4/19/2023 0 Comments Chemlab bandcamp![]() ![]() ![]() And for good reason, since that album fucking rocks. And, with the excitement that was still bubbling within me from the Chemlab show I had just recently attended, which I had come to view as a sort of symbol of this entire new chapter of my life, needless to say, I listened to a lot of Chemlab.Įveryone in the industrial music community seems aware of Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar to some extent, or at the very least it has reached the level that it’s considered a required listen by most members of the subculture. But every night after dinner, as the sun was setting earlier and earlier, as the season changed and got colder and colder each night, I would get a coffee or a soda and just walk for an hour or two or three through the city streets, listening to whatever music would strike my fancy. In my defense, it was a very safe area right by my university, I never really wandered far enough to get lost or get into any sort of trouble. Or, maybe I would, but with a whole lot of disclaimers that you could very well be killed. I don’t necessarily think I would give the same advice to a newcomer in Los Angeles. That sounds really stupid, actually, and looking back, maybe it was. I was, honestly, perfectly content being on my own, and I enjoyed the time that this isolation gave me to get projects done, make art, and… wander the streets at night for hours and hours, blasting music in my earbuds. Although I don’t consider myself a misanthropist, I’ve also never necessarily been the type of person who feels a need to be surrounded by people or constantly making new friends. I met up with people on occasion, cool online friends who came in to visit or people I got to hang out with when I attended local goth clubs and parties, but I didn’t actually know anyone locally, and I was hours away from my family and friends. I had not actually known anyone there when I moved. And, of course, the whirlwind of excitement that the move brought me was backed by the lingering adrenalin and ecstasy brought by the concert that had ushered in this pivotal moment in my life.įor the first half year that I was in LA, I was entirely alone. Now, I was excited to begin a new life, returning to the city, just as Chemlab had returned to the stage. It was a crazy change I had spent my formative years as a very young child in LA, but my parents had eventually dragged me off to a little farm town in the middle of nowhere, and that was where I had been trapped through all of middle school, high school, and community college. It was a crazy thing to do - I flew from my parents’ house to Chicago to see Chemlab for their absolutely insane return from the dead concert at Cold Waves, then, without returning home, met my parents’ at the LAX airport, stayed the night at one of the dingiest motels I had ever seen (the room was directly beside the hot tub, smelled like chlorine and mildew, and the floors and walls were soggy!), and then from there drove to my new dormitory to begin my exciting university life in the city. I moved out to Los Angeles three days after my first Chemlab concert. ![]()
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