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7.31.2003

against my ragingly exhausted brains demands that we watch 4 hours of Law and Order last night, i went to see The Butchies. I never like to miss them and though i could not think of anything that i wanted to do LESS than stand in a crowd of 22 year old half naked girls in a mosh pit, i went.

one of the first people i saw there was this boy that i met at the last show when we got to talking and he advised me that he used to be a girl to which my a-hole answer was "you did NOT". and as a rebuttal he grabbed my hand and shoved it in his crotch and said "do you feel anything?" and i said "no, but..." and he shoved my hand further back and said "NOW do you feel anything?"
gender politics at their best

i love the butchies.
i have never been able to figure out exactly why beyond the punkrockdyke thing. but last night i was thinking about how powerful they are. there is this amazing hottness and fun factor that people do not give enough credence to when talking about performers. it is always secondary to their musicianship. they are hot and they are charismatic. ok maybe most of the hotness comes from the charisma.
they command the stage. the room was completely mixed. i usually see them in pretty gay line ups (butchies with bitch & animal) but this show had lots of indie rock straight bands or not necessarily 'dyke' bands so the crowd was one that they don't or wouldn't have otherwise. it was fun to watch the straight girls rocking out and having a great time and wondering who this band was with this funny drummer who comes out and tells jokes and talks like she does this all the time.
but if they had taken on look at the roster of bands at the door and saw who was coming in to see what bands, they would have seen that the packed house was all the doings of this band.

.: posted by landry 9:50 AM

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