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Friday, February 03, 2006
The Spanish Pogues
I've neglected live music lately, so last night I went to see a little "ska-punk from Andalucia," on the strength of this poster. Eskorzo turns out to be a kickass ska band with as much rap, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Soul Coughing in them as straight-up punk. They're led by a lanky Spaniard who would look like a young Bruce Springsteen if Springsteen had more energy and spoke Spanish. He came on with a bottle of red wine and a stemmed glass. Has anyone else seen a rock star drink wine from a stemmed glass onstage? (I mean outside Europe?) He also took joints from strangers in the audience, and smoked those onstage. He kept talking in his accented English about "joy" -- I thought -- until I realized he was asking for a joint.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
2:28 PM
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