Went to check out "the slits":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slits show last night, and had a great time. "The Monster Women":http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=10637965 of eureka opened the show with some rockin zombie riffs as they usually serve up cold off of the slab, followed by "The Eureka Garbage Company":http://www.myspace.com/theeeurekagarbagecompany who i cannot comment on as i drifted across the street to the shanty for a beer. Samoa's favored son, Bob Graves was at the helm of the bar, and he looked good behind it like the old days at "the vista":http://www.barbaramanning.com/images/vistaclub.jpg del mar. "The Dmonstrations":http://profile.myspace.com/dmonstrations were ripping it up next with a bombastic assault to the ears i can only describe as scandalous! i bought the record. nuff said. The slits were an awesome topper for the evening, and i loved hearing Ari Up's english accent pipe up at the beginning of the set. "Can we get some sluff on the vocals? Some delay, reberb as you call it?" They played brilliantly, and the room was definitely grooving to them. I was pleasantly supprised to hear some nice dance hall, and dub style reggae songs with that bass rattling through Eureka's bowels. Really great musicians, super steady drummer who really rocked it tight, nice harmony, and backup vocals. Well worth saying out past my bedtime for. They even played I Heard it Through the Gapervine, a favorite from the seventies Slits. It was great to see lots of parents, and their kids in attendance, and everybody having a good time. Something must have been in the air cause i noticed lots of diallated pupils around the Synapsis gallery space that evening, and great music all night long.
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