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Edited on Fri Oct-29-04 03:46 AM by Dookus
wow... what a show.
The opener was Suicide Girls, who evidently have a website that made them famous. It was mostly violent lesbian porn staged to old rock. They don't sing - they just do burlesque laden with hula hoops, thongs, plenty of bulk-purchased nipple-tape and firm young bodies. They were actually quite entertaining.
They were followed by a guitar band called Icarus Line. The lead singer was really hot and the drummer rocked, but the 562 guitarists (ok, it was 3, but I like to exaggerate) were a bit um... disconnected. But mostly enjoyable. While I expected Courtney to be pelting the audience with beer bottles, it was THIS act that took that chore.
Then the headliner - The fabulous Ms. Love. She came out with a dozen roses which she tossed individually to the audience. She wore a white frock which frankly, was a little tight. She's become quite "voluptuous" and it looks good on her. The fake tits were pushed up and shown off to great effect. The dress would've shown severe panty-lines had she worn any panties (the back lighting showed the lack thereof).
She had an all-girl band that was quite serviceable. The all-girl theme was carried through by the audience, who pelted her with brassieres and panties. I was 20 feet from the stage, so I didn't get to see exactly how the panties were being removed and flung, but Courtney made a beautiful shrine to lesbian fandom by hanging each and every attirement from her mic stand. By the end of the show, it was surprising that the stand stood.
Her first encore was awesome - a great rendition of "House of the Rising Sun". She also made fun of my little town, Santa Cruz, by joking about all our "hippies" and then stating how much she "fucking hates" hippies. The hippy audience cheered, but that's hippies for ya.
She also talked about her "difficult" year. I suppose we were supposed to feel sympathy for her one-woman crime-spree. But we loved her anyway.
The woman is a rock goddess. Her attitude, presence and voice are truly awesome. I feel very lucky to have seen her in such a small venue.
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