12.10.2005 (International) Noise Conspiracy/These Arms are Snakes

Nightmare of you cancelled. no biggie. they sucked. or did suck from what i heard.

got to the venue to find a fairly decent lineup standing in the cold. i guess due to NoY not coming it meant the red room could open later. dear red room: wouldn't it make more sense to let us in anyways? we get to warm up, and you get to serve booze earlier. we both win.

took a stroll over to the the merch table after going in.. not surprisingly, (I)nc was selling (or maybe just giving out) socialist-leaning literature.

TAAS: really good set. played w/ a lot of energy. and their keyboards/synths, weren't obstructing my view either! unlike last time... steven whatever-his-name is was up to his usual spastic antics again. just climbing and jumping all over the place. he also did his going into the crowd thing. to be 'in-your-face' i suppose. suprisingly the guitarist also took a page from the stever's book and also without warning just walked off stage and into the crowd while playing. one of the cooler things that happened was at the around th 28 min mark of their set, they finished a song and let a guitar effect loop over and over while leaving the stage. house lights were left off and after about 30 seconds the house tech came onstage and started breaking things down. TAAS came back on and declared their set not over yet. the singer brought out a chair and used it to jump off it and such. they played another 10 min. pretty cool.









(I)NC: biggest disappointment w/ this band is the singer's not utilizing his screaming voice from his refused days. to me their set was meh. i will admit they're better live than on record. highlight of their set was during capitalism stole my virginity. singer did a head walk into the middle of the 'pit' (or where it would be if they moshed) and sang a couple of verses. i left shortly afterwards.

rating: $10/$14 (maybe if TAAS played a full direct support set of 45 min...)