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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Hardcore K.O.

Once, I went to a hardcore show in an old VFW post in Bayview, Milwaukee.
Some of the bands were "post punk" or "punk Nouveau" but whatever.
It was one of the better shows I've been to- the hall is a great space for big crowds, and there was a big crowd. There was a small mosh put at the front of the stage with a moat around it created by 3 guys fight dancing by themselves. I got more than a few bruises trying to cross that space. Beyond them were the nodding hipsters and then the pretty girls in their heels and make up.
While in the pit, a guy jumped on stage in front of me and attempted an intense stage dive. Instead of being caught by the other moshers, he landed chest-first into my face, and I went down like lead. Some people pulled him off my head, and somebody dragged me to the tamer crowd, but I was back in it again in another song. A band later, however, somebody threw an excited fist into the air, and somehow landed it somewhere in the vicinity of my temple. I think it was one of the angry short red heads that always seem to run around at hardcore shows proving what a man they are. Anyway, I blacked out for a second, then was really dizzy, and went down.
No More Rock N Roll.

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