July 01, 2006
The Pillows, Slim's, SF, 6/28/06.
After being elbowed, pushed, trampled, and subjected to clammy sweat, armpit odor, and bad breath, I can still happily say that the experience of seeing The Pillows -- plus about two hours of waiting outside the venue with my friends J-Lu and Rinna (we were about sixth in line) -- was well worth it. The band tore through most of the FLCL soundtrack: "Beautiful Morning With You," "Little Busters," "Ride on Shooting Star," "Crazy Sunshine" (the first song of the encore), "I Think I Can" early in the set, "Sleepy Head" (this may have opened the set), "Funny Bunny," and a fantastic jump-up-and-down-like-crazy "Hybrid Rainbow" just before the encore, with the crowd screaming the chorus at the top of their lungs. Plus a Nirvana cover ("Breed") -- nothing like a surprise cover snuck into the middle of a set.
And other random thoughts:
1. That might be my last all-ages show in a while though; too many kids shoving, plus I found myself pushed from the second row to the sixth or so.
2. And dammit, bring some breath mints, folks!
3. Note to self: do not sing along loudly to Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Cities in Dust," especially when it seems that only you and the opening band (Secret Secret) are singing it.
4. The signatures on my FLCL booklet are from the meet-and-greet -- all ten minutes of it, really -- at Kinokuniya Bookstore earlier that afternoon. Whee!
Posted by the wily filipino at July 1, 2006 11:57 AM