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April 25, 2008

Friday night is killing me

Filed under: Music — Donny Kutzbach @ 1:04 pm

Is this a great music city or what?

I was talking to my friend Al-x in Chicago and he says that Buffalo’s choice of music on this fine Friday evening kills Chi tonight.

He’s right. You can’t go wrong with the choices:

  • Mark Olson at 9th Ward - The former Jayhawk has a full band and is supporting The Salvation Blues his deeply personal and confessional song cycle of desert-swept country, folk and rock. Lauded local lad Roger Bryan support

  • Dead Meadow at Soundlab – DC’s heavy, heavy psych blues overlords get riffageous. Bonus points to them for being the soundtrack of choice for Detective Jimmy McNulty’s kids on the final season of HBO’s The Wire.

    • Besnyo

  • Besnyo Worry CD release at Nietzsches’ – You can read my rave on this record from one of Buffalo’s finest bands HERE and tonight see if they can pull of its breathtaking cold and lush sonic vistas live! Supporting Besnyo are The Lochs, A Hotel Nourishing and Alex Berkley.
  • TECHNOIR Goth Night at Mohawk Place – That is not a misprint! The boys with eyeliner and girls in plastic invade the venerable rock and roll room to dance into the wee hours to the sounds of Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend and KMFDM. How long until the Mohawk has to put up mirrors all over a la the old Continental upstairs?For those in need of a refresher on how to prepare for this event:

    • How to goth




    19 Comments »

    1. Hey Danny
      Check out The Brew tonight at Nietzche’s. Love to get your take on a much-discussed band out of NE.

      Thanks

      Bill

      Comment by Bill Plante — April 30, 2008 @ 5:14 pm

    2. LOL. I’m goth and that’s the worst maekup rendition I’e ever seen. That looks like corpse paint.

      Comment by Amy — May 29, 2008 @ 12:54 pm

    3. hahaha yes let’s make fun of the goth night, this must be a joke right, i mean who would go to this really??

      very nice artvoice

      Comment by "a goth" — June 30, 2008 @ 1:32 pm

    4. As the promoter for this event, I find it pretty offensive that you would have to stoop down so low to make fun of an event that has done nothing but brought in good business for Mohawk Place. You probably shouldn’t be posting about stuff that you have no idea about, seeing as how you had to search for “Goth” pictures in Google’s search engine in order to make this lame post. And it isn’t even a picture of a “Goth”. That’s Kiss makeup. Anyways, I will be informing Artvoice about this post and Mohawk will also know of it. I’m sure they won’t really enjoy someone making fun of one of their events, seeing as how we bring in business for them by having this event. Honestly, if you don’t have something nice to say about it, then don’t post stuff about it, cuz you’re making yourself look bad.

      Comment by Amy O'Connor — June 30, 2008 @ 1:49 pm

    5. It is very judgmental for someone to comment on an event that they have never had interest in. This event is for those who are interested in the genre of music and the people that like to mingle with like minds. Who are you , as an outsider, to critique that. Go back to your supposed yuppy lifestyle and closeminded atmospheres. Your blog sux! hows that for critique.

      Comment by nonnemo in secrectum — June 30, 2008 @ 2:35 pm

    6. Seriously… if *goth* isn’t your thing? That’s fine. Everybody has their own tastes as to what they like. BUT! When an individual stoops low.. to poke fun at someone else’s lifestyle? That reeks of insecurity somewhere…. making fun of something you know nothing about is ignorant. Don’t let stereotypes blind you… do some research.. think before you speak. It’s not rocket science. It’s common sense.
      Have a nice day

      Comment by De — June 30, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

    7. Where were you all when I was Robert Smith at Mohawk Place many years ago?

      An entire Cure set with makeup, big hair and all. It was good times…

      Love,
      Donny

      Comment by Donny — June 30, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

    8. FEEL THE INTERNET WRATH OF TEH GOTHS!!11!

      Comment by fat goth chick — June 30, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

    9. sounds like donny’s just afriad of goths, and rightly so, we’re smarter, better looking and tend to be more empathetic towards people. luckily for us goths, not all “normal” people are like him

      Comment by brian — June 30, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

    10. Donny… maybe you were trying to be funny, and if it was just the makeup photo and a good review about the night I would have laughed. But when I saw this I was just pissed off, because I enjoy and respect Artvoice, and I am proud of my friends for putting all the effort they have into Technoir to have a goth night in Buffalo when other than it there is nothing anymore, and I would like to see them be given some respect by a paper I respect. To me this post read…. blogging about music i like, more music i like, music i like, okay now let’s mock the goths

      Comment by "a goth" — June 30, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

    11. Actually it is a goth/industrial night. Since your broad spectrum of music only covers the “Hipster” set. You should probably crack a window and see the outside for once. There is more to life than your narrow Zima sipping view. Maybe you should try out new music for once and not sit there in judgment for fear that your peers might look down on you for liking something different or that it may not fit into you elitist lifestyle. I am a rivet head and I knew there was a reason I don’t bother looking at Artvoice’s music section and you are it.

      Comment by Marv — June 30, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

    12. I have supported many of the Buffalo scenes, goth, indie, rave, rockabilly etc in my short 27 years. I am the other half of the promotion team for TechNoir and I am an avid supporter of Mohawk in all it’s forms.

      What is it to you to judge a once a month event that takes place at Mohawk? Why aren’t you judging Transmission or the other dance parties that take place at Soundlab.? Honestly TechNoir has close ties with Bill and Jay from Transmission (who are probably more into goth music than you would think….but then again they are not wearing make-up so they possibly can’t like that sorta music! =P)
      In other words, we support each other because we care for the scene as a whole and want to preserve the Mohawk for what it is…..a great place to hear/see GREAT music!!!!

      BTW The Cure is NOT a goth band….if you want to get technical.

      Comment by Meagan Breen — June 30, 2008 @ 6:43 pm

    13. If Amy and Meagan hadn’t stepped in to start up TechNoir once The Cont closed and Jesse stopped having regular synth/industrial/goth nights at Club Diablo, then that probably would have been the death knell in this region for a scene already weakened by a number of things, much of it due to the poor economy and the continuing migration out of Western NY, and the ill-advised smoking ban. I’m not a smoker, and find the habit distasteful, but I’ve seen what the ban has done to some places in this area, including The Cont. Besides, clove smoke provides a certain ambiance indicative of this subculture. :)

      Finally, couldn’t you have come up with a better picture than that? Very, very few people around here have attempted anything so garish on any day except Halloween (or whenever The Cont or Diablo have had their Halloween parties).

      Comment by Shawn — June 30, 2008 @ 7:13 pm

    14. What is missing from your blog is an Actually Event Photo. You know what I mean, like where you go to an event and take a picture of what people actually look like there instead of using a nasty joke photo. Maybe you could have gone last Friday and photographed a band that played there. Perhaps you could have gotten a photo from Technoir’s Myspace page or a local photographer. It would have be more truthful and more considerate. The problem with blogs is that they allow people to believe that they are good writers with a point of view that is worthy of being expressed and this is a fallacy . Good writers write about what they know not what they presume.

      Comment by DMD — June 30, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

    15. Thank Goodness for people who keep the Club Scene ALIVE in all its forms for Buffalo, NY.
      I think you should put your Dancing Shoes where your mouth is – come out and feel the beat. SHUT UP and Dance!

      Comment by Continental Lives — June 30, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

    16. Don’t be ignorant to others ways of enjoying a fine friday evening. Not to mention how childish and ‘high school’ like your judging is. Maybe yous hould stop by some time and see those who are there instead of sitting in alone by yourself on a friday night. Now that you have completely made a fool of yourself and saved everyone the trouble. Judge yourself next and continue to live in your state of ignorance.

      Comment by Nik — June 30, 2008 @ 11:50 pm

    17. I think Donny was just being funny with the picture and that’s it. I’m almost certain that he used to frequent the cont and has even put up some of his own money to get bauhaus here in buffalo. A concert that lost money for him so let’s not be so hard on him because he was just poking fun at the scene from an outsiders point of view but many took it as a shot on the scene itself. I think we all need to lighten up.

      Comment by Vic — September 15, 2008 @ 2:00 am

    18. Thanks Vic. You got where I was going. I will buy you a drink at the Sisters of Mercy show on October 27 at Town Ballroom.

      Comment by Donny Kutzbach — September 17, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

    19. Um, what’s wrong with his makeup? His appearance is stupid, but not his makeup. He looks like Charlie Sheen in Goth makeup. But with the right style, what’s wrong with his makeup? I thought garish makeup was a very important aspect of Goth. Lots of white powder, tons of black (or other color) eyeliner with designs, black or red lipstick. I thought you were supposed to look freaky and bizarre and interesting…?? Goths that don’t look like that are just a little on the Goth side, but not actually really Goth-looking. Who wants THAT when you can be extreme and shocking? Fashion and makeup, whether you like it are not, are a major part of being Goth, and gothic-types are always criticizing other Goths. I really don’t get it. Act like an adult and wear things as over-the-top as you want. This is YOUR life, and I ALWAYS dress bizarre and over-the-top. People are so petty. I thought with Goths, Halloween was every day so it becomes an irrelevant holiday. And that’s not KISS makeup!! KISS isn’t Goth at all! Yecchhh!

      Comment by Courtney — April 1, 2009 @ 1:25 pm

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