Miss Galaxy's First Concert

Currently Listening: Mastermind, Do You Remember (Deltron 3030)

Last night, I was at the San Francisco Mezzanine for a concert titled "Scratch and Surf" featuring

You know what's great?
Rocking a crazy wig because you can.

Deltron 3030. They are an alternative hip hop group comprised of "Del the Funky Homosapien", "Dan the Automator", and "Kid Koala." Interestingly enough, it was the first music concert I'd ever been to (aside from orchestral shows, etc) and it also happened to be a fundraiser for "Surf For Life." The Surf For Life staff projected a surfing video promoting their charitable activities and mission before the main event, which was pretty cool. I'm glad my first concert was a charity event. (I also wish I knew how to surf...)

I suppose not many people know that I'm a bit of a hipster when it comes to hip hop... I had a phase back in the day where I listened to a lot of 'underground' stuff because of Samurai Champloo/Nujabes. So I guess my 'eclectic' taste in music has led me to a lot of great beats and Deltron 3030 is no exception. I just like to get funky funky funky

One thing I looked forward to at the concert was the opportunity to enjoy live music--really enjoy it. Having never been to a concert, I'd only heard of what a fun experience it is to be immersed in the music. With rap/hip hop concerts, especially, everything is very lyric and rhyme-centric surrounded by good beats and sound creation. Golden Age, the opening performance, was very good at getting the crowd involved and getting creative with his songs. Do Dat and Malicious Lee performed many lyrically powerful songs.

When Deltron 3030 finally came on, we were well-primed for what was in store. Lyrically, Del's rhymes were always on point, futuristic, and intelligent. Del didn't have the sort of stage presence of Golden Age but he makes up for it with his skill, which is key (definitely key!). The surrounding talent, Dan the Automator, who was basically drunk on the Giants' World Series championship, brought a lot of life and humor to the concert. His automator is also really bemusing. (We gotta have champaigne on stage. Let's go Giants!) And finally, they took a scratch break to highlight Kid Koala - sickkkkkk DJ. One of my favorite parts... for various reasons.

Anyways, at the end of the concert (after Deltron's encore performances of "Do You Remember" and "Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)"), my new friends told me that, for my first concert ever, the bar has been set very high for future concerts. For one thing, the venue was not very crowded (I presume because the Giants world series was on and because they are more alternative/underground) and, overall, the venue was just really nice. Also, I had good company. My ears were ringing afterwards but I was so glad for the spontaneous invite.

 Bottom line: best. concert. experience. ever.

Meep thanks to this dangerous guy for inviting me <3

Favorites:

1. Kid Koala's scratch interlude :)
2. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Deltron 3030 cover)
3. Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact

4. Deltron 3030 - Do You Remember

5. Golden Age (Do Dat & Malicious Lee) - Growth

6. Deltron 3030 - 3030

It was so hard to find the songs from Golden Age since they are relatively unknown. But I found a link to their bandcamp.com!