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Prime Time Of Your Life, The

I was lucky my friend DJ had another friend who bailed at the last minute because by the time I looked for a ticket they were sold OUT.After their pyramid robot spaceship landed it began spewing rhythmic columns of lightsmoke. Photo courtesy of DJ's iPhone (which I think looks pretty good in a low-light seriously jostling crowd context).

And again, this time with silhouettes of those masked figures.

The light show was seriously cool, starting out simple with timed on/off spotlights and simple color patterns in the triangle tessellation that flanked them. Eventually, the panels on the pyramid itself became moving neon/lazar vector graphics from the planet _Tron_. And the crowd responded accordingly with every slight variation. Really enjoyable show....except the guy just behind my right ear who yelled out a rhythmic "HUP HOOOOOOOAH" every song or so. I know you know what I'm talking about and I know you know why it is awful. Ok ok, I'm not that mean, he can have his little participatory fun any way he likes. ...but then there's the guy directly behind me with the every-time-its-the-same caricature cowboy-themed scream. Yr hurtin' my ears, King Rodeo.The performance was pretty much every song from each of their three albums put into a blender and spewed back out. With crazy lights. And lots of people. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had a photo or two to prove it, but I think the Daft Punk street team consisted of all gray-bearded dudes in dayglo overalls. If anybody else who was there can confirm, I'd love to hear.The Rapture opened the show, and they were better than the first time I saw them not on purpose. Still, there's a freaking cowbell in EVERY song which is so trite and enhances their snottiness beyond what I can take. All of the guys in the band have a cowbell, I swear, and they take turns banging on that thing.Kavinsky (yes!) and SebastiAn did a dual DJ set between acts while the spaceship was landing. Both of Kavinsky's EPs are on eMusic, and I'd recommend starting with
1986. Its a seedy soundtrack for evil, evil nighttime driving...in some kind of sinister black and red Trans Am.
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