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Tweaker and Skinny Puppy concert
Jun. 30th, 2004 02:50 pmMade it just as the doors were opening. We zoomed passed the line which stretched around the block, and told the folks at the ticket booth that we were on Tweaker's guest list. A wave of identification later and we forged our way in through the masses.
I looked good, or so said everyone I bumped into. My dyed raven-black hair was swept up in high pigtails, I wore my purple and black striped tights, and my velvet "Wednesday Addams" style dress. A dash of blood-red lipstick and my glasses topped it off.
After pushing our way through to the first tier beside the sound and light crew's setup, I was overjoyed to run into my favorite local band of all time, The Siren Project! We all hugged and caught up briefly. Then they gave up their area against the railing for us, so I could have a good view of the stage. So nice! >:-)
There was some goofy one-man noise act playing before Tweaker. The music was kind of okay, nothing special or even memorable. The artist looked like the craptastic old Australian "comedian" Yahoo Serious, which amused me somewhat.
Afterwards the lights came up and there was a short break. I studied the audience curiously. I recognized maybe three people who I didn't know but had seen at various shows over the years. The crowd seemed older, 25 and up. The majority looked my age and older. Most were old school goth or punk, rivetheads, noise fans, and... frat boys. Yes, clean-cut, obnoxious, drunk, loud, moshing frat boys. Ugh!
The lights went down and Tweaker took stage. William Faith played bass. He looked great, spikey black hair like an echidnae, dark shades, slim in his dark suit, and moody-faced. The band sounded very good. William's skillful playing stood out when they covered "Movement Of Fear" by Tones On Tail.
After their seemingly brief set the lights came up, and I sent Scott down to the stage to flag down William. He did so and brought him back up to where I was. William was all sweaty, but it didn’t matter. He smelled musky and sweet, and we hugged tight. We kissed on the cheek, and I gave him a funny toy to share with the band. He was highly amused by it.
The lights went down. The first four Skinny Puppy songs were surprisingly shamanic. Shapeshifting and transformation was the definite theme. Projected on the big screen behind the band were various nature scenes, gradually speeding up, and then morphing to X-rays of ape skulls becoming human and then becoming draconic. Then the lead singer appeared in a strange costume that resembled a dragon mummy, with a sistrum (sp?) (ancient Egyptian rattle with tiny cymbals adorning it on a string or sinew). Rags of mummy wrap hung from his arms, and his mask had a long dragon-like muzzle with upright ears like a Doberman. He was scary and hypnotic to watch. Definitely magic of some sort going on. After he removed the suit, the show took a political turn. The screen displayed Bush with overlays of Hitler, even showing the similarities of their gestures *grins*. The sweetest image was a reworking of the Presidential Seal, featuring a skull in the circle with two oil cans crossed behind it. >;-D
There were only two songs of theirs I was dying to hear -- "Warlock" and "Testure". They played both flawlessly! They also performed "Dig It" and "Stairs and Flowers", which made me feel 16 again, when I was addicted to Teletunes, a local PBS alternative music video show. That was my first exposure to Skinny Puppy.
I looked good, or so said everyone I bumped into. My dyed raven-black hair was swept up in high pigtails, I wore my purple and black striped tights, and my velvet "Wednesday Addams" style dress. A dash of blood-red lipstick and my glasses topped it off.
After pushing our way through to the first tier beside the sound and light crew's setup, I was overjoyed to run into my favorite local band of all time, The Siren Project! We all hugged and caught up briefly. Then they gave up their area against the railing for us, so I could have a good view of the stage. So nice! >:-)
There was some goofy one-man noise act playing before Tweaker. The music was kind of okay, nothing special or even memorable. The artist looked like the craptastic old Australian "comedian" Yahoo Serious, which amused me somewhat.
Afterwards the lights came up and there was a short break. I studied the audience curiously. I recognized maybe three people who I didn't know but had seen at various shows over the years. The crowd seemed older, 25 and up. The majority looked my age and older. Most were old school goth or punk, rivetheads, noise fans, and... frat boys. Yes, clean-cut, obnoxious, drunk, loud, moshing frat boys. Ugh!
The lights went down and Tweaker took stage. William Faith played bass. He looked great, spikey black hair like an echidnae, dark shades, slim in his dark suit, and moody-faced. The band sounded very good. William's skillful playing stood out when they covered "Movement Of Fear" by Tones On Tail.
After their seemingly brief set the lights came up, and I sent Scott down to the stage to flag down William. He did so and brought him back up to where I was. William was all sweaty, but it didn’t matter. He smelled musky and sweet, and we hugged tight. We kissed on the cheek, and I gave him a funny toy to share with the band. He was highly amused by it.
The lights went down. The first four Skinny Puppy songs were surprisingly shamanic. Shapeshifting and transformation was the definite theme. Projected on the big screen behind the band were various nature scenes, gradually speeding up, and then morphing to X-rays of ape skulls becoming human and then becoming draconic. Then the lead singer appeared in a strange costume that resembled a dragon mummy, with a sistrum (sp?) (ancient Egyptian rattle with tiny cymbals adorning it on a string or sinew). Rags of mummy wrap hung from his arms, and his mask had a long dragon-like muzzle with upright ears like a Doberman. He was scary and hypnotic to watch. Definitely magic of some sort going on. After he removed the suit, the show took a political turn. The screen displayed Bush with overlays of Hitler, even showing the similarities of their gestures *grins*. The sweetest image was a reworking of the Presidential Seal, featuring a skull in the circle with two oil cans crossed behind it. >;-D
There were only two songs of theirs I was dying to hear -- "Warlock" and "Testure". They played both flawlessly! They also performed "Dig It" and "Stairs and Flowers", which made me feel 16 again, when I was addicted to Teletunes, a local PBS alternative music video show. That was my first exposure to Skinny Puppy.
