April 17, 2004
Ben Kweller sucks
I'm at a show right now. It's at some Nashville venue, in what appears to be a more skillfully executed version of Chattanooga's Fathom club. Not that this is a good thing, but it does have the advantage over it's lesser brethren of being a halfway decent venue.
Tonight it's Pedro the Lion, Ben Kweller, and Death Cab for Cutie. Guess which one I'm here for. Hint: it's not the first two. Pedro finished his set about twenty minutes ago, and he was good. I've not actually listened to him before, and after tonight I'm going to have to do something about that. Ben Kweller just went onstage, at which point I left the show for the lobby and found this terminal w/lovely net access. The reason I'm out here and not in there? Because Ben Kweller, an artist with whose person and work I was previously unfamiliar, is a pretentious little wanker. He jumped on stage like he was the shit, and proceeded to cover "Ice Ice Baby". What the hell ever. Death Cab should be on in half an hour or so, and then things will be okay.
i just saw ben kweller play with death cab for cutie on may 5, and i have to say that ben kweller was the biggest pile of shit i've ever seen perform. The great thing was that my friend and I pissed the band members off so much that they tried to fight with us. omg irl!
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Posted by: james at May 10, 2004 02:56 PM