Written by herdivineshadow on 15 May 2012
I LOVE ALKALINE TRIO. I also love Dave Hause, who supported. I thought what I heard of The Dear & Departed was quite nice.
Now, this gig would have originally been on Guy Fawkes Night last year… but Matt Skiba’s foot got run over by a truck or something so obviously it had to be rescheduled and the best date to do it was the day before my birthday. Clearly, they love me. 
The Dear & Departed were on earlier than I was expecting so I only heard like… the last 3 songs of their set. They were awesome enough that I was crushingly disappointed to discover they’d sold all their CDs already and had to console myself with a Dave Hause T-shirt. I know, I know.
Dave Hause
Dave Hause however was just as awesome as I was expecting. If a tad unnerved by the quiet crowd. I reckon we were all a bit dazed from the sunny weather during the day. Totally explains it. Randomly, in the last month I’ve managed to see Dave perform three times – first at the Twas the Night Before Wembley gig on 12th April before Frank Turner’s awesome …uh… Wembley gig (did I write about that one? Possibly not). Then there was 11th May at the Black Heart annnnd of course, this gig supporting Alkaline Trio. Don’t ask me to remember what he played – I only know that I could sing along to only half of them, which clearly means that I need to listen to the album more. He also played two new songs – one of which (the “shine on” one) he played back in April and I really love. Dan Andriano came out to sing with him for a bit before disappearing off for a costume change for later (really). Every time I see Dave perform I wish that I had thrown caution to the wind and stayed for the whole of his gig at the Windmill in Brixton last year. Although on the other hand, poor weather and dodgy trains aren’t things that go together (coupled with a longer than expected walk to the train station, I know, I’m kind of lame)…
Dave Hause and Dan Andriano
Then it was time for Alkaline Trio. Who proceeded to saunter on stage and announce that in the interests of saving the planet or something, they’d not printed a setlist and that it was going to be an all-requests show. I prefer to think that they decided to do it because they’re awesome. If inviting a logistical nightmare – I have no idea how they managed to hear any of the requests (that and Matt can’t remember some of the songs – oops).
Clavicle, Cooking Wine, Queen of Pain, This Could Be Love, In Vein, Mercy Me and Blue Carolina were all highlights (but is it a highlight when you’ve included nearly half the setlist?) as was Emma, with added Dave Hause.
Dave Hause, Matt Skiba and Derek Grant
Radio was, as always, a cracker of a song to end the set on. I think I would have liked to hear Sadie, Crawl and Dine, Dine My Darling or perhaps Love Love Kiss Kiss. Or just more songs where Dan took the lead because he does have a lovely voice, even though Matt’s songs are pretty kickass. In fact, I think I could have listened to them for a couple of hours more. All in all, it was probably the most fun gig I’ve been to recently.
Randomly, either Alkaline Trio have a high ratio of attractive female fans or drinking gives Skiba the horn. Either way, it was entertaining. 
That aces setlist:
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Written by herdivineshadow on 13 May 2012
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Written by herdivineshadow on 12 May 2012
So. Someone I follow on twitter has been pimping this film like a mad thing and since I was already in London, I figured I might as well go and see it (it is only on at the Empire Leicester Square in the UK atm).
I don’t know whether I liked it or not. There were bits that got a bit slow, I didn’t really sympathise with any of the characters and many of the horrific actions of Charlie, the main character,…didn’t really horrify me at all. It probably says something about my expectations of a sociopathic character, the way my imagination works and the kind of media that I consume on a regular basis (and have done since I was very young). Admittedly, I used to hear about these kind of actions on a regular basis from my Dad, who was a psychiatric nurse on a locked ward for violent, mentally ill people – so as soon as I realised that Charlie was a serious nutjob (not a technical term), then none of his actions were that much of a surprise or a shock.
Charlie is both fascinating and hateful all at once – the kind of creature that’s interesting to watch like a science experiment, but someone you wouldn’t want to know in real life. I didn’t understand why his wife or friends stuck with him, from his normal dinner-table kind of behaviour or exactly how he came into their lives and remained there for so long ( I suppose, I only really get it in the case of his best friend from childhood). Is it a case of being too close to someone to see how awful they are or being able to excuse their behaviour because you’re already close and it reflects badly on your judgement if you admit it? More interesting than Charlie on his own, was the way he was able to egg on his seemingly regular, normal-ish friends to do things they would never do under “normal” circumstances. There’s something in there about abdication of responsibility and the sort of general trend there seems to be in stuff I read about in the news (banks, corporations, various people etc) of not being responsible for something that’s gone wrong.
However, I’m too fuzzy-brained to really talk about that now.
I’m not too fuzzy-brained, on the other hand, to boggle at the woman sitting to my right in the cinema that was BROWSING FACEBOOK ON HER PHONE during the film. Seriously. We’re in the smallest cinema screen ever – how is that not going to be noticeable?
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Written by herdivineshadow on 11 May 2012
- @grrlinterrupted omg ;_; Not even X-Men/Avengers crossover? Not even… um. some kind of insert Keanu Reeves into the Avengers fic? in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- @emmaprew There is nothing to be ashamed of in your top artists! FLAUNT THEM
in reply to emmaprew ->
- @grrlinterrupted "Woah, my parents are dead. Alfred, dude, where's the BatBike?" Batman is DC universe not Marvel though… in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- @emmaprew True, I suspect the earlier stuff that I listened to just reflects the number of mp3s of a particular band I had – always used… in reply to emmaprew ->
- @emmaprew …to listen to everything on shuffle while I was at uni. in reply to emmaprew ->
- @glfpodcast I blame you and that first song entirely for the Alkaline Trio frenzy that's currently gripped me ahead of Sat night though
in reply to glfpodcast ->
- @emmaprew Hehe listening to Disney music at work started to ruin my last.fm radio – so it's only recently I started listening again in reply to emmaprew ->
- @jodie_mariee @zombiewes has a spare, he's in the World's End right now in reply to jodie_mariee ->
- @glfpodcast Heh, my AFI addiction was stronger than my Alk3 one back then in reply to glfpodcast ->
- @glfpodcast Ahaha I kind of miss when they were all gothpunk, but if/when they ever split I would still be utterly destroyed now in reply to glfpodcast ->
- @eoincmacken If you love me, you'll make the Empire add in a lunchtime showing on Saturday, so I can hit it up pre-gig in reply to eoincmacken ->
- @eoincmacken Actually tho, where other than Empire Leicester Sq *is* it on? Cineworld site won't give up any nearby showings in reply to eoincmacken ->
- @thehistoryguy Time machine. in reply to thehistoryguy ->
- @RonniPudding @eoincmacken Fingers crossed. My nearest Cineworld is the one at Staples Corner which is… still annoyingly far. Hah in reply to RonniPudding ->
- @emmaprew True. He does however make for odd dreams in reply to emmaprew ->
- @emmaprew heh, I dreamt he wanted me to take him to my church for choir practice. Which was odd, cos it's the wrong time of year for that in reply to emmaprew ->
- @emmaprew Haha yeah, I guess…but it's not Christmas or Easter which totally baffled me. Admittedly, an odd point to get hung up on. in reply to emmaprew ->
- @gaslightanthem Why did you want to come to my church for choir practice in the dream I had last night? #askbrian #worthashot #baffled ->
- @emmaprew I do wonder at my unconscious sometimes in reply to emmaprew ->
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Written by herdivineshadow on 11 May 2012
- …and my least bad photo of @ChuckRagan http://t.co/0iCzoC2I ->
- In my defense, it wasn't really an occasion for @ChuckRagan to stand still and pose for my subpar photography skills ->
- @simonpegg I've got WiFi in Hertfordshire. It's like a miracle… in reply to simonpegg ->
- Actually, this is possibly the one time @ChuckRagan did hold still for a minute http://t.co/Dk0swWqt ->
- AHAH. Twitter is suggesting I follow my twitter account with my real name that… I don't use. It has a cracking userpic though ->
- That profile pic: https://t.co/ire5O3DG ->
- @MadeFromCorpses I think you'll find she has her own spaceship in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- …and just for kicks, my least bad photo of @billybragg and @fthc from last month at the @CamdenBarfly http://t.co/nhCjltil ->
- @ajhmurray If I could have a film with Eames, Mal, Dr Jekyll and Mina Harker, I would be set really in reply to ajhmurray ->
- ♥ Capricornia by Allo Darlin' #lastfm: http://t.co/948pUyH8 ->
- @zombiewes Oh man, I wish I could but I've got stuff on & am totally wiped from old people & a bishop on Tues, and driving everywhere today in reply to zombiewes ->
- @zombiewes thanks though
I UPLOADED MY LAME BLURRY HWM PHOTOS OMG in reply to zombiewes ->
- ♥ The Circle Married The Line by Feist #lastfm: http://t.co/zp3wByot ->
- @thisisyourfault I…should do that too only the busy weekend turned into busy monday, tuesday and wednesday and being wiped augh #halp in reply to thisisyourfault ->
- @nikki …how does that even work? What? I am too baffled for comprehension. in reply to nikki ->
- @thisisyourfault Ahah and the way my calendar is shaping up, I'm pretty much done for RP till June. Except June is out too. (poss July :/) in reply to thisisyourfault ->
- @ALEC_EMPIRE I have never been so glad of learning German at school. in reply to ALEC_EMPIRE ->
- @ALEC_EMPIRE Well, apart from that time I got lost in Trier. in reply to ALEC_EMPIRE ->
- …annnd documentary on plate armour has distracted me from watching Sin City. Good work BBC ->
- @thisisyourfault http://t.co/vrVqsT8o ->
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Luddite or merely SUPER-RETRO? 
:D:D:D:D:D:D 
