Scissor Sisters at the Paladium
I had gone on Facebook last night and saw that Susan had posted this little American Flag on her page to honor the victims of the 9/11 attack and so I put it on my page too, with a little message. It wasn't until after I posted that I realized the flag came from some group called "Being Conservative" or something like that. I decided to leave it, because it really pisses me off how conservatives/republicans like to "claim" 9/11 like it somehow is "their" thing... I mean, it sort of is, since they are the ones who elected Bush and the attacks occurred during his watch, arguably in response to his actions in office. But, of course, that's not the way they frame it. It's like conservatives thing that liberals don't give a shit about our country or our troops. Just because we don't want to keep this country stuck in the past doesn't mean we don't love this country. Just because I may disagree on this being a "christian" nation doesn't mean I have less of a right to be here and call this my home. I get so worked up over this. The entire point of freedom and this country seems to be lost on those who want to turn the clock back to a time when anyone other than white christians were marginalized and persecuted in this country, despite the fact that this country was founded to be a place where ALL MEN ARE CREATED (and treated) equal... and the closer we get to that being a reality, the louder some people scream and yell. Anyway, sorry for this rant, but obviously this day brings up a lot of emotions for a lot of people and I just wanted to voice mine.
With that in mind, I couldn't think of a better way to spend 9/11 than by going to see the Scissor Sisters, a New York City queer rock band, perform in Hollywood. The show was amazing - they did lots of songs off their new album, and from their first album, which I loved. Luckily it was short on songs from their second album, which I never cared for. The band were in top form, especially vocalists Jake Shears and Ana Matronic. The most moving part of the evening was when Ana delivered her speech about 9/11, explaining that the band had formed just weeks after the attacks happened, and that it was a way for them to deal with everything that was going on in a constructive and artistic manner. As unlikely as it may have seemed that a gay rock band would rise to fame considering the backwards movement this country was involved in during that time, the Scissor Sisters did make it, as their first album became one of the biggest sellers of all-time (in the UK of course, not here) and garnered a respectable following the world over.
Casey Spooner, the frontman from Fischerspooner (one of my favorite bands to emerge - pun intended - from the Electroclash movement of the early 2000's) was the opening act and he had a very simple stage show - just him singing in front of a curtain. He didn't do any Fischerspooner songs, instead he focused on material from his new debut album, which was more rock/lounge inspired. I really enjoyed it, but of course the Scissor Sisters were the real showstoppers.
Afterward, Dylan and I met up with some of our friends who were there - and pretty much everyone we knew was there. But unfortunately since it was general admission, and we had to stand in line to get in, we weren't anywhere near any of them during the show. It would have been nice if we could have all been in a group together.
We left in a hurry to get to the Palms for Myles' new club, Electrolicious, which he had intended to be an unofficial after party for the concert. We were meeting Johnny and his friend Bea who had driven down from Bakersfield. They had already been there for awhile so were excited when we finally showed up. Not many people were there unfortunately, but Marc met us later so we all danced to the songs Myles was playing. Later he had a raffle and I won a copy of Casey Spooner's album "Adult Contemporary" and Johnny won a copy of the new Scissor Sisters record, so we all went home very happy.
We got them all ready for bed but stayed up and talked to them until we were all ready for sleepytime.
With that in mind, I couldn't think of a better way to spend 9/11 than by going to see the Scissor Sisters, a New York City queer rock band, perform in Hollywood. The show was amazing - they did lots of songs off their new album, and from their first album, which I loved. Luckily it was short on songs from their second album, which I never cared for. The band were in top form, especially vocalists Jake Shears and Ana Matronic. The most moving part of the evening was when Ana delivered her speech about 9/11, explaining that the band had formed just weeks after the attacks happened, and that it was a way for them to deal with everything that was going on in a constructive and artistic manner. As unlikely as it may have seemed that a gay rock band would rise to fame considering the backwards movement this country was involved in during that time, the Scissor Sisters did make it, as their first album became one of the biggest sellers of all-time (in the UK of course, not here) and garnered a respectable following the world over.
Casey Spooner, the frontman from Fischerspooner (one of my favorite bands to emerge - pun intended - from the Electroclash movement of the early 2000's) was the opening act and he had a very simple stage show - just him singing in front of a curtain. He didn't do any Fischerspooner songs, instead he focused on material from his new debut album, which was more rock/lounge inspired. I really enjoyed it, but of course the Scissor Sisters were the real showstoppers.
Afterward, Dylan and I met up with some of our friends who were there - and pretty much everyone we knew was there. But unfortunately since it was general admission, and we had to stand in line to get in, we weren't anywhere near any of them during the show. It would have been nice if we could have all been in a group together.
We left in a hurry to get to the Palms for Myles' new club, Electrolicious, which he had intended to be an unofficial after party for the concert. We were meeting Johnny and his friend Bea who had driven down from Bakersfield. They had already been there for awhile so were excited when we finally showed up. Not many people were there unfortunately, but Marc met us later so we all danced to the songs Myles was playing. Later he had a raffle and I won a copy of Casey Spooner's album "Adult Contemporary" and Johnny won a copy of the new Scissor Sisters record, so we all went home very happy.
We got them all ready for bed but stayed up and talked to them until we were all ready for sleepytime.
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