Current music:	the decemberists - sixteen military wives
Entry tags:	gigs, music, travel

Saosin @ Mean Fiddler
Being still jobless and all, I've got to keep myself occupied with different things. Video gaming would be a good choice but without a game console this was not an option. Not having an external mouse for my notebook also does not help so my notebook has not been used for gaming either.

So I console myself with watching gigs albeit watching alone to satisfy my urge to have some fun. Wanted to watch Modest Mouse a week after Funeral For A Friend but was not able to secure tickets, plus it was only days away from the Funeral For A Friend event and with the declining funds I have, I need to space them out evenly.

Found out via last.fm again that Saosin was playing at the Mean Fiddler on the 7th of June. Purchased my tickets a few days before the event so they were not able to mail me the tickets and had to pick them up at the venue. I used my brother's card and initially thought I'd have problems picking the tickets up. Thankfully, there was none of that.

Mean Fiddler is tiny compared to Carling Academy Brixton but is right in the center of London. I'd say it is about two-thirds the size of Bahay ng Alumni in UP Manila, Philippines. It also had an upper portion and several huge bars. Beers caused the same though.

Gates opened at exactly 7pm with the first support band playing around 8. There were two support bands Futures (?) and Lights. Action!

Futures was alright but nothing special. Just something to fill the night with. Lights. Action! on the other hand was bloody awesome. Too bad they haven't released any CDs yet, just a demo vinyl. You should try listening to the two songs they have on their MySpace.




Of course, the highlight of the night and the reason I was there was Saosin. They were quite awesome live and played one long set which included most of my favorites like Seven Years, Mookie's Last Christmas, and Bury Your Head as well as a bunch of their new songs which I haven't really gotten into with the new album only being recently released. No encore this time around which they did mention before their last two songs. They already played all of their better songs so what's left for an encore right?

So the next gig maybe on 777 with Glassjaw. Sure, there are a couple of other acts I'd like to see in between like The New Pornographers and Asobi Seksu, but with the limited resources I have, this would have to do.

Hope I get a call for a real job soon so I can have more fun.