went and saw art brut at northsix friday night. slacked and missed test icicles, eventually arriving part way through the occasion's set, and they're um...if i wanted to see phish (well, i've already seen them 13 times) i would have stayed home & popped in bittersweet motel.

...and maybe i was in a bad mood when art brut came on, but i hated everyone, most of all the band, during their set...and i'm a fan of the album.

maybe it actually was fun for many people. many people.

maybe they bring out that selective-performance-musician/artist-preference function in me that makes me hate karen o but enjoy les savy fav's loveable tim harrington. art brut is traipsing 'cross karen o country with their antics.

maybe it was because whilst standing outside with mates finishing cigs before entering the club, a bouncer asked a guy to move along and gave him a tap on the shoulder. the kid dropped to the ground as if he had been clocked & had people thinking something was seriously wrong (seizure?). it was sad. the bouncer asked us to stay outside while the cops came so we could tell them how ridiculous this was. one of my mates agreed & we then had to comply but when the ordeal was over, he bought the first round. did that incident foul up art brut?

whatever it was, i was so over it five minutes into the set.

then i was supposed to go back to northsix saturday night to see man man. that didn't happen though.

a tip for all you people going to a musical concert. if the show starts in an hour and a half & you decide to shave your head with an electric razor before the show & you have a lot of hair & you're going to shave it all haphazard because it's all going to end up the same length eventually, make sure that the razor is fully charged. if you don't, it will konk out after a short time and leave your head half shaved. by the time you get the razor charged enough to finish off your head, the show will be over. i'm jus' saying. that's all.