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THE SHINING: Divided Like A Saints, Aquarius Fest, Friday Night [FLICKR]

evacartoon.jpgEVA SAYS: Maybe it was the two tabs of Robitussin. Or the flu. Or the first 40. But probably it was all of the above plus the second 40, and the packed to the gills and the tripping balls atmosphere around Danger Danger on Friday night. But anyway, long story short, I got a little out of my head. I get there before midnight yet and already the place is rammed. I hear Normal Love playing upstairs, and I’m excited, but I’m only able to catch the tail end of the set, stuck in the back with a great view of some guy’s back. So I head downstairs to the basement to snag front row center for Divided Like A Saints. Now I don’t care what anyone says, Robitussin and forties aside, these guys sounded unlike anything I’ve heard in a long time. Pure outerspace goodness. But by the end of their set, I found myself so overwhelmed from the heat, smoke, cold medicine and Pabst Blue Ribbons that I…well, to be honest I don’t remember much. Something about it being very cold and drunk outside and burning my T-shirt to keep warm. But that’s another story. A

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