When Andrew saw that The Twilight Singers were coming to TLA he just had to go.  He's liked them (and The Afghan Whigs, singer Greg Dulli's previous band) for years.

Last night we witnessed the charismatic musical powerhouse that is Greg Dulli.  He held the whole audience in his thrall.  With his devilish grin and a sparkle in his eye, he belted out an unending string of songs.  Every time he would smile or gesture at the audience, the screaming (which never stopped) would become deafening.

Mark Lanegan joined them for several songs.  We have Mark's recent solo album, Bubblegum, which is great.  After listening to that album, Andrew and I both agree that every song is better with PJ Harvey singing back up, as Sparklehorse knows well.

But I digress ...
At the end of the show, I scored a set list from the nice roadie who was packing up the stage. (Thank you!) We had a great time!  I could barely keep my eyes open at work today, but that's what they make caffeine for, right?

I *was* awake enough to look up the difference between a cravat and an ascot ... I swore the opening band, Stars of Track and Field, were wearing cravats, but the hecklers were all yelling, "I like your ascot."  According to this chart, they were wearing mail coach style cravats. See, hecklers, you were wrong and I was right.  Luckily, the lead singer was wrong, too, when he said, "So you like our cravats.  Are you going to start throwing bottles now?"  You really shouldn't taunt Philadelphians.  They are bad ass motherfuckers. Just ask Santa Claus.

[phone photo taken 11-13-2006 before the show]