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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

reviewed: M.I.A. at the commodore ballroom...

Jesus Christ, I'm really gonna miss having my hearing intact.

If you're heading to the Commodore tonight to see the second M.I.A. show - by all means - go to see the live rendition of the album that I couldn't get behind but the rest of the world loved... and then stay for:

the Kala CD booklet visually coming to life on a widescreen, in all of its saturated cut & paste glory

the sickest/illest/loudest bass the commodore has ever heard

the all-girl, packed stage, dance-a-thon to random Baltimore club breaks

Jimmy performed over New Order & Abba samples

MIA's live show is so out of control right now... in a good way. You may want to take the next day off work to recoever... I didn't, and ~~I'm~~ my ears and eyes paying for it.

elsewhere

heroin hero | fight this generation | font of shitty comedies

Labels: commodore ballroom, M.I.A., reviewed

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Monday, October 1, 2007

psssssssssssssssssssssst...

A second M.I.A. show has been announced at the Commodore. This one takes place on Tuesday November 13th (i.e. a day before the already sold out first show).

Tickets are $30 and go on sale on Friday at 10am. You might want to get on that one quickly.

elsewhere

three months from now

Labels: concert listings, M.I.A.

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Monday, September 24, 2007

state of the nation...

For one reason or another a lot of people consider Vancouver to be an epicenter of cool. Luckily, there are HOB press releases to sober us up.

elsewhere

choose your own failed hollywood career trajectory

Labels: concert listings, M.I.A.

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Friday, August 24, 2007

a track-by-track graphical representation of my feelings about the new M.I.A. disk...

I've tried and tried but can't get behind Kala*. I'm not feeling it. Nor, do I understand the tidal wave of unified blog gushing over the disk.

Cool your jets, internets.

* with that said, Bamboo Banger is bonkers... and if she happens to tour through Vancouver, I'm going.

elsewhere

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Labels: M.I.A., reviewed

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