Surfboards, a half-naked man, and a Bride of Frankenstein wig? It can only be a Les Savy Fav show!

More proof of getting settled in Atlanta: a Triskaidekaphobian office outing to a “rock N roll” show last night. Les Savy Fav at the Earl, with locals the Twin Tigers opening. It’s strange to be in a bar again where people are allowed to smoke at shows—such things were banned in New York circa 2003.

A quick checklist of the evening:

• Waffle House? Check.
• Getting lost? Check.
• No attitude at the Earl? Check.
• $5 Red Stripe? Check.
• Indie rockers we don’t know sporting the Kevin/Andy/Val/Rose/etc looks of people we do know? Check.
• Tim Harrington as: A Shaman, A Cool Guy, A Vampire/Frankenstein, Topless, On the bar, Going out to the front restaurant mid-song, Surfing on a surf board over the audience? (Aside from that being, besides a roughly chronological list, perhaps a wholly accurate description of his entire LSF essence)? Check.
• Commemorative 7” purchased despite ongoing music storage issues in the Triskaidekaphobia Physical and/or Virtual Musical Library? Check.

We’d also be remiss if we didn’t mention our one-on-one duet with Mr. Harrington last evening, on one of his sojourns into the audience. It was a distinction only held with +/- 50 other people last evening.

A very, very welcome surprise was the addition of material from 3/5 on the setlist. “I never considered that, with two guitarists, they’d be able to play those songs again,” quipped one non-suitably witty office worker. The choices were the creme de early Fav: “Rodeo”, “Scout’s Honor”, and “Je T’aime”. Oui!

For those keeping score, this is our fourth Les Savy Show, spanning two states, two countries, and 10.5 years.