Randomness. I got all excited about this on Friday morning when I read about it in EG, mainly because the article mentioned that Neko Case was coming down, so I threw out a few tendrils to a few likely coattendees and figured I'd work it out over the weekend. But then the weekend was stinking hot and I was exhausted and sluggish and in kind of a bad mood and it all just seemed too much of a hassle, especially given that I had the FSG practice group Christmas party to attend that night as well. But then it turned out that said Christmas party was at the St Kilda lawn bowls club - ie, 5 minutes' walk from the Prince - so when things wound down at the party I figured that I might as well try my luck.
Lucky I did, too. I thought that there was an outside chance that the show might be mindblowingly good (they just seem like the kind of band with that potential), and though it didn't turn out to be that, it was still v.g. Six of them on stage, each integral to the clatter and noise being produced - the songs sounded good live, a bit rougher around the edges than the recorded versions and not as subtle (I would've liked it if the keyboards were mixed louder), but in a good way. And they played "Mass Romantic" and "Testament To Youth In Verse" (my two faves) back to back, and ended the encore set with "Letter From An Occupant" (my next fave), hooray! Plus, it was totally ace to see Neko doing her thing, tambourine and all.
