Face melting and mind blowing

For those of you who have held your breath, I hope you had a loved one drag your body away while you expired waiting for this post.

3 ill shows in the last week or show, all with amusing moments.

Gossip at the WonderB: As always, Ditto brought it hahdcoah. Barely missed a beat when standard issue PDX-Man got all up in her shit and tried making kissyface with her. After taking a moment backstage, but not missing a lyric, she finished the song and totally called the guy out for being a bonehead. And for being a white dude with dreadlocks. Blonde dreadlocks. Douche. When I grow up I want to have a lesbian daughter so I can teach her how to be Beth Ditto. Oh, there was a dude who looked just like a young Klosterman who hopped on stage. Coincidence, or an attempt to look like Klosterman? Has Klosterman become a fashion icon? Discuss.

Deerhunter/Ponys at Dante's
First off, Dantes is smoky and has crap sound and heck of pretty waitresses and occasional 5 dollar shows. Sounds like a zero sum venue to me. At least no one puked during the Deerhunter set. Oh, wait a minute the frontman did. If you chose bulimia in the what-makes-that-dude-so-fucking-skinny? pool, YOU WIN! Shouldn't make light of such a serious problem about which I'm totally speculating without any real evidence, but fuck, Shelly Duval is a powerhouse next to that guy. That said, heck of entertaining band. Set included actual mouth'n'tongue guitar playing. Whoa. Ponys were rad, too. Basically sounded like what I imagine Sonic Youth sounding like if that chick from Free Kitten weren't in the band.

EDIT: Cox has Marfan's Syndrome, not an eating disorder. Joey Ramone had the same condition. Apparently, Cox is in a great deal of pain most of the time. Apparently, I am a dick. Go get his latest record under the moniker Atlas Sound. It's great.

Long Winters at Doug Fir
Roderick is moments away from being the next O.A.R. and/or Dave Matthews Band. (read: frat boys' man crush) Go see this guy in 18 months and it's gonna be all white hats and hemp necklaces. Walla played guitar on a song. Whatever. It was also decided that he, Roderick, is somehow connected to Phil Hoffman. And by connected I mean separated at birth. Haircut and voice and man neck, totally PHoff. Middling cover of Chicago closed out the show. What, no Ultimatum??? Welcome back to the NW Roderick & Co.! I also had my mind blown by something totally unrelated. Blown like Hasslehoff's coiffure. Blown I say, blown.

I don't really get too jazzed about celebsightings. This is mostly because I don't know what anyone looks like. That aside, Britt Daniel was at the Shaky Hands show at Holocene. Good work fellas. Secretly, I think he was there because the bartenders mix the best motherfucking drinks in town.