sex for breakfast

this is going to be a particularly difficult update to write, because there is so much i want to say, but a lot of it has absolutely nothing to do with why we are here. so im actually going to have to sift through all the stories, and only extract the necessary ones.

so, friday evening, my mate, rachelle, and i headed to mercury to catch captain stu, who were performing with theCITY and Son of 1000 blues. she's the publicist for the captain, so we went to support them. i'll get to captain stu in a bit, since most people have heard of them, and will begin with a mention of the other 2 relatively unknown bands.

ok, lets start with theCITY, since they were the first performers of the evening. k, so this was their first live performance, so it was all pretty exciting. my thoughts=sweet as! no, but really, one wouldnt have known that this was their first time (hehe), and i was mighty impressed. a conglomerate of different vibes, grooves and people. they were full of funk, spunk and soul, and i thoroughly enjoyed the performance. and if a band performs a song about morning sex, called 'sex for breakfast', i mean, can you really hate them? i was grooving, smiling and was truly entertained. if you ever get the chance, and are keen to just groove, i would suggest checking them out. they reminded me of a much cooler version of FreshlyGround...infinitely cooler. the white dude who was singing wasnt anything spectacular (in terms of singing, but he claimed that he had had tonsilitis...), but he had a good energy and had a relationship with one crazy motherfucker in the audience, who clearly loved having sex for breakfast. everyone had their place in the band and performance, and didnt have to bring it, cos it had already been brung. two thumbs up! :)

next was Son of a 1000 blues. i kept calling this band by various names cos i had no idea what they were called. hmmm, what do i say about this band. let me start with the music. apparently the lead singer was missing, so that affected the performance. they were...um....ok, i guess. i dont know, i really didnt enjoy them, and didnt really understand what they were trying to do and where they were going in terms of music. i actually cant describe what i heard.no shame, they werent that bad. i dont really know rock music, so i dont know what time period/band i could associate them with in order to describe them, but they sound like a band one might have heard at woodstock '69. yes...no...maybe? i will however say that they lead guitarist (who also played the role of lead singer for the evening-shame, he was really good) had some mad skills, and was doing things with his guitar that i thought only rockstars in spain did. oooh. and on the topic of the lead guitarist *sigh* there are no words, or at least there are not enough, in the english language to describe this specimen who was put on this earth as a gift from God. he was the reason i was somewhat entranced by the bands performance. do yourself a favour, and google/facebook stalk 'federico fernandez' (we have 4 mutual friends! yes!). if the name doesnt already get you excited, then i dont know what will. im blushing just thinking about him. oh, and i heard he used to be a GUESS model. understandable. (tried to upload a pic, but i dont understand the technology behind the implementation of such a venture)

and lastly, the headliners, captain stu. bless their souls. i didnt really know this band before i went to the show. yes, i had heard of them, because i do have my finger on the pulse of whats happening, but i had never really heard them. i saw them once during that Road to V time period, and enjoyed them then, and enjoyed them now in exactly the same way. carefree reggae/ska/pop/jazz, i dont know what it was, but everything was performed with an air of innocent excitement and joy. and the fact that they were playing with their jeans rolled up and barefoot just added to the whole fun. 70s rockstars who smoke weed and trip on acid....was the vibe that i got, and a vibe that i like :) and the fact that they have brass instruments in the band gets me excited...i love me a brass instrument...and woodwind...but thats neither here nor there ;)

i was getting thoroughly annoyed at one point, not with the band/performance at all, but with this idiotic 12 year old and his homies. this 12 year old who thought that the only thing that bread was used for was to make toast (different story for a different day, hahaha. compadre, thats for you) appeared to be having a sugar-induced epileptic fit (if such exists), and when i rushed to help him, he appeared to be smiling, so i was very confused. eventually figured out that he was actually 'dancing'. and the 8 year old chic he was 'dancing' with, was trying to be sexy and kept doing the 'dance physically away from the target, but keep the eyes on eachother, then go jam with his friend' thing. she also appeared to be having a sugar-induced epileptic fit. and this irritated me, cos they kept falling into my personal space. unfortunately i dont bitch slap.

so ja, that was the band front for the weekend. good times, and good vibes. have been trying to figure out the vibe of this blog, and have decided that its just gonna focus mainly on gig things and relatively unknown bands and stuff. i dont know. i tend to talk a lot anyways though, so who knows if we are going to be able to stick to that?

oh, and lastly, before you leave. i saw the scariest sight ever at the assembly on saturday night: jack parow grinding some chic. no one should ever have to experience such, and i wouldnt even wish that on my worst enemy...maybe....i dont know.