The Rapture, Empire Ballroom, 11/17/06
An hour after the doors were supposed to open, the admission line snaked menacingly through the parking lot. The sounds of the opening band's equipment check could be heard echoing from the club's perched doors, but there was one question on everybody's mind: where were The Rapture?
Ditching the line like a Gary Smith sub, I strolled the neighborhood only to spy Luke Jenner and Vito Roccoforte scarfing down grub at the local Fatburger. I just barely resisted the urge to hand them my demo tape of acapella Kansas covers.
"Aren't you dudes supposed to be going on in like an hour?"
"Yeah... sorry about that. They lied."
"Word. You know what the..."
The wait only increased the fervent anticipation. The crowd, abuzz from ten dollar cocktails, danced absentmindedly to Nine Inch Nails causally remixed into Franz Ferdinand. Clearly, 2005 was the musical moment du jour. Were The Rapture, once again, a year too late?
The answer came quite emphatically.
"1-2-3-4-5-6-7, I'm floating in a constant heaven."
Ditching the line like a Gary Smith sub, I strolled the neighborhood only to spy Luke Jenner and Vito Roccoforte scarfing down grub at the local Fatburger. I just barely resisted the urge to hand them my demo tape of acapella Kansas covers.
"Aren't you dudes supposed to be going on in like an hour?"
"Yeah... sorry about that. They lied."
"Word. You know what the..."
The wait only increased the fervent anticipation. The crowd, abuzz from ten dollar cocktails, danced absentmindedly to Nine Inch Nails causally remixed into Franz Ferdinand. Clearly, 2005 was the musical moment du jour. Were The Rapture, once again, a year too late?
The answer came quite emphatically.
"1-2-3-4-5-6-7, I'm floating in a constant heaven."
posted by d l wright at 11/19/2006 11:37:00 PM
4 Comments:
Speaking about dance-punk, I just saw New Order and the Bravery in Buenos Aires. I wrote an entry about it-
www.unforgettabletree.com
jk, http://unforgettabletree.blogspot.com
of course
hey ari! good to hear from you.
your sister is lucky for hearing Love Vigilantes, because new order is notorious for playing the same setlist for years on end.
i am insanely jealous you got to hear The Perfect Kiss live.
Actually Ari, you may have seen the last New Order show ever.
:(
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