Don't Fuck With My Play

Shapes, Personality Crisis 8, 8/20/09

I actually don't know much about Shapes, except that they have a pretty loyal following and are out there playing almost every weekend (it seems). The second fact usually leads to the first, obviously. Fanelli, the lead Shape, has a pretty significant cult-following as well. They are also more hardcore than you would expect from someone so obviously glammed out. That's not a judgement. How's that for a boring write-up? Fuck, I never said the content on this blog would always be good or particularly enlightening. Fuck. Someone help me out here.

This group of photos also has shots of all the Little Angels, including sterling images of Devin threatening boys with his powerful sexuality. Examine, and feel your groin tremble.

I Heard You Missed Us; We're Back

Devin & The Li'l Angels, Don Hill's, 8/18/09

I was going to neaten up two days of band deaths with a band birth in Devin & The Little Angels, a supergroup made up of Earth Defense Force and Jack Ferencz from TMH fronted by Devin Therriault, the howlin'est, swingin'est wolf I've met. Of course, this particular show was missing Jack and, well, they only played three or four shows in this incarnation -- Ian Cory is in Chicago, Jack F. is upstate, Sam is upperstate and Jonathan Betz is [scene missing]. Therefore, Devin needs a new band.

The result is the new incarnation of D&TLA starring Devin and a couple of guys I haven't met yet. They exist on MySpace here and wouldn'tcha know they're playing tomorrow at the Yippie Cafe. I think it's free -- a fair deal for memories that will last you a lifetime.

A quickie note about the picture -- Sam is the best guitar player for a photographer imaginable, and his knowledge of rock histrionics is vast and demonstrated often. Two observations,

1) Sam jumps no more than six times per show. Live your life and time your film count accordingly.

2) Sam has no (0) hang time. You know what they say about drinking slowing reaction time*? Monitor your drinking intake accordingly.

*"They say..."? It's science, bro.