Last night I saw Skinny Puppy at Avalon. I wasn’t expecting much, but I was really impressed… They pulled off a good show and I really enjoyed it. Sure they may just be a visage of their former selves without Dwayne, but they can still kick out a brap. They played some OLD songs (Glass Houses, Smothered Hope, …) which really surprised me.. It was a good balance of new and old (and their new album isn’t too shabby either). I also got a new t-shirt to torture my mother with..
I really felt out of sorts at the show last night. It seemed like everyone was either 18 or 40, and I felt like the only guy in the middle. I guess that’s what happens at a gig for a band who is 20+ years old, but still. Plus I have given up “wearing all black”, so I was set apart once again. Tweaker was the opening band, and they weren’t terrible, but they were definitely very Stabbing Westward-level industrial blah…
My glasses broke this morning, so after