hotnights

goodmorning friends, swedes, countrymen. caught the sahara hotnights last night at the echo on sunset. it was possibly the weirdest crowd of people i have ever seen. there were lots of short kinda greasers, lots of funky beck-like folks, a really weird contingent of seudo-scandanavian looking people, lots of dudes (the non cool kind), lots of sunset weirdos, and then all the people who got the official invite by the swedish consulate. i am serious. throw matt maust and myself into the mix, and you have one hell of a show.

a local group called the snakes opened up, 45 mintues late, but they were pretty decent. nice kinda velvets/black crows thing going on. sounded good. then half an hour after these guys stopped their set, the second act came up. they didnt even bother to have a name. this band, a bizarre mix of styles, was terrible. but they were sooo terrible there was no way it could be by accident. the musicians were very competent. so what had been super annoying about this band mere moments before, became very very funny once we realized it was a big put on. highlight of their set was a song called 'beeper city' 'come on down to beeper city / what's the matter / don't you like money!'

so finally after much too much of these guys, sahara hotnights is up to the plate. after a 45 mintue soundcheck by an amazingly talented frenchman, the crowd got very restless. they taunted this poor guy who was doing exacty what he was supposed to do, and doing it in three different languages. it was pretty funny.

anyway, finally SH finally comes up. o h m y g o s h they were really really good. not to mention that they are all amazing looking in that way that only girls from scandinavian countries can be. i mean have you looked at these people lately... they are amazing!!! their set freakin rocked! jennie threw me her pick, maria sang it like she owned it and shook it like she took it, josephine had wicked rthym all night, and johanna played the bass for me, then gave me a hgh five. all in all it was a pretty amazing experience... i wont go into the whole thing about the black bandito guy, the two tow trucks, the guy who had the hernia opperation, or the older mexican man who was too drunk to remember if he had knocked off a liquor store. man oh man that was only THURSDAY!!

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