mie kävin viime viikolla katsomassa sleater-kinneytä ja hieman hengaamassa vanhan ystäväni riikan kanssa lontoossa. riikka kun asuu taas helsingissä häntä ei tule nähtyä kauheen usein joten vaikka noin KAIKKI IKINÄ (oikeesti ainakin 20+ netistä ja muusta tuttua) oli menossa kyseiselle keikalle ja olivat tapaamassa pubissa etukäteen, mie päätin mennä keikkapaikalla 'ajoissa' riikan kanssa että päästiin eteen kun riikka on vähän lyhyen puoleinen leidi. riikka kun on samassa maassa aika harvoin, ja näitä muita voi nähdä joskus ens kerralla eikö joo?
pins niminen bändi oli lämppärinä ja ne oli hyviä, mun ja riikan mielipide oli lähinnä 'ihan kiva mutta needs more fat babes'. niin ja sleater-kinney oli tosi tosi tosi hyviä mutta mie olin hieman kipeä, jalkoihin sattui seisominen toisessa rivissä ja edessä seisovalla pitkä- ja kiharatukkaisella tytöllä oli hiukset auki ja ne oli koko ajan tämän mummon suussa. ARGH. ja biisilistalla oli tosi paljon kamaa the hot rockin jälkeen ilmestynyiltä levyiltä ja ne ei oo yhtä tuttuja kuin 4/5 ekaa levyä ja se uusin :( eikä ne soittanu mun lempibiisiä (soittivat kyllä sen manchesterissä ja glasgowssa kuulemma. *valitus*) mutta silti tosi niin tosi hyviä ♥ ♥
mun ei ollut tarkoitus kirjoittaa erikseen juttua tästä keikasta mutta sitten mie eilen latasin kaikki kuvat mun pokkarista ja ne ei ollukaan kaikki ihan tosi paskoja :D tässä niistä pari parasta + kaksi ekaa kuvaa ovat ihanan ja parhaan keikkakaverini riikan puhelimesta. loput voi nähdä täällä mun keikkakuva-arkistossa..
i went to london the other week to see sleater-kinney and my oldest internets friend riikka ♥ ♥ ♥ since she's back in finland these days i dont get to see her much anymore, so even though PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE EVER (srsly at least 20+ i know off internets etc) was going to be at the gig & meeting up at wetherspoons near the venue before hand, i elected to just hanging out with riikka and go to the venue early so we could get to the front since riikka is on the shorter side. i can see uk people any old time, or w/e. i hoped i would bump into people afterwards but almost everyone dissappeared off somewhere while we were getting our coats from the cloakroom...
anyway, the support band, pins, were pretty cool, but in both me & riikka's opinion needed more fat babes. cos we like fat babes. and sleater-kinney of course were AMAZING. but i was feeling a bit poorly and my feet hurt from all the standing and the girl in front of me had reeeeally bushy long hair that she hadn't tied up so it was in my mouth like the whole time (seriously people, if you have long hair and you're going to a gig that's gonna be packed PLEASE TIE UP YOUR HAIR. mine's not that long, and i still did it cos i'm considerate like that. and a grumpy old lady apparently. generally realised that day how much i need my personal space these days. ugh) and a lot of the setlist was post- the hot rock and i'm not really familiar with that material like i am with the first four albums + the new one. (funny thing is i actually own all hands on the bad one on vinyl but havent really listened to it since i 'accidentally' stole it from an old.... something) aaand they didn't play the song i really really really wanted to hear (they did play it both in manchester and glasgow though. *grumble grumble*) but they did play get up and words & guitar and turn it on and end of you and soooo on. yeah. they were still amazing. and yet again i'm all like need get the new band started goddamnit aaaarrrggghhh inspired.
i wasn't actually going to write a separate blog post about the gig but last night i downloaded all the photos from my shitty little compact and some of them actually turn out not too bad! so here's some of my faves, and the first two are from riikka's phone. you can see the rest here at my gig photography archive
anyway, the support band, pins, were pretty cool, but in both me & riikka's opinion needed more fat babes. cos we like fat babes. and sleater-kinney of course were AMAZING. but i was feeling a bit poorly and my feet hurt from all the standing and the girl in front of me had reeeeally bushy long hair that she hadn't tied up so it was in my mouth like the whole time (seriously people, if you have long hair and you're going to a gig that's gonna be packed PLEASE TIE UP YOUR HAIR. mine's not that long, and i still did it cos i'm considerate like that. and a grumpy old lady apparently. generally realised that day how much i need my personal space these days. ugh) and a lot of the setlist was post- the hot rock and i'm not really familiar with that material like i am with the first four albums + the new one. (funny thing is i actually own all hands on the bad one on vinyl but havent really listened to it since i 'accidentally' stole it from an old.... something) aaand they didn't play the song i really really really wanted to hear (they did play it both in manchester and glasgow though. *grumble grumble*) but they did play get up and words & guitar and turn it on and end of you and soooo on. yeah. they were still amazing. and yet again i'm all like need get the new band started goddamnit aaaarrrggghhh inspired.
i wasn't actually going to write a separate blog post about the gig but last night i downloaded all the photos from my shitty little compact and some of them actually turn out not too bad! so here's some of my faves, and the first two are from riikka's phone. you can see the rest here at my gig photography archive
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