Ratatat

I went to a Ratatat concert last night. Here are some loose observations:

-Just as scattered carcasses and bones may warn you there are wolves about, many brightly colored track bikes with "chode" handlebars warns you there are hipsters about. Before I got into the venue I had apt warning that I would be stepping into a realm beyond my knowing. A realm involving skinny jeans, v-neck t-shirts, and thick rimmed glasses. If I was out a-hunting for hipsters, I would have definitely nailed me a "six-point buck" at the concert.

-Ratatat is very popular amongst high school kids. So is being "straight edge," which absolutely confounds me, because for the longest time kids who didn't smoke, drink or do drugs populated the chess team and knew what a d20 is. All I learned about them at this concert is that they have absolutely no fun doing anything.

-The opener was amazing, but kind of dorky (one song was about wizards) and so the crowd completely snubbed them. The second opener was Despot, who is the shit, but since he has red hair and raps he was also snubbed. I missed most of Despot's set because I left the club to eat cajun egg rolls at Bonefish Grill.

-Ratatat has awesome video visuals with their show. There was one with a bunch of bird's heads swirling around. I remember thinking: "do drugs next time you see Ratatat." Then I looked over at some hippie dude dancing all crazy with this look about him like he had lost any sort of control of his mind, so I revised my thought to: "be thankful for sanity."