Arm the homeless
Posted by Bone at June 25th, 2005
First off, apologies for the horrifically obscure reference, but if you look at all the pictures on the link and it will become slightly less obscure, but you’ll still be confused, just as I am.
So the highlight of my three days in London was seeing the almighty Audioslave, at the Brixton Academy. It was my first time there, which is hardly surprising since I’ve spent most of my 2 decades of life in Cumbria, but thats not important, I’d like to disspell the myth that Brixton is ‘like Beirut but without the ceasefire,’ it seemed lovely to me, though the distance between the tube station and the academy was pretty short to be fair, so there could be dodgy areas, but everywhere has dodgy areas.
We arrived a bit late and so struggled to find good seats (as it was an unresevered circle) but we did find a pretty decent spot with a full view of the stage. ‘…And you will know us by the trail of the dead’ pretty much finished up their set as we were arriving, but they seemed alright.
Then we had to wait there for an hour in the horrific heat (I think the only time I wasn’t sweating all weekend was when I was in the bath, day-am it was hot) waiting for the supergroup of epic proportions (am I giving them too much credit?). I was getting annoyed with them until they came out, then I rather predictably let my anger be diffused by the schoolgirl delight that is caused by watching Tom Morello play guitar. Highlights were the Rage songs, which is a shame in its own way, but when you see them play ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’ or ‘Killing in the Name Of’, and feel the passion and utter delirium of the crowd, I defy anyone not to react (one way or another). My hair stood on end, and those of you who know me will know thats no mean feat, I am ‘hella’ hairy. The acoustic portion (Chris Cornell with backing singers amounting to about 4921) would have been worth the admission fee alone, well maybe not, but it was still really good.
I’m afraid that since I didn’t take my camera I am stealing a picture, but I am pointing to where I got it from, and there are lots of excellent photos on the Jeff’s Odyssey page. Then again, he did get a signed, hand written setlist, and a guitar pick, so you can’t really feel that sorry for the guy. Though having said that, if you (Jeff) somehow find this post and don’t like me stealing your work, I will remove it.
