Saturday, January 27, 2007

+ i asked for a sign, he gave me the finger

i saw the tigers play live for the first time ever. i'm not to be blamed though, the last time they were in sydney was june 1999 or something. that's a really long time ago. they were great, as good as i expected. chris c is like a cute little angry pixie. a cute squinty angry pixie when he took his glasses off. i hope they come back soon. they are criminally underrated. there was a time early on when triple j played the tigers and it seemed this smartsy band from perth were going to do really well, but they didn't quite get there. i guess richard kingsmill will only talk you up so much.

in other news, i am flogging the deloris album, ten lives. i have been hung up on it since seeing them play at the spectrum a few weeks ago. the show was spectacular, the band could not have been a better cure for my sorrows if they tried. anyway the album: it is more rockin' than rollin', which i am loving, because i always hoped they would steer towards that direction. it looks you in the eye and pulls no punches. ever so respectfully throwing down the gauntlet and saying, here i am, like it or lump it.