Alex's Travels

Musical Week

Enjoyed some great music last week.

On Wednesday, I went to a hardcore show at Klub 007 Strahov. Two Czech bands opened up for Death By Stereo, an American group. These Czech punks love to dance and scream. It was a really fun show and I'm glad I took the trip all the way out to Praha 6. Afterwards, I went to M1 with some Fins, who were probably the most bizarre people I have met in the past few months.

Thursday night was Thursday night. Nebe. Best music and dancing in all of Prague. Igor went with me again, along with some naive Japanese girl who was introduced to a very different world than she has even known. Although I tend to stick to beer, a group from the UK I had met the previous night at M1 bought a couple rounds of vodka, so I can't say I remember all that much about the evening.

And then it was Friday August 11. The day I'd been waiting for for weeks: Love Planet. I went to the open-air festival around in the afternoon with Petr, an Italian guy who is staying at the hostel. After a light afternoon shower, we had great weather for the rest of the night. On Friday, I saw an eclectic line-up of artists: Vypsaná Fixa (a Czech alternative rock band), Polemic (Slovakian ska), Ministry (an American industrial metal band with an awesome politically-charged video show), Art Brut (English indie), Franz Ferdinand and Pet Shop Boys. Following the concerts, there was an all-night rave in a nearby exhibition hall, where I saw Satoshi Tomiie, Hernan Cattaneo, Dave Seaman and Loutka & Tráva. It was the first time I literally danced until the sun came up. It was after 9am by the time I got home. Went to sleep for a few hours, woke up and then did it all over again. On Saturday, I saw Priessnitz (Czech rock), 100°C (Czech indie), Loonaloop (bad Aussie music), Body Count featuring Ice-T (he kept screaming that he was from South Central LA mother fucker, but I asked a Czech and he had no idea what that meant), The Rasmus (bad Finnish rock and roll) and I Am X.

I stand before my last few days in Prague. My only plan is to see an independent Czech film - with English subtitles - at an arthouse this afternoon. I'll probably just wander around the city and hang out in the hostel.

posted by The League: Reassembled @ 5:57 AM