cold and sober.

Just in case you don't know by now, this is Gareth Liddiard from the Drones (not that you should have any excuse not to- dreamboat!). I saw him do a solo sesh at the Post Office Hotel on Sunday and he was wonderful! He played a few of his new songs, including one that stopped mid-way 'cos it's "not finished yet!", alongside Drones songs, and witty banter.

My favourite Liddiard saying- "They're a pack of cunts!"

I also saw the Drones the previous weekend at the Inpress Warehouse, playing with Batrider and The Dacios,where the picture is taken (note Mike Noga in the background- my new love).

They are so amazingly sad and beautiful.

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I saw the Johnny's at the Tote last night with Dad, and I was close to the youngest one there. Nice to see that that hasn't changed like the carpet (which was quite nice to walk on).

The first band was Vice Grip Pussies, and they said the word cock a lot. They were kinda New York Dolls-ish, and all had long hair, and the bass player had really lovely hair, and I can't wait 'til my hair grows that long, and after their set they all donned leather jackets with 'pussies' splashed across the back. And, and, and.

Archer was next. It was just a countryman and his small guitar thing. He sung country music, like he had hitched a ride on a freight train in the '20s (don't quote me if I'm wrong, my dad said that). He was pretty cute and funny.

Finally the Johnny's played, dressed up in shirts and cowboy hats. They were really, really, really good, and all the old folk in the audience loved it and were dancing.

The bass player, Hoody, kept smashing down beers between songs, and he also gave a minor shout-out to Shepp 'cos his mum came all the way to see him (could of hitched a ride with my dad).

If I had to pick one to fall in love with I would say Spencer for his voice, but Slim was real good lookin' for someone his age, kind of like George Clooney.

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