Black Lips, Flowers Forever pics

Here are some of the pics I took with my Palm Centro last night at the Black Lips show. Meant to bring my 'real' camera, but forgot it out the door. Though in the dimly lit Clubhouse, I'm sure it would not have mattered much.


Flowers Forever

Cool show all around - I was late for Earthmen & Strangers, rats, but openers Flowers Fowever rocked it out, with homespun songs about the beach and maybe the Rapture (not the band, the final coming of Christ, though it may have been a gag). Cool Prince Valiant-haired keyboardist as well.

Black Lips seemed somewhat businesslike throughout the first few songs, but then "Starting Over" and "Drugs" from 200 Million Thousand kicked in, and the energy level racheted way up. "Bad Kids" was the catalyst for fun, but needless moshpit action that reactivated itself every other fast song from then on.


Black Lips

The band didn't talk too much to the audience, and when they did it was all pretty mumbled quickly or garbled. I heard Jared the bassist talk about a fun day and a cowboy or something. They played a two song encore, including a revved up take on Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" that had the kids all wild. Fun times.


Black Lips

More pics are at my Flickr page.