She seems a little nervous about the remnants of pig's blood, but when she shakes her ass at the audience, it is truly something worth beholding. Afterward the Midnight Sun becomes packed with sweaty bodies jumping up and down, and the oxygen just vanishes. We stumble into the hotel dehydrated and way too hyper. Amanda and Kate are crashed out on the bed, so the rest of us slouch by the door in the light from the bathroom and talk about grad school and politics and high school dating till we're ready to pass out. The next afternoon at Thekla, the Slumber Party play dreamy, melodic songs with guitar lines that swirl through the club.
People sway in the darkness or put their heads down on tables.
It's Saturday, and we've been through a lot. But Beth, the singer for the next band, the Gossip, is not fucking around, and when she senses slowness in the audience, she starts issuing threats, saying she'll get offstage and make us dance. Over at Praxis people are buying, trading, and selling secondhand clothes, jewelry, and lots of whatnot. That night the pass and no-pass lines form a square around the block. Sleater-Kinney is playing on a bill with Sarah Dougher, Kia Kadiri, the Bobbyteens, and Holly Golightly.