man, i need to get this down while it’s still fresh in my head. this show was unexpectedly fun. everyone there was kinda young, but all the acts were solid. half of binary star, one be lo (aka: one man army) was kind of the host of the night, coming in between all the acts with a few songs to keep the crowd moving. it was kinda disappointing that a large part of the crowd didn’t know who binary star were, and really, anyone there to see blue scholars should have at least heard of them.

then this cool soul group chokolate, and a strange hard reggae hip hop group that put on a good show. i thought their music was great, but the crowd grew impatient and some group of guys started chanting “blue schol-ars, blue schol-ars” when they had two songs left which was pretty whack. not very neighborly.

it was a long show but the blue scholars finally came on, and i screamed along with the songs i knew and listened as best i could to stuff they were still working on and won’t be available until next may. the crowd’s energy was so infectious though. the fact that some legitimate hip hop is putting seattle back on the map is a very exciting time. these two guys could potentially start a revolution in the scene around here.

but really, the show tonight was great, and i’m so mangled.