After the vinyl release show, while I was passing out sweaty hugs to everyone regardless of whether or not they wanted them, Murphy pulled me aside: “Did I tell you we decided on your code name? You’re The Enabler!”
It’s almost too appropriate, really.
(Photo by Lance Conzett.)
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#protomen #the protomen #nashville #12th and Porter #murphy wellerWhat’s this? Footage from a 2005 Protomen show featuring Unrest, Will of One, and Vengeance? And something about Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out? No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. It’s a Nashville cable access show from six years ago, and it’s awesome.
More fantastic photos from Saturday’s Protomen show, this time from LanceCo on Flickr. (There are also Huffoto’s and mine.)
Hello, Internet. I’ve just returned to Brooklyn after my not-quite-24 hours in Nashville. The show, as you might have guessed, was fucking incredible. Well worth the trip, even if I hadn’t gotten to do all kinds of other awesome shit like eat hot chicken and play with Protopets and put several faces to usernames for the first time.
The set was unreal. The whole second half of Act 2, followed by all of Act 1, followed by an encore of Father of Death, The Hounds, and Phil Collins. There was a real strings section. Master Blaster was there. There were many other wonderful things, and I have many (many) more photos, but right now I’m going the fuck to sleep.
Sons of Fate still has a special place in my heart, maybe because I didn’t get to see it live until the Danbury show last fall, which would have been my eighth Protomen show. I’ve still only seen it live a handful of times, and it’s special every time.
The Protomen cover Against All Odds at the Act I vinyl release show. Spot the Demon Barber!
I stick tickets on the inside of my door as they arrive so I see them when I leave the apartment and am less likely to forget them. I have a lot of awesome shit coming up: Big Apple BBQ Block Party this weekend, Great Speeches & Other Outbursts on the 20th, The Protomen Act I vinyl release show in Nashville next month, Nerdapalooza the following weekend, Anamanaguchi at MHoW in July. And some free movie passes.
I’ve been digging my way out from under a pile of work and email for the past few days, so this is a little late. But here’s one of my favorite videos from the two Protomen shows I caught over the weekend; there are lots more over on my Vimeo page.
By now it should be no surprise to any of you that I’m kind of fond of The Protomen. As it happens, they hit NYC again last weekend, but even that wasn’t enough for me. So I took the train to Baltimore to catch their set at Bit Gen, then took the train home in the middle of the night, slept all day, and went to see them again in Brooklyn. It was completely fucking awesome, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I’ve got a shit ton of video from the weekend, and a bunch of photos too, but this is probably my favorite. What you should really do, though, is go see a live show yourself. They’re on tour right now.
Last night was pretty much a perfect New York evening, the kind that makes me happier than I can say with my life as it is right now. And I don’t think there’s a better way to spend the evening of the 4th than at a picnic on the roof of the McKittrick, watching fireworks with friends & fellow drunks.
eleven years ago tonight! I believe this was the only 4th of july event the mckittrick has ever had, and it was also the first event held at gallow green.
