The Evens

cos its an integral part of what theyre about.

and the ways he goes about his politics are much more sound than most. instead of just getting the crowd to sing along, he explained the lyric, what it meant, what inspired it, instead of just expecting people to buy it dumbly.

also, the lyric in question is a lot more intelligent than you seem to think, in the context of the song.

it was a fucking pantomime! could you not see the humour in that? him and amy were doing good cop/bad cop to humorous effect.
audience: *half arsed singing*
him: "well you obviously cant be bothered"
amy: "well maybe they need another try!"
him: "oh ok then"
audience: *full bodied and unselfconscious singing*

it was all played out really hammily and winkily.

that was a bit of a cheap shot.

what i'm saying is; as a casual observer, he appeared to be a naive-political preacher.

now i'm in the position of a casual observer who gets the impression one needed to be a fan boy on the night to appreciate the post-ironic sincerity and so feel a little bit alienated by the apparent elitism.

surely not?

the tone of the whole night felt pantomime.

was excessive and naive. now this could have been because of 2 reasons.
1) because of misinformed social judgements
2) because as you and the reviewer suggest, a "play" (the pantomime reference) on his material that night and possibly his own status.

now my problem is with regards to these 2 reasons is:
1) oh dear
2) do i need to be a fan boy to have appreciated the night?

of the politics was a bit 'obvious' how might you say but it was still a good gig. I'm just a bit confused how he said he was in England when the last US election took place so did he actually vote? and if not, does he really have any right to moan about the government?

as ive already said once, and didnt say much to the contrary in the first place, the only pantomime bit was when he was pretending to be pissed off at people for not singing along. 2 minutes.

and what were the misinformed social judgements?

me, buttons and, according to crablin, you, beastman, were all in the bar area of cargo at the same time last night.

i had a chat with buttons he seems very nice, but i cant really see his point. i disagreed with a few things that mackaye said, but didnt feel preached to, and i', generally very sensitive to such things.

sing along at most gigs.

at the end of the day its only people that are lazy both musically and politically that would take offence at someone actually making goddam effort like Ian Mackaye. Shame on the robots...