Codeine

I'll be done with all my BEC work for Becker tomorrow (because I am lazy). That leaves about a week of just drill, drill and drill. I still don't have my NTS, but checked the Prometrics website and it looks like I should have no problem getting a last minute seat if needed.

So last Saturday night was the big Slowcore show in Boston. Codeine played a reunion gig and Thalia Zadek of Come opened. Thalia was pretty good - I hated Come (long story), and was not looking forward to this at all, but she almost won me over. The 100% consensus between Rob and I is that it would have been an A+ opening set...if only someone else sang. I believe she's kind of aware that she doesn't sing so much as caterwaul, and it's OK at first, but gets to be a bit much by the end.

Oh Codeine. If I had a nickel for every time I listened to Frigid Stars or White Birch crying in a fetal position, I'd have at least a dollar. But that was the 90's for me. This show just felt very "you can't go home again" to me. Self pity just lost its appeal to me about 10 years ago, so they sounded great, and played great, but it's not you Codeine, it's me. My heart just wasn't in it anymore. 30 minutes into the set I felt like "Glad I saw it - can I go home now?" And lucky for me (but I'm sure disappointing to many) was including encore they barely played for 70 minutes. The show was sadly under attended - but again, I'm not complaining. Gave me room to breathe. I'm glad I saw it and hey, we'll always have 1994.