Hole

Soo  about 3 weeks ago, I got the pleasure of seeing.. HOLE (!!) on July 9th (aka C.Love's birthday). Donning my rainbow flower embroidered overall-shorts, fringed mocs, and purple lipstick, I set out in the early evening to a concert I had been apprehensively* anticipating for months since Hole had been added to the bill. Going two hours in advance to be as close as possible was actually needed (unlike Tokyo Police Club the next night..). It seemed like I was surrounded by everyone who was a teenager in the '90s, who were throwing flowers and bringing pink party hats and noise makers. At that point it had been raining for the entire time we had been waiting, so my hair was completely soaked, the party hats were disintegrating, and clothes felt heavy and moist. It was really nice in a nasty sort of way.

*Afraid of them playing Blues & all new material

[Images via acidstars.org]

Luckily the rain stopped for Courtney and eventually my hair  was shaken dry to an elongated version of what I like to call "The Kurt Cobain." She started off with Skinny Little Bitch (off the new album), but went on to play older material. When Boys on the Radio came on , ("in those endless summer nights...") the sun was setting so beautifully and then gradually turned purple-y when she started Violet- how serendipitous! Luckily, the sunset stuck around for Malibu  (...as the sun goes down I watch you slip away..) and I almost cried. Seeing bands live sometimes brings me to tears- not hysterical tears of obsession like those seen at Fall Out Boy circa gr.8- but feeling this amazing connection with the music that can only be described in the moment. The show totally made me love Northern Star, and want to play it on the guitar. Finally, Courtney let the crowd sing her happy birthday when she said she was ready to accept that she was turning 29..again.  I'm not sure whether she'll look back on her birthday of 2010 as exceptionally fun & exciting, but I know that I'll remember it.

[HBD Courtney]