I Was A Lover Before This War

I attended an all boys school in Melbourne. It had strict regulations on appearance. A certain length of hair was not permitted. The rules stated that the length of one's hair couldn't be below the earlobe. Unfortunately for the school, as Melbourne became increasingly multicultural, they neglected to update their school rules to suit non-European hair types. In the later years of my schooling I rolled with a crew that contained a young Sri Lankan boy called Suresh. Suresh's hair grew in the "afro" style, instead of down it grew up and out. Suresh decided (with ample encouragement from his friends) to test the school's hair policy by growing the biggest fuck-off afro you've ever seen. Several times the school challenged him on his appearance, only for him to point to the school hair regulations and inform the school that nowhere did these regulations state anything about height and width. Unfortunately, he then tried to bleach the thing and it went orange and he decided to shave it off.

TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone has an afro that is just as impressive as Suresh's.



TV On The Radio came to town last night. Tunde Adebimpe not only has indie-rock's best vocal chords, but also some of its best dance moves. And with Kyp's 'fro, beard and glasses combo they would look like the coolest band on the planet if it weren't for David Sitek and his motherfucking wind-chimes. Unfortunately I don't have a picture, but let me explain the situation. The band's token white guy, David Sitek, decided it was a good idea to hang a set of wind chimes from the head-stock of his guitar and take every opportunity available to hold these chimes up to any microphone he could find, making himself look like even more of a ridiculous cracker-ass next to his ultra-hip bandmates.





The evening was also of note for me having my first drink since August. This girl I'd never met before offered me a sip of her beer. I accepted, and within seconds I had scurried off to the bar where I had to be physically restrained by the security staff for attempting to suck on one of the beer taps. Well, not quite. I did buy a beer though and have to say I quite enjoyed it.