friday night, the 17th, Jackson, Jason and I went up to beautiful Newport, KY to see Interpol at the Southgate House. Imagine your grandmother’s house — then imagine if she had been dead for 50 years, and then and only then would you get the true feeling of the Southgate House. There are two bars, one upstairs, and one down, at least three different venues of varying sizes, of which the main one has an upper and lower seating area. Also, this was the house that “Thompson” of the “Thompson (Tommy) Gun” was born. But enough about that — the showed rocked ($3 good bands for $11!).

First up was Mallory, some local talent from Cinci — and they put on a great show replete with German silent films playing in the background, to which they applied the soundtrack, and rocked. Next up was Calla, who put on a decidedly soft, but interesting set that was hampered a little by some audio problems. From what I heard, they were good, but I think they may be better when listened too..

Interpol came on and immediately got right into their groove. They aren’t a dynamic sound, by any means, and their music isn’t “groovy”, but the rhythm section turns out a great driving beat that I think the songs would be lacking if without. Anyway, more later perhaps — gotta go!