Music for Misanthropes

by Katie

You’ve seen my “real” review of this show, but I wanted to issue some formal advice in the most humiliating (for me) way possible, in case anybody is wondering what an effective method of concert note-taking might be. For the first (and hopefully only) time, I decided to take my notes on this show by texting Mikey. It would be like he was there! Or like I was talking a lot of nonsense!

He was unimpressed, until the combination of only a smoothie for dinner and celebratory gin directly caused some ridiculous “notes” to pass over the satellite waves. Bless his heart, my baby bro read every nonsensical message, and only sometimes made fun of me. For your enjoyment or warning, I present our night in texts, edited only for the addition of punctuation:

9:54 p.m. Texting you my notes. “Ideals” then “Sarah.” Alex has ridic moves.*

Mikey: You are absurdly too drunk. Looks like Sean D Tendler needs to go see them tomorrow. (Ed note: For all legal purposes, I have no idea who Sean D Tendler is.)

10:02 p.m. Whatev!!! They are like maroon five minus the “everyone wants to do me” leader. “Oceana Roll” during technical issues for the bass. New song “Ignorance.” My problems number 99.

Mikey: Do you think these texts make sense?

10:04 p.m. I  said they’re notes. “Sock You in the Face With Love” is sexist and catchy* so the eat (sic, meant “fat” bc I’m an asshole) girls dance.

Mikey: Can’t argue with half of that… Can’t understand the other half.

10:23 p.m. “No one that you love will ever die” for Michael Jackson. Cover. I already forget what it was. “Evening Life.” Rave dance moves. No “All My Friends.” None of my friends are here.

10:50 p.m. Wheat have googly eye synths. “Everything’s gonna be all right.” Muddled sound. I’m drunk. Wheal (sic) are old.

Mikey: I feel like these aren’t as constructive notes.

10:55 p.m. “Half of the Time.” Faux hawk. Bunny ears on drummer. Gimmy says you look like the keyboard guy.

Mikey: Slap Gimmy for that one.

11:04 p.m. You just have the same hair. Wheat love DC and are as drunk as I am. Song with same chords as “Half of the Time.”

11:20 p.m. “I Met a Girl.” Less falsetto. Too long. They’re drunk. “Little White Doves.” Your double sings lead on some. Enters sparse crowd. “El Sincero.”

11:22 p.m. They Have a computer doing something! Milli vanilli??

11:29 p.m. “Living and Dying vs. Dying and Living.” Computer keeps counting off each song. Good harmonies tho!

Let this be any number of lessons to you: Don’t drink and text, take good notes, don’t be an asshole in public… etc, etc, etc.