Video Kid Like You.

So on Monday, I saw Dommin, I AM GHOST, and The Birthday Massacre at The Highline Ballroom with one of my close friends, Miss Delirium. She is wonderful, a true artist, and an excellent kid to CF spaz with. When they come back to the East Coast, the two of us will be at every show we can get to, so keep an eye out for us and say hello! We wear top hats, we’re hard to miss.

I had school on Monday, so I went to that (much to my chagrin), and picked up Miss D from Penn Station at 6 without a hitch. We dropped off our bags at my office, and took the bus crosstown to the Highline. We tried to get some pictures on the bus, but they ended up looking like this:



So we abandoned that.
Gosh, aren’t I attractive?

Anyways, we reached the Highline and met up with one of Miss D’s friends (Erik, I believe, but not to be confused with Erik X, mind you) and we were basically in the front of the stage on the left side. The Highline is a tiny venue, no barricades. It’s really laid back and a pleasure to go to. Definitely one of my favorite all ages places. We chose the left side because we both wanted to be on the side of TBM’s keyboard/keytarist. He is an adorable lad.

Dommin were the first band. They were…a band.
This isn’t to say they were bad, but if they didn’t have a keyboardist, they wouldn’t have been too memorable. For the first two songs, I couldn’t understand the frontman at all. “Dark Holiday” was definitely their best song, though. I would download that if I could. I should look for it.

I AM GHOST were next.
IAG and I have an odd relationship. I know that they’re ridiculous. Their lyrics are some of the worst, nonsensical lyrics I’ve heard (shark people wear shark clothes? Come on, kids) but for some reason, I have all three of their CDs and I continue to listen to them. They are a great live band and they played all of their mosh-worthy songs. I was afraid they’d whip out one of their cheesy goth ballads but they didn’t. It was a really good set. Steven kept saying fuck yeah and he did a leprechaun dance, which was definitely amusing. The one complaint I had was that they had too much interlude music. They came on to the intro to the Thriller music video, which was cool, but it could’ve been cut down; towards the middle of the set, they played Interlude: Remember This Face, Baby (from their new album Those We Leave Behind) which probably worked the best, since it’s under 2 minutes; right before their last song, they played The Dead Girl Epilogue Part 1 (from the We Are Always Searching EP), which is 3 minutes long and could’ve been shortened as well. So yeah, a little less interlude, a little more “fuck yeah!”.

The Birthday Massacre:
This was the fourth time I’ve seen The Birthday Massacre and I only have Violet, so needless to say, I didn’t know any of the songs they played that weren’t on that album. They’re a great live band, though, and to me, they’re better live than on the album. Chibi is a bundle of energy, always saying thank you in her adorable, slightly Canadian accent, and acting like a little kid, which could be annoying when done by anyone else, but is endearing when she does it.

A good time had by all, really. Though me and Miss D need better concert footwear-
I was wearing heels as usual and she was wearing too big creepers.

-cyanide