I went out both Thursday and Friday night and brought my camera along. I still suck at taking pictures, but I've picked out the best shots and put them in a gallery. And in an attempt to spruce up the ol' weblog a bit I've added a few to this entry as well.

Both events were part of the Label Night series, which will continue in the new year. It's a pretty good idea to have local labels showcase their bands at these events, and especially Thursday night was really cool. Local heroes Tiger Tunes came out and played a cool show, but the other bands were interesting as well. And it was cool to see so many people come out for an event like this. It wasn't just the live music, which was cool. It's been years since I've seen so many people get down to Rock Steady Crew's Hey You and Break Machine's Break Dance Party (don't hate) not to mention Batdance (what'd I just tell you).

Although I'd been drinking fairly responsibly I was pretty beat Friday, so we didn't quite get into the same party gear as we had been in the night before. Also, the bands were a lot more melancholic and a lot less noisy Friday night, so people did a lot more talking and a lot less dancing Friday night.

But both nights were fun and it'll be interesting to see how many more of these events they'll have. So far one more has been set up in January, but I have no idea how many more labels exist around here. But hopefully there are some and when they run out of local labels maybe they can convince labels from around the country to come over and present their bands.