RATATAT

FRIDAY night was Ratatat at the catalyst! Despite my five year residency in Santa Cruz, this is the first time I have ever been to this venue and I have come to find I've been missing out! The venue was fun with reasonable stage visibilty (i.e. i wish i was taller sometimes)

Ratatat is just two dudes from New York, but they really knew how to do their job well. This is something that I have learned to hope for in a band. When you go to a show people want to be entertained, not just by the music. A real live experience. And to deliver this band brought their own light show, surreal videos, and an all star set. It certainly was a different scene than when I saw them five years ago in the Kresge Town Hall; Ratatat hella blew up. And for a good reason. they're consistent, have a nice electronic grooviness, and they know how to rock. They're signed on XL recordings and have released three full length albums with that label in addition to putting out two self released remix albums. Here's a single from their most recent album:



a little more about the show experience. I jumped and danced and sweated and at the end of the night i was tired, wet, and I would say that my mind had been sufficiently blown. I went with some good friends, and saw so many more familiar faces there, it was very fun to have familiar people to enjoy the show with. At one point in the show a dude who was dancing nearby grabbed me and said "i like your glasses!! THE COOLEST PEOPLE IN SANTA CRUZ ARE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU'RE ONE OF THEM!" and all i could say was "WOOO!" but lol it was a little ego boosting i guess, and i think he was on drugs but the exchange really also embodied the adrenaline and excitement of the event. I wonder if I'll get tired of shows after my young adult days. or maybe be too embarassed to go when I get older? and develop old fogey ways? who knows. for now, yay music. what a stimulating experience, I feel alive.

pics or it didn't happen.