tiny show guns

went to see shiny toy guns but didn't. got there too late. missed their dang set. i don't know why club sound/in the venue/bricks 1)changes their name so dang much and 2) starts their shows at 6pm. from people that i talked to, i missed a lot. at least mute math was really good. i really didn't watch anything but their drummer. amazing. so freakin entertaining. good band.

i saw victim effect at the music school in american fork. second time i've been there and it is always twice as awkward as any other venue in provo. for some reason the average age, by my best judgement, at those shows is 14. makes me feel old. it was the second time i saw them and i did have fun, but listened to their music more. because 1) richie was there and he has a super critical music ear and 2) it was the second time i saw them and their gimmicks got a wee bit old. they play a fun high energy set, but their timing is not so hot, choreography gets old and their songs progress super weird and break up a natural flow to their songs. i moshed for the first time in easily 3 years. it was really funny. a small girl got knocked out cold. a jock got mad because he got pushed in the pit. i was bear foot, well bare foot actually, but i had the tenacity of someone with bear feet. dawn, the keyboardist, was swarmed by hoards of pre-pubescent boys and girls asking her to sign their shoes and various body parts. i got my groupie on and waited in the crowd to say hi to her. weird, because they're just a local band, but they actually have groupies.