Person L at DC9, 6/16

Tomorrow night former The Starting Line bassist/frontman Kenny Vasoli will be bringing his new band, Person L, to DC9.

With The Starting Line on their “hiatus”, Vasoli traded in his bass for a guitar, put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and started with his new venture. Person L is an indie/experimental act that substitutes the hook-laden choruses heard in The Starting Line with less poppy/even vocal arrangements. The music itself consists of a basic guitar, bass, piano, drums setup.

I personally have had trouble getting into Person L. I feel like some of their songs are a bit thrown together and lack a sense of direction. However, after seeing The Starting Line live a few times, listening to their music since their inception, and knowing Vasoli has a killer voice, I feel guilty not giving Person L a real chance. With that being said, I'll be there. The shows starts at 8:30PM.

Sunshine, one song I do like from their Myspace page, is available to check out in the player on the left side of the page.

UPDATE! The Person L show was much better than I thought it would be. They played many more songs than are available on the web, and they played those songs with such conviction...it was awesome to see. They have an album coming out August 5. I'll definitely be picking it up.

JMMP.

Jackassery

It's been a while since a post.  My apologies.  Let's get to it...

Last weekend I went to a couple amazing bars (in DC): Wonderland Ballroom and DC9.  It is not normal that I am able to go to two bars of my choosing during a weekend; I always end up getting roped into going to bars that feature that song "save a horse, ride a cowboy".  That shit is depressing.  Really?  Save a horse, ride a cowboy?  People can have self-respect after cheering about that song?  Deep down I know that I need to be flexible and head to where my friends want to go.  I mean, can I judge other people's music taste all the time?  Yes.

Let that be a lesson to all of you hipsters out there.  Bend, not break ppl (emo cliche alert!).  Bend.

That being said, Friday was DC9.  They have this "Liberation Dance Party" situation upstairs on Fridays, which isn't my thing, but if you stay downstairs you'll be able to pump a couple bucks into their jukebox, which rules.  I never thought I'd be able to listen to The Sound of Animals Fighting and Tokyo Police Club at the same bar.  I love that place.  Also, drinks.

Saturday was Wonderland Ballroom for a friend's b-day party.  This Mount Pleasant bar feels out of place only because it's in the middle of a residential neighborhood as opposed to the city, however, once inside, you'll be able to rock some of your favorite Social Distortion, Kinks or 80's punk records.  They also have a DJ upstairs...which is whatever...

Did I mention drinks?

JMMP.