White Wiliams Middle East Upstairs Jan 2008

Gigs are lean on the ground at teh moment. Hardly anything going on so we went to White Williams at the middle east upstairs.
Brightside opened, enthusiastic but seemed to be channeling 90's goth certainly not my type of music. male band female front.
Ecstatic Sunshine, two guys one manic guitar and one keyboard frenetic and long tracks - electronics again not bad but not superlative.
White Williams, Gauche and bad on audience interaction, green as the grass. But when the music starts it has a lot going for it. I would like to see how he is at the end of the 30 dates.
Worth keeping an eye out for.

Bands I found in 2007

I started to ask myself who at this time last year I either didnt know or barely knew.
these bands if you dont know them I suggest you learn more about them.
The Wombats
Ra Ra Riot
The Twilight Sad
Frightened Rabbit
Good Shoes
GoodBooks
The Maccabees
Mumm-Ra
Foals
Winterkids
The Eames Era
Exit Clov
Bat For Lashes
Sergeant
Delorentos
Switches
Patrick Wolf

2007 Concerts

Date Band Type Venue Location
1/3/2007 Kay Hanley H TT The Bear's Boston
1/27/2007 Camera Obscura H The Paradise Boston
1/27/2007 The Essex Green S The Paradise Boston
1/29/2007 Paul Weller H Irving Plaza New York
1/30/2007 Paul Weller H Irving Plaza New York
1/31/2007 Paul Weller H Irving Plaza New York
2/3/2007 Luke Temple S The Paradise Boston
2/3/2007 Paolo Nutini H The Paradise Boston
2/10/2007 Protokoll H Great Scott Boston
2/18/2007 Lily Allen H Axis Boston
2/25/2007 Mohair S Middle East Downstairs Boston
2/25/2007 Razorlight H Middle East Downstairs Boston
2/27/2007 MC Lars S Middle East Upstairs Boston
2/28/2007 Bright Eyes H Somerville Theatre Boston
2/28/2007 M. Ward S Somerville Theatre Boston
3/11/2007 Mute Math H Axis Boston
3/11/2007 The Cinematics S Axis Boston
3/14/2007 The Twilight Sad F Mohawk Patio Austin
3/14/2007 The Sunshine Underground F NME Show Stubbs Austin
3/14/2007 The Automatic F NME Show Stubbs Austin
3/14/2007 Peter Bjorn And John F Little radio show Austin
3/14/2007 Mumm-Ra F NME BBQ Stubbs Austin
3/14/2007 Jamie T F NME Show Stubbs Austin
3/14/2007 Hot Club De Paris F Fader 400 4th St Austin
3/14/2007 Bloodcut Love F Little Radio Show Red Eyed Fly Austin
3/14/2007 The Young Knives F NME BBQ Stubbs Austin
3/15/2007 Jeremy Warmsley F Transgressive Austin
3/15/2007 Jeremy Warmsley F Creekside Hilton Austin
3/15/2007 Errors F Karma Lounge Austin
3/15/2007 Foals F Transgressive Austin
3/15/2007 Fujiya & Miyagi F Karma Lounge Austin
3/15/2007 The Rumble Strips F Karma Lounge Austin
3/15/2007 Pete And The Pirates F Fader Austin
3/15/2007 Plan B F Karma Lounge Austin
3/15/2007 Secretary Bird F Creekside Hilton Austin
3/15/2007 The Pipettes F Fader Austin
3/15/2007 The Wombats F Planetary Group Party Austin
3/15/2007 Jack Penate F Karma Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 Emma Pollock F Scottish Party Lava Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 Delorentos F Irish Party BD Rileys Austin
3/16/2007 Air Traffic F Irish Party BD Rileys Austin
3/16/2007 Jo Mango F Scottish Party Lava Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 Scissors For Lefty F San Fran Party Spiros Austin
3/16/2007 The Cinematics F Industry Of Music Party O'Fados Pub Austin
3/16/2007 The Hedrons F Scottish Party Lava Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 The Holloways F Karma Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 Hot Club De Paris F The Blind Pig (Camel Party) Austin
3/16/2007 The Hot Puppies F Welsh Party Latitude 30 Austin
3/16/2007 The Sunshine Underground F Karma Lounge Austin
3/16/2007 Winterkids F SESAC Stage Austin
3/16/2007 Thomas Dolby F Industry Of Music Tent 4th St Austin
3/16/2007 The Victorian English Gentlemens Club F BD Rileys Austin
3/16/2007 The Eames Era F BD Rileys Austin
3/17/2007 Shitdisco F Beauty Bar Austin
3/17/2007 Tilly And The Wall F Beauty Bar Patio Austin
3/17/2007 The Wombats F Latitude 30 The Liverpool Party Austin
3/17/2007 The Watson Twins F Cedar St Courtyard Austin
3/17/2007 The Pigeon Detectives F Club Deville Austin
3/17/2007 Bat for Lashes F Bootleg BBQ Mean Eyed Cat Austin
3/17/2007 The Blood Arm F Club Deville Austin
3/17/2007 My Latest Novel F Buffalo Billiards Austin
3/17/2007 Foals F Bootleg BBQ Mean Eyed Cat Austin
3/17/2007 Blanche F Bootleg BBQ Mean Eyed Cat Austin
3/17/2007 The Pipettes F Beauty Bar Patio Austin
3/17/2007 The Electric Soft Parade F Cedar St Courtyard Austin
3/17/2007 The Holloways F Emos Austin
3/17/2007 Stoney F The Tap Room Austin
3/17/2007 Mumm-Ra F Red 7 Patio Austin
3/18/2007 Paolo Nutini H Austin City Limits Taping Austin
3/21/2007 Protokoll S Harpers Ferry Boston
3/21/2007 The Young Knives H Harpers Ferry Boston
3/21/2007 The Daily Pravda S Harpers Ferry Boston
3/21/2007 The Main Drag S Harpers Ferry Boston
3/27/2007 Field Music S Great Scott Boston
3/27/2007 Menomena H Great Scott Boston
3/27/2007 Land Of Talk S Great Scott Boston
3/30/2007 Cold War Kids H Middle East Downstairs Boston
3/30/2007 Tokyo Police Club S Middle East Downstairs Boston
3/30/2007 Delta Spirit S Middle East Downstairs Boston
4/3/2007 Scissors For Lefty H PA's Lounge Somerville Boston
4/3/2007 Locksley S PA's Lounge Somerville Boston
4/4/2007 A Northern Chorus S Middle East Upstairs Boston
4/4/2007 The Twilight Sad H Middle East Upstairs Boston
4/6/2007 MC Lars S TT The Bears Boston
4/6/2007 Schaffer The Dark Lord S TT the Bear's Boston
4/6/2007 MC Frontalot H TT the Bear's Boston
4/7/2007 Parts & Labor S Great Scott Boston
4/7/2007 Big Bear H Great Scott Boston
4/9/2007 The Walkmen S Avalon Boston
4/9/2007 Kaiser Chiefs H Avalon Boston
4/9/2007 Annuals S Avalon Boston
4/11/2007 Bonde De Role S Great Scott Boston
4/11/2007 Klaxons H Great Scott Boston
4/27/2007 Pela H Great Scott Boston
5/2/2007 White Rabbits S Mercury Lounge New York
5/2/2007 The Jealous Girlfriends S Mercury Lounge New York
5/2/2007 The Cribs H Mercury Lounge New York
5/3/2007 The Cribs H Mercury Lounge New York
5/3/2007 The Race S Mercury Lounge New York
5/3/2007 Ra Ra Riot S Mercury Lounge New York
5/4/2007 Ra Ra Riot S Middle East Downstairs Boston
5/4/2007 The Cribs H Middle East Downstairs Boston
5/4/2007 White Rabbits S Middle East Downstairs Boston
5/13/2007 Illinois S The Paradise Boston
5/13/2007 The Kooks H The Paradise Boston
5/15/2007 The Cinematics H TT The Bear's Boston
5/15/2007 Cyanide Valentine S TT the Bear's Boston
5/17/2007 The Dykeenies F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Rank Deluxe F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/17/2007 James Yorkson F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/17/2007 Sergeant F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/17/2007 The Kissaway Trail F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/17/2007 Kubichek! F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/17/2007 1990s F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Charlottefield F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 Passenger F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 The Midway State F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 Mechanical Bride F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 Battle F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 The Runners F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 Oh No Ono F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 The Holloways F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 Foals F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/18/2007 The Pigeon Detectives F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Mumm-Ra F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Noisettes F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 The Twilight Sad F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Maths Class F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Reverend and the Makers F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Winterkids F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 Ripchord F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 The Answering Machine F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/19/2007 The Strange Death Of Liberal England F The Great Escape Brighton, UK
5/23/2007 Air Traffic S The Astoria London
5/23/2007 Cheap Hotel S The Astoria London
5/23/2007 The Pigeon Detectives H The Astoria London
6/2/2007 CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) H Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/2/2007 Yo Majesty S Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/2/2007 Heloise and the Savoir Faire S Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/4/2007 The Pipettes H Great Scott Boston
6/4/2007 Monster Bobby S Great Scott Boston
6/4/2007 Smoosh S Great Scott Boston
6/8/2007 Nicole Atkins & The Sea S Great Scott Boston
6/8/2007 The Long Blondes H Great Scott Boston
6/9/2007 The Veils H Great Scott Boston
6/9/2007 The Comas S Great Scott Boston
6/12/2007 Craves S Hurricane O'Reilly's Boston
6/12/2007 Jyrojets H Hurricane O'Reilly's Boston
6/14/2007 Pela S TT the Bear's Boston
6/14/2007 Electric Soft Parade S TT the Bear's Boston
6/14/2007 Brakes H TT the Bear's Boston
6/17/2007 Exit Clov S Hennessy's Boston
6/17/2007 Paolo Nutini H Newbury Comics Boston
6/17/2007 The Eames Era H Hennessy's Boston
6/21/2007 Shapes and Sizes S Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/21/2007 Talk Demonic S Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/21/2007 The National H Middle East Downstairs Boston
6/29/2007 The Fiery Furnaces H The Paradise Boston
6/29/2007 Dios Malos S The Paradise Boston
7/10/2007 The Psychedelic Furs H Avalon Boston
7/10/2007 The Fixx S Avalon Boston
7/10/2007 The Alarm S Avalon Boston
7/11/2007 Monsters Are Waiting S The Paradise Boston
7/11/2007 The Oohlas S The Paradise Boston
7/11/2007 Maximo Park H The Paradise Boston
7/18/2007 The Twilight Sad H Great Scott Boston
7/18/2007 Relay S Great Scott Boston
7/18/2007 Tulsa S Great Scott Boston
7/20/2007 The Hedrons S Great Scott Boston
7/20/2007 Scissors For Lefty H Great Scott Boston
7/21/2007 The Picture S TT the Bear's Boston
7/23/2007 Switches H The Paradise Lounge Boston
7/26/2007 Aberdeen City H Middle East Upstairs Boston
7/26/2007 Amanda Palmer H Middle East Upstairs Boston
7/30/2007 The Automatic H Great Scott Boston
7/30/2007 The Sterns S Great Scott Boston
7/31/2007 Kings of Leon H The Paradise Boston
8/9/2007 Foreign Islands S Bowery Ballroom New York
8/9/2007 White Rabbits S Bowery Ballroom New York
8/9/2007 The Cribs H Bowery Ballroom New York
8/10/2007 The Boggs S Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia
8/10/2007 The Cribs H Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia
8/10/2007 White Rabbits S Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia
8/11/2007 The Cribs H The Black Cat Washington DC
8/11/2007 White Rabbits S The Black Cat Washington DC
8/11/2007 takka takka S The Black Cat Washington, DC
8/12/2007 The Cribs H Union Pool Brooklyn, New York
8/12/2007 Right On dynamite S Union Pool Boston
8/13/2007 The Wombats H Great Scott Boston
9/5/2007 The Cinematics H TT the Bear's Boston
9/5/2007 Carina Round S TT the Bear's Boston
9/6/2007 Editors H The Paradise Boston
9/6/2007 Ra Ra Riot S The Paradise Boston
9/6/2007 Biffy Clyro S The Paradise Boston
9/12/2007 Lucy Grace S Harpers Ferry Boston
9/12/2007 Emily Greene S Harpers Ferry Boston
9/12/2007 Jukebox the Ghost S Harpers Ferry Boston
9/20/2007 Augie March S Great Scott Boston
9/20/2007 The Aliens H Great Scott Boston
9/23/2007 Gruff Rhys H Museum Of Fine Arts Boston
9/23/2007 Mystery Jets S The Paradise Boston
9/24/2007 Bat for Lashes H Great Scott Boston
9/24/2007 Thomas Dolby H Harpers Ferry Boston
9/28/2007 The Twilight Sad H The Livingroom Providence, RI
9/28/2007 The Cold War S The Livingroom Providence, RI
9/29/2007 The Twilight Sad H Chum's Coffeehouse Waltham, Boston
9/30/2007 The Black Lips S Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/4/2007 Bishi S The Paradise Boston
10/4/2007 Patrick Wolf H The Paradise Boston
10/6/2007 Tanya Donelly H Brattle Theatre Boston
10/6/2007 The National H The Roxy Boston
10/6/2007 Kristin Hersh H Brattle Theatre Boston
10/7/2007 The Donnas H The Paradise Boston
10/7/2007 Donita Sparks S The Paradise Boston
10/11/2007 De Novo Dahl S The Paradise Boston
10/11/2007 Hot Hot Heat H The Paradise Boston
10/11/2007 Bedouin Soundclash S The Paradise Boston
10/13/2007 1990s S Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/13/2007 The Little Ones S Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/13/2007 Voxtrot H Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/14/2007 iLiKETRAiNS S Middle East Upstairs Boston
10/14/2007 Division Day H Middle East Upstairs Boston
10/21/2007 British Sea Power H Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/21/2007 Taxpayer S Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/21/2007 StarDeath & White Dwarfs S Middle East Downstairs Boston
10/22/2007 The Hold Steady H The Roxy Boston
10/22/2007 Demander S The Roxy Boston
10/22/2007 Art Brut H The Roxy Boston
10/24/2007 Land Of Talk S TT The Bear's Boston
10/24/2007 Film School H TT The Bear's Boston
10/24/2007 Eulogies S TT The Bear's Boston
10/24/2007 Small Sins S TT The Bear's Boston
10/26/2007 The National H Paddy O's Boston
11/1/2007 The Waterboys H Berklee Performance Center Boston
11/4/2007 Exit Clov H Cambridge Center For Continuing Education Boston
11/6/2007 Scissors for Lefty S Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/6/2007 Suffrajett S Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/6/2007 Juliette And The Licks H Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/7/2007 Gran Ronde S Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/7/2007 The Von Bondies S Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/7/2007 Razorlight H Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/11/2007 28 Degrees Taurus S Great Scott Boston
11/11/2007 Frightened Rabbit H Great Scott Boston
11/11/2007 The Brother Kite S Great Scott Boston
11/12/2007 Delta Spirit S Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/12/2007 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah H Middle East Downstairs Boston
11/15/2007 Nicole Atkins & The Sea S Great Scott Boston
11/15/2007 Monster Bobby S Great Scott Boston
11/15/2007 The Pipettes H Great Scott Boston
12/2/2007 Los Campesinos! H Great Scott Boston
12/2/2007 Mean Creek S Great Scott Boston
12/4/2007 Richard Hawley H TT The Bear's Boston
12/4/2007 Corin Ashley S TT The Bear's Boston
12/10/2007 MGMT S Great Scott Boston
12/15/2007 Tokyo Police Club H Middle East Downstairs Boston
12/15/2007 Ra Ra Riot S Middle East Downstairs Boston
12/15/2007 Vampire Weekend S Middle East Downstairs Boston

Film School TT the bears 20071024

So I went to this show expecting absolutely NOTHING, expecting this was a mistake. When Eulogies came on i think we were the only paying punters there, your shame I enjoyed this group, not majorally but decent music. Then land of talk, again nice if not spectacular music. Surprize to me - I really enjoyed Small Sins. Energetic fun band, time sped by when they were on, and i felt sorry when they left the stage. I have their second Cd, I only wish i could have bought their first Cd from the merch table and handed them some cash.
film School, Why is the main guy singing, his voice merges and not in a good way but boy can he play guitar. swirling atmospheric music, lousy vocals but way better than I thought it would be.

Art Brut NME Rock N Roll Tour

NME comes to the US. Some support bands are Blood Arm and 1990s who are both great. We got Demander, sorry you seem like nice folks but your music was forgettable trash. Art Brut were under-appreciated, and the Audience a million times less appreciative than the two manic shows before at the middle east. Eddie was brilliant, still going into the nasty Hold steady naff crowd inciting them to a reaction. The sweat running down my back I danced like crazy. I totally love the predictability of Art Brut, it makes me smile, makes me go crazy. So glad to be there at the front, so appalled by Hold Steady fans. Hold Steady are such lame Springsteen ripoffs we left after about six songs. Why bother?

iLIKETRAINS, Division Day October 14th 2007

iLIKETRAINS are an interesting band with a very British sound (to my ears), Being guided to ¡Forward,Russia! by Steve Lamacq I very soon expanded my horizon's to other bands on Whiska's and co's Dance to The Radio Record Label plus friends. There is a whole slew of music out there including demos which allow you to see the full breadth of this band's talent. http://www.thisgreenandpleasantland.com/ This Green and Pleasant Land is a very comprehensive fansite for this band and one interesting footnote is that Zack from that site though actually from Washington State was in New England for the weekend and managed to attend this gig. It was really nice to see the band both name check him during the gig but also pull him into their post-gig meal.
The website describes the band as
'iLiKETRAiNS are a band as obsessed with history as they are with the dramatic music they create to tell it. Hailing from Leeds, they offer something completely unique to its vibrant music scene, described by The Guardian as "grand and slightly unapproachable civic music, less to be listened to and more to be visited like a museum or war memorial, and all the more interesting because of it." The Times referred to them as the leaders of "library rock"' in their piece on the band describing their passion for history and the somewhat gloomy demise of the industrial era, and NME descried them 'brilliant, unique, wry... at odds with pop's present trends.'
After seeing the band come into the venue in normal clothes they disappeared up to the box-office to change into their stage outfits of 'British rail uniforms' really just black trousers white shirts black ties and black armbands.
They have a slideshow that accompanies the show with suitable pics.
The setlist stated by the website is
1 Twenty Five Sins
2 A Rook House For Bobby
3 We Go Hunting
4 The Deception
5 Terra Nova
6 Spencer Perceval

Though I remember the gig starting with A rook House, not twenty five sins. Switching between using flash or not i managed to at least get some images from the slide show.
We Go Hunting was preceded by discussion about the fact it is about the Salem witch hunts. They were asking how many folks had been to Salem mentioning they hadn't (they drove in from Washington an exhausting 10 hour drive. Why do these booking agents not take into account just how large and sometimes undrivable America can be.)
There were a few jokes about not being there during the hunts.
Despite the moody dark music which isn't exactly mosh material, the guitar work was quite energetic at times, almost manic.
It was a short set but one to treasure. We had wanted to see them at SXSW but the only show they did was at the same time as we were seeing The Automatic, Jamie T and Sunshine Underground so they lost out. So it was real treat for the guys to get to Boston and this time I wouldn't have missed it for anything.

Division Day were an after thought, a band we hadn't had time to listen to (hey you have to see our concert agenda for Fall, three night with two concerts a night). So when they started we thought stay for a few and assess. We actually started to realize this is a very sweet little band that we should be behind. Some songs are better than others, they do suffer from the standard American Indie issues but seem to have new songs that go above and beyond this to be promising little songs.
We had a chat with the guitarist and he was telling us about their record company woes (BOO HISS) and the fact that they have a second album already to go but they wanted to try and get some mileage and play the songs from Beartrap Island. We also talked to the drummer, Kevin, hearing the same story as we bought the album. We would definitely go see this band again.
Photos should be on flickr soon but there was a lot of red eye to sort.

The Little Ones, 1990s Middle East October 13th 2007

The Little Ones from LA in CA, bright poppy and very listenable. I cant figure out what the ethnic danceability exactly is. But when you listen to these guys you smile and it gets a little difficult to stop moving. During the set they asked about who was from certain areas, their inclusion of Philippines suggest that is where Ed and Brian (brothers) are Filipinos. They played mostly new songs finishing with Lovers Who Uncover. Talking to Ian the guitarist at the merch table (nice blue T-shirt for females by the way but it is way small made) we learnt that the album is not only written it is recorded mixed and everything and that the record label is sitting on it until January/February of next year. We also found out it is going to be full of brand new songs - yeah!.
So the 1990s, if you pick up cookies and listen to it you basically get the same effect as sitting down and eating a whole packet of cookies. The saccharine sweetness starts to get to you and you feel less than enthused. I had the chance to speak to Jackie at the merch table before anything started. If you can identify and speak to the band intelligently about the music before they go on stage when they are the support band they tend to appreciate it a lot. Jackie is a very down to earth personable drunken Glaswegian musician and our conversation about their music, music generally and music in Scotland was fun and I appreciated Jackie taking the time.

Michael's drums were set up so close to the front of the stage I could have easily touched the bass drum's skin without too much effort. I have a picture of the fact that Michael keeps his glasses on top of the bass drum while he plays which I thought was amusing. Then Jackie comes out and set up his guitar in about 30 seconds flat. This is a guy that has been playing for years and years and his experience shows in little points like this.

So they came out and started going through their tracks but these are not the saccharine instances found on the album, instead Jackie added depth and substance by playing the guitar like a madman. His guitar solos and riffs made this great. He adjusted a song to add a chorus from Jonathan Richman's Roadrunner song BUT this was totally lost on almost all of the audience. He then mentioned Jonathan Richman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Richman) amazed nobody was recognizing one of Boston's legendary musicians. Of course he asked if anyone knew about him and of course we yelled yes.
but I guess is because we are ancient.
This was so much fun, if you listen to the album and are unimpressed can I suggest you still go and see them live you may change your mind and totally enjoy the show despite any of your preconceptions. BTW they played a new song called The box, I recorded this on the camera and I need to cut it and hopefully make an mp3 available for a bit. The box live
Standard disclaimer if anyone has any issues with this being made available please just let me know.



We stayed for Voxtrot but went to the back got a beer and chilled out. I still can't exactly see what folks love in this band. Boston audiences showed their disdain as normal as some folks were more interested in watching the baseball than any band.

As we left we saw Michael from 1990s and had a quick chat, again a stellar guy.

Addenum
check out this NME story from CMJ http://www.nme.com/news/we-are-scientists/31873
"I'm not going to lie anymore, everyone thinks we're so soft and fuzzy but we've been known to drink our rider before sound check" singer Ed Reyes says "I am going to go to rehab soon. I've been drinking a lot, I've been doing a lot of... drinking. We're going to drink (We Are Scientists) under the table I think."
And Moreno says there will be more than just drinking on tour
"We're going to have a dance-off party. We're from Southern California so we're into a more hip-hop vibe. We're Filipino, we could out-dance any white dude. We're brown! It's in our genes!"
Such Party Guys!