BloodLust!

BLOODYMINDED
4 JUNE 2006
The Empty Bottle
Chicago, IL
with:
John Wiese
Spykes
Behold! The Living Corpse

BLOODYMINDED
Rob Kerr - Synth
Ed Knigge - Mixer + Vocals
Chris Mack - Synth
Isidro Reyes - Synth
Mark Solotroff - Vocals + Mixer

01. “LAKE STREET”
02. “ANGEL OF DARKNESS”
03. “A SONG FOR LISANNE, A YOUNG MODEL”
04. “TROPHY”
05. “BLIND FURY”
06. “VISITING AN EX-GIRLFRIEND IN THE HOSPITAL - AIDS WARD”
07. “HEAD”
08. “CHALK EATER”
09. “BOUND TO DIE” (ED – LEAD VOCALS)
10. “AS IF”
11. “SHOTGUN HELD TO FACE BY SEVERELY CROSSEYED ADDICT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PHYSICALLY REMOVE GIRLFRIEND FROM KNOWN DRUG HOUSE”
12. “MIND THE GAP”
13. “HAYLING” (FC/KAHUNA)
14. “GIRLFRIEND ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE BY REVEALING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE”
15. “TWO DROPS OF BLOOD”
16. “TEN SUICIDES”

Happy birthday to Nicole from Rococo Records! We were really happy to be asked to be a part of this celebration - and of course, to be a part of this line-up. Thanks to Joe, Russ, and Tom, for pulling off such a great show. Thanks to the always-hospitable folks at the Empty Bottle, for making everything run so smoothly. Thanks to everyone who showed up. Thanks to Marlene, for videotaping.

Yeah, so we arrived with the full Chicago five-piece line-up, only to be outdone by B!TLC, who evolved into a six-piece progressive-psychedelic-stew, earth-moving machine for the night. Mighty! We did our floor-show thing, cranking along for a bit over 24 minutes, although it seemed longer to me (?). The recording came out really well. Working the speakers in front of the stage really suits us there... although the metal grills on the subwoofers sort of did a cheese-grater thing above my left eye. What I thought was a scratch, at first, clearly was a deeper cut, and my eye clouded over as the blood ran into it. It would have had a great dramatic effect had we not only been (dramatically) back lit with yellow lights. It clotted up well-enough that I did not need stitches, although it opened up again late last night... Spykes (A.K.A. Mr. John Olson) started pretty much right away after us, and he proceeded to completely shatter me with a primal-sounding, gritty analog assault that was devastatingly heavy and loud. Fans of classic M.B. and Mauthausen Orchestra-era (and other Broken Flag type) stuff would be strongly advised to take notice. Really mental stuff with some of the most piercing frequencies ever. Nuthin' heavier! John Wiese followed up that atomic blast with an equally harmful digital apocalypse that clearly destroyed whatever was left of anyone's hearing. Crushing sound with some nice dramatic pauses. It was a totally great night!

Isidro and I headed over to El Presidente to relax a bit, and a big crew of birthday revelers followed a bit later. People are clearly divided on that spot. Maybe you need to know what to get there. Maybe Isidro and I get preferential treatment. I will tell you that we got two salsas that do not normally come out to the table there. One of the best green sauces, ever. My pozole totally hit the spot.