Sunday, July 04, 2004

Music: Forces of Evil - Fight
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That was a great trip to Toronto. There were plenty of high points (Canada Day BBQ, getting my hair cut at a nice place, etc.), but the the crowning acheivement was totally the Skafest!

Let's do a breakdown:

Lucky Boys Confusion was the first set, and they came out looking like studs. You'd think the first set was doomed to suck, just from sound equipment issues. But each of their songs sounded great and they interacted well with the crows. It was awesome. V and I were right by the front, pretty close to the amp, but not overly so. Total blast.

Then Rx Bandits came on...Oh man...I'm kinda glad they sucked. Meant we got to sit down for awhile. They basically just flowed from one song in to another and never talked to the crows. I was unimpressed.

Cath 22 played a very entertaining set what I was able to enjoy despite the fact that this is the set during which I got my ass kicked by the mosh-pit people. More about the mosh pit later.

Reel. Big. Fish. Oh man. You don't get to be the headliner for nothing. Every song was perfect. They were hysterical between songs. Scott sang a song. It was all perfect. That was a ton of fun and deffinitely worth the price of admission. There's just no way I can accurately describe how awesome a time it was.

But now on to the audience. It seems a bit mystifying that something as violent as a mosh pit would happen at a Ska concert, so how do they happen?

Let's begin at the beginning. Did you know that Ska, like many musical genres, has it's own dance? It's called "Skanking" and it basically consists of prancing either in place or in a little moving circle with your fellow audience members. It's very fun to watch and everyone doing it seems genuinely happy. But when in one of those moving Skank Pits, someone is inevitably going too screw up and throw people off their rythem. Depending on the level of alcohol intake of the involved parties, this will often result in pushing and shoving out of anger. Mosh pit ensues.

Or, at least, that's my theory. I gotta get going now, seeing as how I'm over an hour late for Anty's BBQ. Happy 4th of July, everyone!

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