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.

A2M is New Pornography

DO NOT shake AC Newman's hand. The motherfucker is nasty. I was in Austin last month at the SXSW Beggars showcase and watched that dude walk into the bathroom, take a leak, and walk right back out again. WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS. How many little indie rock wankers are bragging about how they met him that night? Little do they know that they basically stuck their hands down his pants.

Take him back Canada!