Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Plastic Little, Girl Talk @ Johnny Brendas in Philly

So I went to see Plastic Little and Girl Talk in Philly on Friday. It was my second time seeing PL and my third time seeing Girl Talk, but my first time seeing both of them in their native Pennsylvania. I've got to say that both shows were amazing and blended seamlessly into each other. We walked into the venue at about 10:45, to what I thought would be a mellow crowd, little did I know that everyone but me got the memo to start pounding beers at like 5pm. This crowd was so drunk that they poured beer all over the place, were falling down staircases soaked in beer (hehe) and/or holding onto the walls for support. It was really a scene I hadn't expected from Philly but BRAVO for being booze bags. I attribute this to Philly's laws where bars must close at 2am bc I've never been around that many drunk horny mofos since freshman year at college (before I knew where the jocks didn't hang out). But despite these drunken fools, I had so much fun at this show. The energy was high for Plastic as they got on stage...

PL was fully on their balls-out shock-rap, with the intricate wordplay of truely original MCs, having improved their live show dramatically in the 5 months since I saw them open for Spankrock at Mercury Lounge.
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In between songs, Jayson aka Pack of Rats, shouts out "This is for the girl who hates Hot Chip!" and went into a clash of "Over and Over" and some PL track intro... which was fucking hilarious and really amused me, I don't know why.

Their debut album "She's Mature" is full of great tracks (some of which I've posted below) with guest appearances by Spankrock, Amanda Blank, DJ Low Budget, and even Ghostface Killah!!!!

album artwork.gif You can buy it here
Check out their review in Pitchfork here
Anyway, here are som pics from the show, some are mine some I found on Plastic Little's myspace pg:





Here are some of the songs I love off this album:

Plastic Little - Bomb in the Club Hoe (B.I.T.C.H.).mp3
Plastic Little - Hola Plastique.mp3

Here a pic I thought would give you a good idea of what kind of insane dance party the GT set was:


Girl Talk - Thats my DJ.mp3

Also, if you're in the Chicago area this weekend, check out Plastic Little with Kid Sis

January 26th - Kid Sister, Plastic Little in Chicago @ Empty Bottle
January 27th - Kid Sister, Plastic Little @ Grinnell College

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