Revival

People shook and threw their hands skyward, sweat-slicked rhaposodasical. The dirty bar heaved toward two gangly amazinglytall cowboys on the front of the stage, shit, there was no stage- down on the floor with all the good people - the black clad cowboys forming a singing tag-team duo of brotherly love. Preaching sin and preaching redemption, downing ice-packed tin bucketsfull of beer and a green bottle of scotch- man, did they drink fast!- Slim and Munly, Munly and Slim worked the crowd into a cathartic frenzy that was reminiscent of a good old fashioned-Tent Revival.
Did I mention that I was standing- um-no- Dancing a mere foot and a half away from Munly the entire time?!!!
I'm not sure the last time I saw such an amazing show. Orion has warned me that perhaps I am already obsessed, but hell, I need this kind of thing in my life. Good shows. People in San Francisco that actually dance.

I'm an athiest kid raised with faith only in the force of nature, bred on the death and chaos and rebirth that I saw in the mountains around me, but I think I vaguely understand the intense feelings and baggage that people from a strict religous upbringing carry. Their Christ is bloody, and nature is bloody. I can understand it. The Christian god seems to be an uncaring god, just like nature. A brutal god. To the people that worship it, oh, I mean Him, .....it seems to be worth it. There's a passion that can only come from that kind of brutality, that kind of high rejoice can only come from that kind of hellish depth. The music that this band plays is of the highly religous type, but religious in the sense that it comes from a Christian place, and talks about man's struggles with demons he might not believe in. There is also perversity, and weird humor and good helping of punk rock. So that's good.

Since you've all been so patient here's a song by the band I've been talking about- Slim Cessna's Auto Club, called "Hold my Head". Enjoy and brace yerself cause it's nine minutes long. I also have more pictures nof the show on Flickr.