last night - the providence civic center, aka the stinky punk loft of many shows - had a great little thing with friends forever. stood outside in the cool evening with about sixty people watching these three play out of their vw bug van while lasers and pyrotechics poured out in to the sky. did i mention the bubble machine? the difference between a 'good' noise band and a 'bad' noise band is immediately obvious but hard to define. first word - tight- but then again, sloppy can be wonderful - je to chaos? as they'd say in the cz. then there are the costumes, the confrontation, the performance, the performance art, the gear, the beat/lack there of, the loudness/intensity, use of space, amount of time playing...

in other news, i bought all the brainiac albums off of half.com so don't even bother looking. god i miss that band and enon just doesn't cut it for me -- too tame.