Crocodiles and The Horrors, DoubleDoor, 10/11/09

Crocodiles





It's always a nice bonus when I buy tickets to see a band I really like, and I know and like the opening act as well.



Prior to the show Sunday night, I had listened to the Crocodiles album twice, and I liked what I heard.



I really enjoyed their set. It was very, I don't know, "me". I'm sorry, that's the best I got.



The Horrors



I had seen The Horrors once before, a few months ago when they opened for The Kills.



Although I thought they were great then, I was a bit disappointed by the set because it had no songs from their first album. I love both albums, and I don't necessarily think one is better than the other. While I was working on writing and defending my dissertation there were several songs on the first album that really helped me get through the process, particularly "Gloves".



I was hoping that, during a full set as a headliner, they would play some songs from the first album. So, I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed when I looked at the set list on the stage (one of which I took home) and again there were no songs from the first album on it. There was no apparent encore on the set list, so I held out hope that it wasn't complete.



Sure enough, they played a few songs off the first album during the encore, with "Gloves" closing out the set. I was very happy!



By the way, the set list said "St. Paul, MN" on it, which was crossed out with marker. Oops!

Chicago Wolves vs. Milwaukee Admirals, 10/3/09

My mom, boyfriend and I went to the Wolves home opener. Our seats were great. We were in the third row of the balcony behind the net that the Wolves shot at twice.



Unfortunately, the Wolves lost that game, but we had a great time.

See #12?

He's the newest Blackhawk. Well, I guess at this point he is the newest IceHog because he was assigned to the minors.

Another musical regret

I went to the Moby concert at The Vic back on September 30. It was such a great set. Moby's catalog is pretty broad, and I was curious as to how he would make all of the various styles work live with a band. Somehow he pulled it all off. Techno. Rock. Slow sweet ballads. It all sounded great. He had great musicians and singers with him, which helped. The set was a nice overview of his catalog, a little bit of everything.

Before the show I found out that Moby would be doing a DJ set at SmartBar after the show. Seeing Moby DJ has always been a dream of mine. I asked my family to write Oprah before I got a PhD to see if she could pull off getting Moby to DJ my graduation party. That didn't happen. They didn't write Oprah, and I chose not to have a party.

Here was my chance. Instead of walking up Clark, we got on the train platform. Before the train arrived we debated getting off the platform and walking over to SmartBar. But it was late, and I had to work the next day. Next time, I thought. Then I read a review of the DJ set a couple of days later.

I should have been there.