Aug/090
Jay Reatard @ Amoeba 8/18/2009
This was incredible for a few reasons:
1. Free
2. Took the metro rail from my apartment to basically a block and a half away.
3. Stood in the very front, literally 3 feet from the stage.
4. His sound check was the greatest free-flowing heckling fest I’ve ever witnessed. The Amoeba sound guy was inept, and Jay basically had his way with the poor guy behind the boards. When the sound guy reprimanded him for his language: “Seriously? Motherfucking Seth Rogan uses more profanities than I fucking do. PG-13 Amoeba. Fuck.”
5. The set raged. Totally angry, psychedelic, and ruthless. Energy, explosive loudness, and total enthusiasm.
6. Post show signing, he drew devil horns and signed the cover of the new LP for me.
7. Because I was in the front, he decided to have a long chat with me. He was glad I was so enthusiastic/dancing/pumped, and he told me about how he was the highest he’s ever been.
8.
Yeah!
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Chuggin a brew
Rockin' the flying V @ Amoeba 8/18/2009