Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Guy managed to surprise me with the proposal to head out to Paradiso to catch a gig of Does It Offend You, Yeah? which had been flying under the radar for me.

Since my sleep pattern was still a bit freaky from the aftermath of CPX, I figured that getting out of the house for the evening might be a good idea. It was their last gig of their tour, so it was pretty much the last chance we'd get for a little while.

DIOYY was booked for the small stage, and for some bizarre reason in combination with Kamelot, a rather bizarre pyrotechnic orchestral metal band, playing at the main stage. The guitarist of DIOYY quipped that we'd really ought to take a look at the bizarre spectacle after their concert -which was perfectly possible, since their played a measly 45 minutes before leaving the stage.
I'm still a bit divided on the merit of that, but at least it were 45 minutes well spent -unlike the obscenely bad 45 minute performance by Mike Patton & Fennesz last summer (I wish I could undo that unfortunate waste of money, time and credit for Patton).


We had a drink elsewhere to discuss the whole ordeal. We mutually agreed that the bastard who operated the strobe light needs a smack over the head for keeping the thing on the whole bloody time and while it was a short, it was a pretty good concert. Left for home and finally managed to sleep during the night :)