What: Warner Music Showcase.
Where: GoodGod Small Club
Elements of GoodGod That Inspired the Notion that I’d Wandered into a Full Scale Replica of Elvis’ Burial Chamber:
- The Vegas-style ‘Heavenly Hell’ of the King’s later life, filled with boiling, subterranean neon and cavernous faux rock
- Walls slavering alternatively like cream cheese and chocolate spread between booths, tables and roof.
- 70’s style fern gilded, rough hewn wood as central supports in front bar.
- The fact that all foliage was fake, furthering the idea of the synthetic Vegas Forever.
- Free Hotdogs.
- Jesse Davidson closing with 'Love Me’ by The King himself.
- The entire night closing with the rabid gospel of Jones Jnr.
- Free Mexican Beer.
People Before Me in the Semi-Vegetarian Hotdog Line:
Lucy/Braydon/Claire/Bryce/Suzie/Adam/Jessie/Jason/Allison (unclaimed)/???/Private Sale/Paul
JESSE DAVIDSON
“Now the fire’s gone out”
Noticeable Contrasts in Jesse Davidson That Trap the Essence of Being 17
- Perfect skin/slight under bite
- Legitimately awkward stage banter/truly verbose and effortless guitar work
- Layers of delay which build an air of insurmountable menace, but are instantly turned off with the click of a footswitch
- Angular howling into the microphone/apologetic trumpet phrasing woven seamlessly into a single song
THELMA PLUM
“I said you be the King and I’ll be the master, Mr. Forever After.”
Thelma Plum Has…
- Seen it all before, boy with beard/skinny jeans
- Nothing to do with her hands, so creates mesmerising wave-like gesticulations, clutches at her clothes and necklace.
- An Australain accent of varying depth/breadth
- Managed to dredge up some genuinely uncomfortable feelings within me about my lack of Australian identity. I honestly feel sort of like crying. I buy an American rum instead.
- The crowd eating out of her hand, extended at us like an open Hans Christian Anderson storybook.
JONES JNR.
“Say welcome home.”
How Jones Jnr.’s Set Signalled the True Death of the American Century
- By playing gospel on an MPC. (A more articulate end than a mere Global Financial Crisis or an illegitimate Middle Eastern ‘war’)
- By the lead singer periodically and symbolically leaping off the stage, severing the tie between the act/audience, signifying a new political era, a reshaping of modern history. He didn’t exactly say it, but don’t worry man. I got it, I got it.
- By coming from supporting an American act (Jill Scott) at a sit down show at the Enmore, then tearing it up in a standing room only underground club. A revolutionary statement. So meticulously executed. Obviously these guys have really thought about this. Kudos.
The Lunar Configuration of the Band Room’s Disco Balls:
Probably the Best Quote Overheard (Thema Plum)
Probably the Worst Quote Overheard (Heard Upon Initial Descent into GoodGod)
For Cool Accidents