kids are super super talented! only all their music was super fast, and variations in tempo were also super fast and after awhile you just feel really tired listening to them. all the same, i'd rate them two thumbs up.

the support act was rubbish i don't even know their name.

and that's it!