radatat

ratatat record release at hiro tonight. it was supposed to jump off at 11PM but there was an insane giant step party with esthero[!] that ran over their slot. esthero! remember her!? there're poeple who still care! singing along! it was like west side story. the pack of ratatat nerds vs the pack of esthero fans. i gotta say, esthero was painful. she called out all the 'ladies with vaginas born before 1978 out on stage to sing with her'. it was embarrassing. not hating on her fully, but that performance was super fucking weird in a desperate way....

so i have love for ratatat. they rule. for me. not for everyone. lite guitar shredding with video game nods? totally! they played a 'secret' live set, which was basically the whole new album. it was great. the sound sucked. it didn't matter. air guitars and swaying. i know there are haters out there, but fine. who wants to deal with haters anyway? i'd rather deal with esthero fans!

the Bowery is sold out [largely on account of envelopes], but i'll be there. also, at tonight's show, david harrison aka jermaine's back-up was drinking vodka in the corner. he got tricked into going to a giant step party. i was gonna run up to him and claim his [marginal] fantasy value but it wasn't even worth it...