Chard: (singing) And so it begins

Aware or not you may have been,
That musical events I am to see,
They number so far five,
And almost all are live,
Two so far have passed along,
Let me stop singing this song...

So, as that appaling bit of non-prose details the next few weeks (and most of the month of march) is full t'bursting with wonderful events of musical themes. These five are (in chronologicalish order):

1. BRAiNFREEZE*
2. Lacuna Coil*
3. Comalies
4. Dido and Aeneas
5. Avenged Sevenfold
   

So, first up is BRAiNFREEZE, the combined force of the musical talents of Chris Champion, Tom Gail, Jamie Rostant and Liam Riordan, all sublimely erotic young gentlemen. I'm totally straight, ok. Anyway, they were but a 5th of the entertainment for the evening (unless you count the crowd, but I'll get to them later), with the other bands in the fray being Madura, Eliminator Jr, Finally Found and the ever ready injection of pure oestrogen that is Femme Fatale.

First up were Madura, who were as yet unheard of in my experience. They were obligatorily loud and pointlessly lacking in any volume in the vocals, but that didn't matter too much. Nothing special, but certainly doign their best (bless'em). It was however during this time that I managed to find myself in a three man mosh pit, up against Nikc Staines (meh) and Nick Snipp (ah hell no...). So that was nice and violent, though I removed myself from it VERY quickly once Gideon joined the fray, since that man is DANGEROUS. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGEROUS I TELLS YA!!!

Ahem, second up were brainfreeze themselves (for which most of our group were being nauseatingly groupieish and were wearing the shirts). And the sex they were, belting out such classics as Dark Secrets, Black Soul, Radiation Burns, Humpty Dumpty,and even some new additions to the proceeding such as the lovingly titled 'Epic', andthe amazing half time entertainment of Chris throwing a drumstick at Jamie's head and the band forcing Sean the Prefabricated into a stage dive. Hisparity indeed.

Femme Fatale. Sigh, such loving girls with a definite musical talent as long as it doesnt stretch beyond the same 4 notes. Still, catchy as they indefinitely are it was still rather fun, even if I have seen far too much of the bassist. Far, FAR too much... *shudder* Then Eliminator Jr. Oh my life what a catastrophe... not only were they generally appalling, they played for far too long, had two people at the side of the stage who didnt actually DO anything, but also managed to break an amp, which pissed of many people, and held up the final act considerably. Sorry guys, but no... no... So finally we come to Finally Found. Who were outstanding, if just for their opening speech: "We'd like to say thank you to Brainfreeze, Madura, Femme Fatale (long and deliberate pause) and f*ck you to Eliminator Jr.". Well said Dave. Anyway, they were also musically sound, though it was rather miffing to have to leave before the end suddenly.

However, special mention must be given to the crowd at United Reformed Church. While there were the normal people like Nick, Nick, Matt, Rob, Dave, Rachel, Sarah, Rob, Anna and myself that was it when it came to normality. The rest of the crowd were all extreme emo freeks between the ages of 13 and 16, between the heights of 3 feet and 5 feet, and between the genders of male and female (to such an extent that we started up a rousing game of Guess the Gender, though for some 'Vole' was an acceptable alternative). An astute observation by Sarah was that they all were in possession of the same volume, thus meaning they were either 3 feet and massive, or 5 feet and turned invisible when side on (though both sets managed to fit their legs into drainpipes...). MUCH fun was had with one member of the crowd. Rob and in fact most of the group were scared of this... creature. Imagine an obese sperm whale in a wig. Now imagine it having sex with your grandparents. It was THAT revolting. And, for your viewing pleasure, thanks to Sarah, here she is!

So that was March Music Event #1 over. MME #2 commenced yesterday evening with the 1810 train to London Bridge. After much kerfufflement (and the ticket machine stiffing me out of £3.70 change) I found myselfd in Kentish Town tube station awaiting the arrival of Fan, Helen, Toby and Kirsten. When indeed they did turn up, we traipsed off to a pub to meet Jon B and his other that is significant Sarah (different other). After a quick few minutes of talkage and conspiring about exactly what was going on behind the door of the gents (eventually agreeing on a trapdoor that led into the Ladies that changed your gender as you entered), we left and entered the Forum. I immediately recalled and memorised the route and proceedings, as MME #5 depends upon it. We got in, and stood near the back for a while while the support act (Deathstars, think a bizarre cross between Manson and MCR, but more zombified and there you are) belted out their quite good m00zakal style. Then, after a swift round of drinks, mercy and poking, we moved into the main bulk of the crowd for the entrance of Cristina, Andrea et al and their belting out of some brillinat music. Of the roughly 12 ish songs played I knew only 3 (Swamped, Our Truth and Heaven's a Lie), which was understandable due to it being the first worldwide public performance in promotion of Karmacode, and so it was quite probable that noone there knew most of the songs. Still, everyone was characteristically amazing, so Karmacode is definitely on the buy list. April 14th guys, go get.
After some obscene trains and a VERY late night (worse than for NW) I staggered to sleep in completion of MME #2. Nothing like sleeping with a ringing in your ears.

Now just to wait for MME #3. Depends on Sa that one...

'chard
Playing: Minesweeper
Reading: 'Wrongboy's History of the World' - I forget
Listening to: '(sic)' - Slipknot
Annoyed with: Tyler
Confused about: Tea
Mood: Drained
Song currently stuck in head: 'Our Truth' - Lacuna Coil
Favourite Song of the Minute: 'Eyeless' - Slipknot