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May 13th @ the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL

Last night I went out to the iChannel.fm and PlaybackSTL show at The Pageant featuring a list of independent bands.  I’ll be honest with you and say that the all of the opening bands ranged from shit to generic.  The headliner however was a band I had heard a lot of buzz about as of late but had never really checked out and definitely never seen live.  They were the Semi Precious Weapons, and after that concert, I’m sold.  Absolutely amazing!  The Semi Precious Weapons have all the makings of a legendary band: Crazy-Awesome lead singer?  Check. Shirtless wacky bass guitarist? Check.  Skilled lead guitarist? Check. A drummer that goes wild back there?  Check.  Kate Moss likes them (see photo above) ? Check!!

Lucky for you I snuck my Flip camera in with me so you get to see some of the show:

Semi Precious Weapons @ The Pageant 1/2 from Mike Flynn on Vimeo.

Semi Precious Weapons @ The Pageant 2/2 from Mike Flynn on Vimeo. 

If you want to hear more from these guys you can get their entire debut album (they just got signed a few weeks ago) you can head to their site: www.semipreciousweapons.com 

…but there’s more!  You should also check out their recent Deep Rock Drive performance for more rocking show goodness, and their…ugg…MySpace page for tour dates.

I’ve just spent the entire day setting up all the pieces for a live streamed concert by North Side Sweet Revenge and sponsored by iChannel.fm in Second Life and on UStream (for the regular people).

Update #0:
Concert over…but I’m going to have some pics and videos up within the next few days.

Damn I’m tired.

Update #1: Photos!

Update #2: Videos!

iChannel Streaming Concert: Phil isn’t a badass from Mike Flynn on Vimeo.

Our Elaborate Streaming Setup from Mike Flynn on Vimeo.

I don’t want to get all “bloggy” on your ass, but I felt that I should give a little attention to the amazing concert I went to last night.

So, as I noted earlier, I went to the Dashboard Confessional / Say Anything / Ben Lee concert last night at the Pagent. I have to tell you, I came mainly for Ben Lee. I have like Dashboard Confessional’s music for years now, but if Ben Lee hadn’t been added to the bill, I probably wouldn’t have bought the ticket. Ben, of course, was amazing, though I wish he could have had a longer set. Say Anything was surprisingly good. I listed to a few of their tracks and was middle of the road on them, but after seeing them live I plan on going back and giving them another chance. Dashboard on the other hand blew them both away. I had seen Dashboard once before a few years back, and he was good, but nowhere near this good. Everything was perfect. The crowd was probably the best I had been a part of in any concert I have attended, you could tell that Chris (the lead singer) was feeling the vibe as he kept smiling and laughing at the amazing response he was getting. He even stop the show at one point to scold one of the security people for getting a little rough with people for no reason. Awesome.

Way to go. Much better than the sad “Emo” show I was half expecting. Probably the best show I have ever attended. He rocked it.