AFTER CLASS

Random thoughts on the Chessie/Atlas Sound/Stereolab show last night:

-So, yeah, rhythm guitarist from Chessie. Um, I'm, uh, sorry that I tried to sell you my extra ticket out in front of the club. But really, how the fuck was I supposed to know?

-Chessie is an awww cute name.

-Atlas Sound is a dolphin. Doesn't look like one. Doesn't sound like one. He just is one.

-Atlas Sound coaxed some awesome noises out of this tangle of wires and diodes, a guitar, and a couple of mikes. Mesmerizing.

-Atlas Sound is a hero. Doesn't look like one. Doesn't sound like one. He just is one.

-Stereolab played a good bunch of new stuff, and just like when they were touring Fab Four Suture, they punched it up for certain.

-Stereolab were also getting all 1993 up in here, what with Lo Boob Oscillator, French Disko, Jenny Ondioline, and John Cage Bubblegum. Y'all got yr Lolla tix?

-Tim Gane busted a guitar string, and who retrieved the axe from the stage, replaced the string, and brought it back a song later? Atlas Sound, MF. Atlas Sound. Like I said: Hero...