Last night we played a show at the Red Panda Prom. Red Panda are the "indie" offshoot of Christchurch-based youth initiative White Elephant. What they do is organise all-ages events and shows for the kiddies which are meant to be good. Whether or not they are actually good is kind of up for grabs. For instance, last night was their version of a "prom" which was held on the penthouse suite (yeah, man) of Unlimited High School, which is in the middle of town

There were four or five bands playing from different genres, I suppose. All of the bands were fairly danceable and all of them played fairly well. Sand Fly Bay were a band that I hadn't seen before, they played that indie-rock sort of style with some really nice bits. Sadly the people on sound ruined most of their set by forgetting to mic one of the amps. These kids all looked kind of the same, but that is what happens when you're an alt kid at high school and there aren't many other people to leech ideas off.

After these kids Jimmy Zoom and the Beytown Grifters played. These guys are one of my favourite Christchurch bands and I am going to make an effort to go to more of their shows. Their set was pretty good, perhaps a bit mellow for the dancefloor. But there were certainly a few kids around dancing for the whole time.

Then there was the Super Band that had been put together for the night. They were a lot of fun and pretty shambolic, playing a quick set of "classics" including the Vodafone ad song.

Bang! Bang! Eche! were up next and they played a full set, including a new song. They were pretty loose and fucked Dirt In The Water up, but that didn't really detract from the set as a whole. After that they started to dismantle the stage, throwing monitors around and jumping on each other. The set ended when the drummer pushed his kit over.

The night was overall a modest success. It would have been better if there were more people, and perhaps a bit less light everywhere - oh and if the sound people weren't retards. Hopefully the Red Panda people throw another event like this sometime.

Altogether a fairly boring piece because I felt like writing.

Oh, we threatened to take our landlords to court due to the state of our flat and they ended up letting us off the lease - now I can find a house to live in which is a bit warmer than outside. On with a roof made out of something other than corrogated plastic.