The Against Me! show last night at the Majestic was pretty good. But please, if at all possible, avoid World/Inferno Friendship Society. They were one of the openning acts. The lead singer looked and acted like a hipster in a slim fitted gray suit and the accordion player looked like a certain Italian plumber. The rest of the fairly large group was a little less distinct. They had two drummers, but one of them only had some bells and a snare drum. Annoyingly the lead singer thinks of himself as exceptionally witty. I guess some people respond well to him. Their website has a developed example of his disorder. They call it a band history, but it’s a stupid short story. I planned on getting to the show around 8pm, specifically to avoid the the opening act. I ended up getting there a good half hour after 8 and still caught at least 4 of their songs. I don’t know if they had a long set or got started late, but doors opened at 6:30. I need to learn to show up later to avoid these type of bands.
The next artist, Sage Francis, was good though. I knew he would be. I first heard his work on the Punk-O-Rama Volume 8 compilation. He’s was up on stage just having fun, cracking jokes and throwing his shoes. This morning Emma said to me that its funny that I like his music because he’s a communist. I don’t know if he’s a communist. He does believe in the importance of doing business with firms that meet certain expectations in regards to workers pay, rights and other issues. There’s nothing wrong with that. I wish more people paid attention to who they give money to. If people would make an effort to buy American products we could turn around the trade deficit and put an end to the decline of the dollar. Anyways, Sage setup a website that lists information about various companies, Knowmore.org (it doesn’t appear to be working at the moment, but it could just be me, I can’t get Google to come up either).
Emma didn’t stick around for the headliner. She had to work at 7 this morning and was tired because she didn’t get enough rest on her five holiday in Minnesota. I wasn’t going to miss the show though, so I called her a cab. The entire time I was at the show I kept glancing at the security staff periodically. After working as security at the Majestic, it feels strange to be at a show there. Anyways, it was a good set. I really needed a good punk show. I was starting to feel disconnected in some ways.
Even though I hate the first band, I’m going to talk about them again. The lead singer kept talking about anarchy during his speeches between songs. I don’t think this guy as a grasp for what anarchy really is. If we had anarchy, he would not be in a band this morning. I would’ve taken of that. Under anarchy, I’d take care of me and mine. In my spare time I’d remove the annoyances. He’s an annoyance. I’m tired of stupid little idiots that think punk and anarchy are one in the same. Anarchy is bullshit. If you want to be mad at society and government, fine, but don’t think removing them will fix your problems. If those morons had to rely solely on their own physical strength and wits, they’d be dead by dawn.