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Monday, November 5, 2007

Gogol Bordello @ Terminal 5 - 11.3.07

Ah, it's that time of year again. When the weather turns a bit chilly and I dig out all my various scarves and even start longingly eying my winter hats, and most importantly for this blog, it just happens to be when the amazing Gogol Bordello are back in town. Hurrah!

Always an event, always a good time, I've been looking forward to this show for eons...well at least since i went to their last show back in July. B/c just like with chips, or heroin (so I hear), once you've had some Gogol you can never get enough.

They played Terminal 5 as can be deduced from the title of this post...just in case you, dear reader, hadn't been paying attention or thought they'd been reduced to playing some isolated spot at Penn Station....

Well, it is a bit isolated - 11th Avenue? Who even knew there was an 11th Avenue? - but it's a pretty sweet looking place. Not much on the outside, but hey i'm not superficial like that. Can't judge a book by its' cover and all that. But then once inside, it looks pretty good....well, it's set up pretty nicely.

The decor itself? Eh. I thought that all the whiteness - walls, etc, made it look dingy in the low lit periods before and in between acts. It just looked a bit dirty, but I really think it was just the lighting. The balcony railings are all industrial looking, but what's more important, looked pretty safe. Very sturdy. And i liked how there were various levels in each balcony. My friend and I managed to snag a primo spot dead center behind the low wall in the first balcony...which afforded an amazing view beyond the heads of the people in front of us by the railing...well over most people's heads. There's always the unnaturally tall people that i seem forever cursed to have in front of me, but otherwise, amazing view.

Great view of the crowd below as well, which would prove to be quite amusing as the evening progressed.

(More to come tomorrow, as I'm dead tired. But here are some teaser pics.)