The BLOW, Karl Blau, and Saturday Looks Good to Me

I saw a show last night at the FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH. My first thoughts were "ABANDONED CHURCH?? PARADISO??" But then, how could that be, this isn't Amsterdam after all, only Philadelphia. I have heard some good things about this church in the past though and apparently the hold a lot of good shows so it can't be that bad, huh?

Well, I was right, it was a pretty chill spot. Very intimate, low stage, and we were right fucking close which made it more fun. It's not really someplace I prefer over club type venues but it was pretty gnarly. Sunday School plays take place on the same stage, there are little kid drawings all over the walls, and the stage is covered with a colorful rug that attempts to teach the ABC's. Where was THAT in Paradiso...

So, Karl Blau came on stage and opened first. More like Karl BLEH, GET IT? He kinda sucked. He had two recorders which he beatboxed and played the bassline into while he riffed and sang over it. It was interesting...but that's about it. Meh. I didn't even manage to snag a picture of him. Shade.

Next up was Saturday Looks Good to Me. Alright, these bros were better than Blau but not by much. Again interesting music but nothing to get excited about. Worthy of a few pictures, I guess.



And for the main event we saw The BLOW. The BLOW, for those of you who don't know is Khaela Maricich and YATCH. YATCH recently left Khaela, so now The BLOW is just Khaela doing her own thing. She's a one woman artist who sings on top of a CD (kareokeish). SOUNDS LAME, I know, but the tunes and pretty bouncy and she dances like a maniac. I was slightly reminded of HNATIW, except no synths or drum machines to sit on. Check the pics and CHECK the vid. Shit's fun.


The first time she jumped into the crowd NO ONE EXPECTED IT and she fell to the floor. She climbed back on stage and said "This time I'll aim or those guys." The crowd was ready the second time. It was great. Rad socks too.


She had this whole thing with this piece of plastic. It was some metaphor for her boyfriend or something. It was so bizarre it was hilarious. She was very funny all around too, she joked with the audience and talked a bunch about ridiculous stuff. One of her things was "explaining being alive". She explained it by saying "You know what it's like? It's like everything. You know, all of this. Yeeaaah. Yeah you know it's like all of everything like this." It made no sense. Then she would go om about how if the audience was a polar bear, and in order to make good music she had to flirt with it, but like with the whole audience. Polar bear. She was so weird she was great.


DANCE DANCE DANCE She was so fun to watch. "TAKE IT OFF" lollolololllol

It was a fun night. A Wednesday too! Word.