the rabbits of the night

we saw the dresden dolls at lupo's last night....so when did that club undergo the major overhaul? it's completely unrecognizable.....it's now known as "diesel", and all rock shows must end before 10:30, when they usher in the fine folks who dance the night away in cages... no, really, there are cages. anyhow, regina spektor opened up, and she was great. her first song, she played with her left hand on the keyboard, while her right was busy pounding a wooden chair with a drumstick...hard. really hard. i've been playing the drums since i was 13, and i can honestly say, i'm unfamiliar with the rhythms this girl was playing. wacky, wacky shit. but a good time, and someone i'd be interested in hearing some more of in the future. and the dresden dolls, they tore the fucking roof off that place. they just came out swinging, and it was great. and if anyone had any doubt about just how much metal the drummer grew up on, he's added a double bass drum pedal to his set, and the results are fantastic. also, he was confessing to the crowd how much he loved metallica as a kid (and especially the cock-rock posings of kirk hammett during his solos), and he also informed the crowd that they plan on covering "fade to black"..all amanda would say on the subject was that it had "been discussed"... "coin operated boy" was the standout, and not just because it's their current single, and therefore the reason a lot people were in that room. they just fucked with it so much, you couldn't help but smile. the part where everything's slowing down ("i.... want....a..."), one of those breaks had to be 20 or 30 seconds, and they're managing to hit those accents without so much as a glance in the opposite direction. good stuff. and brian....that was far and away the best live drumming i've seen this side of a jawbox show. anyway, we made it in and out of providence, and only got lost once. i try to justify the fact that i've been to lupo's at least 10 times in my life, and still don't know how to get there...all i can say is, providence is bad. very, very bad.