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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
ha ha. xiu xiu was ok. i mean they are a good band no doubt but they don't appeal to me-- while in concept i appreciate their manic depressive rhythm & dynamic changes, in practice they leave me a bit cold. what i mean is that it's too spastic to give me sustained enjoyment ha ha ha. then i thought if his cousin/bandmate took over as singer i'd like it more, but then it wouldn't be xiu xiu as we know it, would it? sorry, i dont have much to report,,, oh yeah, i was tickled by the wide assortment of weird instruments they used-- a music box thingy, a weird accordionlike box on legs, various unusual-sounding percussions, etc-- as i said, a good band. but my heart was beating for carla. 
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their whole percussion arsenal is fascinating.
jamie stewart more so, though. my heart beats for him.
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fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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