there was a rapture, so i can never see you anymore

Twilight Singers: Keyboard
Originally uploaded by Lalitree.

(i dug this photo even though it was from another show, i had to use it, her other photos were good too, check them out in flickr...)
so i think everyone knows i went to see twilight on friday night in dc. i have seen afghan whigs/ twilight a ton of times now, but still i get this total crazy feeling when i get to go to the show, ya know? anyway, i love going to shows period, i love all of it. i like travelling to places i haven't been to see bands (part of my upbringing? maybe....) i dig seeing bands who i haven't seen before, although there is that dissapointment at times when you see a band that you can't get into, so i love it all. plus, you guys all know of my sick sick sick love of greg dulli- it's so wrong. i have been into him since i was about um, 14 or so, i don't think it will go away at this point....

so, the show was at the 9:30, a beautiful prime venue. i met d in dc and we went to fado for drinks and pub fare before, getting to the club earlier than we expected (read: we were the 5th and 6th in line, feeling lame the whole time, until we got a f-ing prime spot in the club). we stood at the far corner of the balcony (angel: where we were for the last queens show, far right balcony: it wasn't the same w/o you at the show!) prime spot for various reasons, 1. no one can really stand behind you, you have a good spot to sit and not get blocked on the view or worry about some one who doesn't know the rules of going to a show to step in front of you.

i made a list of a few things i had to cover in the blog (how non-spontaenous of me....)

1. opening acts. i think i had seen jeff klein before. ok. a bit mellow for the way i was feeling. ok, afterhours. whoa. i can't even begin to discuss this. 1. you can spot the italian band walking around before the show. 2. they had this one song where one of the guys played sax, like tenor sax (don't think i didn't look that up on google images, i did...) and they came out into the crowd and then another guy danced with some girl. insane. also, the one guy had beautiful hair, long and well conditioned. yeah. i will check them out more i think. italian rock music. super popular in italy. nuff said.

2. where does greg dulli get those pants? are they tailored? there always the same.

3. d and i spied greg watching the opening acts, on a rolling desk chair, strange. i imagined that he was just catching up on some computer programming before the show. i'm stopping, you guys don't want me to tell you all the insane things i wonder about people....

twilight was phenominal, greg wasn't chatty at all, which is so not like him, he seemed very business like with the music so i can't really complain that he didn't sit up there and talk shit for hours on end. the band was awesome and during one song greg pulled this girl d and i had met in brooklyn a few years ago up on stage to dance with him, she looked totally in awe. also, it was bizarre to see greg sans guitar dancing. they played for a long time, two encores, one with fountain and fairfax (i think it was a shout out to michele, right?) and then the obligatory faded.

saturday was a bit more low key- not to say that i don't totally adore the stills. d and i headed to spices before, reliving my time in dc, eating wonderful veggies with tofu in ginger soy sauce, delish. i was amazed that there were soooo many young kids (i mean like get dropped off by mom young) at the show. i met one of d's coworkers, lots of fun.

headed to trader joes on sunday and then back home. started back to work today; this week will be long and tiring- i can feel it.