Dern Rutlidge @ Ding Dong
Ding Dong Lounge was a crowded sweat-pit for the Dern Rutlidge reunion show. With a few years of live shows, one full-length album and a single that was “played a couple of times on JJJ”, they gathered quite a large following. A lone heckler spoke for the entire crowd when Craig tried to plug their new band, Young Breeder - “get back together you cunts!”

The band played all the best tracks from their album, Johnny No Stars; and when they played Lines on the Table during the encore, the crowd sang along to the chorus. It was a great show.

The low-light of the night was witnessing the worst pick-up attempt I have ever seen - a guy making significant eye contact while singing along with the chorus of “Smells like Teen Pregnancy”. The “get away from me you freak” facial expression he got in return was priceless.
Walking home, I saw two girls crawling around on the floor of the 7-Eleven opposite Billboard nightclub looking for a pill they had dropped. How does that quote go - only users lose drugs?