The story of how Todd came across Tiger Army is hilarious also. He heard of Dragonforce originally from somebody (Jer?) and he was trying to find songs of theirs online. He couldn't remember the name but typed in Tiger Army thinking it was right. Haha, turns out there was actually a band called Tiger Army that was halfway decent and sounded SORTA like Dragonforce. Teh craze.
Anyways, the show was fun, but I actually ended up having more fun than I think they did. First of all, the scene was MUCH more punky than we thought it would be. I didn't know what to expect because I didn't know any of the groups but it was crazy. Mohawks and leather out the face. The music they played, according to Todd, was much faster and much harder than on their CDs. Todd wasn't too pleased about this and neither him nor Eric really enjoyed it. BUT, I had fun because the music was loud and the energy was there so I was dancing around. I don't really like the punks but this was fun. I just probably wouldn't do it again any time soon. I actually much prefered Street Dogs over the headlining Tiger Army. They are like an original punk type band with good things to say. They were cool.
The lead Singer of Tiger Army looks like a vampire.
They did do one AWESOME thing though. I don't know if this characteristic to all punk shows or just Tiger Army but this Mosh Pit at this show was redonk. They did something called a Tornado Pit. First of all, rad name. Secondly, it involved a mass of people running as fast as the could in this circle of people. These dudes were just hurtling themselves around this ring and smashing into everything and going fucking mental. It was so crazy to watch and so intense. Unfortunately, I did not participate.
At uArts the Anderson building is where most of the visual arts work is done. It's an eight floor building right on Broad St (Main Central street in Philly). I have all of my foundation classes in there as well. So this morning I was in 2D class and some guy runs down the hallway yelling "THERE IS SMOKE IN THE BUILDING, EVERYBODY OUT" Shit shit, so we I grab my laptop and walk out leaving my portfolio and all of my arting supplies. Going down the stairs you could smell smoke and the first floor was flooded with a murky dark thickness. We get out of the building and cross the street and wait for about 20 minutes. In the meantime 3 fire trucks, 2 ambulences, at least 30 firefighters arrive at the scene and do their business. Some guy comes and tells us to go home the building is closed.
So I leave to find out later that a small explosion in the basement caused the small fire. It had to do with some electrical thing, I think. I'm not entirely sure. All I know is that all of the stuff I would need to do homework with is locked in the building. I GUESS THAT MEANS THE ONLY THING I CAN DO TONIGHT IS GET CRUNKT OH WELL.
Also, in case you haven't heard the new Daft Punk Mix here it is. DP hooked Louis Vuitton up for his Spring/Summer 08 Runway Show in Paris. Like all DP related works, this mix is hotter than hot. Check it the fuck out. Kanye, Justice AND Ratatat oh fuck. It's so slick. DP does it right every time.
It's almost my burfdais tomorrow hooray
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