So 2010 starts with a bang for me with Avatar, which was ok, but as it's been said was really just Pocahontas in space, 3D was nice though and then Where the Wild Things Are, which I found really good.
Last night though we saw Sunn O))) again, 3rd time for me. I'm still undecided as to whether it's some elaborate joke, a 'punk' style assault on contemporary music, pure art or just some 'Nathan Barley'-esque 'too cool for school' bollocks.
Before they come on, the venue is flooded with dry ice smoke to the backing track of chanting monks and when O'Malley and Anderson and the 3rd guy come on it's like those horse guys from Lord of the Rings (Ringwaraiths i think) with guitars!!! After ten minutes the girl in front of us passes out, whether she's stoned or drunk or just subcoming to the drone, it's hard to say! They drone on and then the Emperor from Star Wars appears and chants through the smoke. There is a quiet interlude in the middle and the Emperor disappears as the boys chug wine direct from the bottle. But then the Emperor is back, this time in a shiny cape. One of the ringwraiths puts a crown on him and now he looks like an evil Statue of Liberty, to complete the Emperor look he also has red laser pens shooting out of every finger!
As the droning and the chanting builds and all my insides are shaking, it suddenly stops and it's over!
Craziness, still undecided though!
Sunn O))) played Tavastia last night in Helsinki.
James
