The Dwarves
The Living Room in Providence, RI
November 12, 2005

I was so excited about this show. I’ve been wanting to see The Dwarves for so long, and this was going to be my first opportunity to do so. I decided not to get there until The Dwarves were gonna go on, missing out on all the opening bands. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Turbo A.C.’s and I never heard the other two bands, so I didn’t want to have to be stuck at the Living Room pacing around waiting for the Dwarves to play.

I got there a few minutes before The Dwarves started their set, which was pretty damn good timing. The club was about a quarter full of older punks, which is something that I don’t see much anymore at shows. The smell of alcohol was in the air and most everybody was drunk.

The Dwarves took the stage to the sound of hip hop music and didn’t stop rocking until they played their last note and quickly ran off stage, making me wonder if they were done or not (they were). They played a lot of older songs (I didn’t recognize a lot of those because I only have one of their older albums), "Unrepentant," "We Must Have Blood," "Everybodies Girl," "Throw That World Away," and "You Gotta Burn" from Are Young and Good Looking, a few songs off of Must Die and some that I’m sure I forgot.

The songs all sounded awesome and the crowd was dancing around the whole time. Hewhocannotbenamed came out with his wrestling mask, guitar and nothing else, which provoked Jeff D. into a drunken use of the word "dong." He got mad when their other guitarist tried to take off his mask, which I found funny because he had his cock and balls out there for all to see.

The funniest part of their whole set was watching this fucking douche bag that I don’t like dance. He looked like a pole dancer at a gay bar and he even grabbed his own ass at one point while dancing. I’d like to think that he was so caught up in the music that he didn’t realize what a fool he looked like (though I’ve seen him at other shows and doubt that), but I can’t understand why anyone would grab their own ass while dancing (or at any time unless its itchy).

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