Did anyone go see Mogwai last night? I was dancing my tail off to Ghostland Observatory, happy to be entertained by an Austin band whose it-group status probably expired months ago. I like to dance, even though I move like Michael Stipe in the beginning of the video for "Losing My Religion": picture a hapless, seemingly injured emo-ish octopus. Anyway, G.O. frontman Aaron Behrens has a pretty good Fred Mercury thing going, and he reminded me how tight the kids wear the jeans in Austin. And Thomas Turner surely got a 5 on his Advanced Placement science exam, the way he dropped the Thomas Dolby on the electronics all night. Science!
I'd recommend that everyone go buy tickets for Pleaseeasaur tomorrow night at the Black Cat, but it's sold out. In fact, I already did recommend that you see Pleaseeasaur tomorrow night—in today's City Paper. And now the show's sold out (draw what conclusions you will). Also in the CP is my writeup on Laurel Nakadate at Adamson Gallery.
i am kicking myself for missing the Mogwai show here in Dallas last week. i will just have to live vicariously through the NPR webcast of the 930 show.
Posted by: dustin at May 12, 2006 1:46 PMfor what it's worth, aaron from ghostland plays basketball like (and has hair similar to) florida's joakim noah. seemed like a nice guy the one time we met on the court. i'll have to check out his band live, because everyone here (austinist especially) still goes on and on about the shows. the recorded tracks i've heard left me wondering what all the fuss was about.
Posted by: matty at May 12, 2006 3:41 PM