Jay Reatard, Oct. 12, First Unitarian Church

POSTED: Saturday, October 13, 2007, 3:16 PM

Filed Under: Music Show

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Blood vision and bad decisions

What would you say is the first rule of stage-diving? Hint: It's one with some practical non-show application. Give up? It's look before you leap. The kid in the red shirt (it's always the red shirts) did not look. So when he leat off the two-foot-whatever stage at the Jay Reatard show, he hit the floor hard. To be fair, there should have been more people there to catch him. The Church was horribly underpopulated, considering Mr. Reatard was responsible for one of the most breathlessly rocking albums of 2006. Then again, the guy just played Philly a few months ago, so maybe people got their fill of his sweaty, catchy rock riot then. I mean, his songs are so short that he ran through them all in what felt like 20-25 minutes. But hell yes it was a sprint. Very little talking. Just hair flying and guitars doing jumping jacks.

You know who else has reeeeally short songs? Eat Forever. Once you got used to the pace it was hard to deny them. Check out their 44 second video, "Be A Fascist."

More Reatarded pics after the break...

Photo | Patrick Rapa

Photo | Patrick Rapa

Photo | Patrick Rapa

Photo | Patrick Rapa

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