Saturday night at Blue Star. First off, there was an issue with the sound. I guess the sound guy didn’t show up. I heard someone say he called in sick. Of course, that could mean he just decided not to show up for the night for whatever reason. Folks tried their best at getting the sound going and someone was able to get one microphone to work at around 10:15 p.m. The first band of the night was Pretty Mess. They’re a four member, all-girl, punk band. They play aggressive. Sing raw. Use plenty of four letter words. And have probably the hottest drummer in Los Angeles. There were some interesting moments during their set. The microphone went out during their set as someone who knew a bit about sound came around and tried to help make things better. There were complaints, but the guy knew what he was doing and kept on going. Eventually the sound came back and he also got a second microphone working, as well. Also, during their set, a police helicopter flew overhead for some reason with the beam lights pointing towards the Blue Star. Sort of interesting. I half expected to see cops coming by at some point. No police came in though perhaps a couple cop cars drove by the Blue Star at some point.
Next up was Pu$$y Cow. I hadn’t seen this band play a full set in a couple months, I believe since their Juanita show way back when. I’m not sure who set up the night, but the honest truth was that this was a Pu$$y Cow show. Probably 60%-70% of the people there were there to see Pu$$y Cow. There was a moment where one of the fans got up into Chissum's face. Chissum tried to start the song off, but just couldn't and started laughing.
Dirty Filthy Mugs were the third band of the night. They started the night off with a bang. The lead singer just went flying around from the start. I swear this band has one of the best stage shows in Los Angeles (obviously Automatic Music Explosion stands alone). They threw out confetti poppers and sprayed everyone with party spray string. It was awesome. And they sounded great, as well. And for a song or two one of the guys brought out an accordion. An unfortunate situation arose that perhaps not very many people noticed. There was a guy wearing ski glasses. He got a little testy at one point with a lady who was using the poppers. Some of the streamers landed on his back. He got so furious that he got a cup of beer and threw it at her back and then stormed off. A fight could have started, but she was cool about it and so her friends were cool about it. The guy obviously deserves a big JERK tagged to his forehead.
Interesting note was that some sort of party was occurring across the street in this largely industrial park area. Someone mentioned it was a corporate party, but when I was driving off for the night I noticed a bunch of teens/college age folks heading towards the party. My car also had a number of party fliers on it. Maybe this area is turning into a little hidden hip area of music and dance?
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