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"We decide to go back to the small stage to see Japanther. They are a regular bunch of cut-ups, those Japanther kids. The two of them sing into reappropriated telephone receivers, although I wonder if they are actually real phones because they are singing into the earpiece end of them. They play along to backing tapes--literally. Their last song is them playing over the Ramones' "Do You Wanna Dance," which becomes weirdly disconcerting when they lose the tempo and become noticeably out of sync. I don't understand why this band exists, but I enjoy them, and so does everyone else. There is a ton of stagediving and crowdsurfing, to almost comic proportions. I quickly see that crowdsurfing is a talent: Some people are very good at it, and stay up for long periods of time, while others are very bad and plummet to the ground almost immediately." [Portland Mercury]More pictures from their Saturday Mess With Texas set, below...
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awesome. stage diving with a backpack. wtf.
Posted by sasha | March 23, 2009 7:31 AM
Why do people give a shit about this band when the might SHELLSHAG exists?
Posted by BARRY FROM BROOKLYN | March 23, 2009 9:33 AM
Wow! Crazy people!
looks like they are having lots of fun..some hot girls there.
Posted by Kevin | March 23, 2009 9:46 AM
stage diving is retarded.
Posted by Sacred Absolute Hipster Cow | March 23, 2009 9:57 AM
hipster hell
Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2009 10:35 AM
Ewww.
Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2009 10:37 AM
"I don't understand why this band exists, but I enjoy them, and so does everyone else."
That's pretty spot on.
And I'd like to second the wtf-ness of stagediving with a backpack on.
Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2009 12:46 PM
bringing your designer pooch to the show = retarded
Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2009 1:38 PM
fucking douches. all of them!
Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2009 5:56 PM
yall leaving the snotty comments are probably the same types to don some stupid neon wayfarers and make smart ass comments in the back the whole time, FUCK YOU VAPID PIECES OF SHIT
Posted by nick beam | March 23, 2009 10:33 PM
this is not a band and they just suck is all
Posted by gregory | March 23, 2009 11:15 PM
fuck the haters
this band will always be fun
they have more cred than almost any other band here
Posted by davidbilmas | March 24, 2009 2:03 AM
these guys are sucky to deal with and their music has really suffered in the past several years.
Posted by Anonymous | March 24, 2009 2:53 AM
Yer mom has suffered over the past several years, and she loved it every time!
Posted by Dom | March 24, 2009 3:13 AM
HA HA HA "your mom" jokes HA HA HA HA
Posted by gregory | March 24, 2009 7:21 AM
HAHAHAHAHA
yo i didn't think they'd really let the girl fall face first like that?! i thought girls would always stay up whether they're good at stage diving or not, just so the boys ccan get their chance at a cheap feel. wow stage diving back to the air, that girls ballsy
Posted by Anonymous | March 24, 2009 12:57 PM
I know that girl with the little dog. If you can't tell by the picture, she's the worst person alive. I'm sure the music was really good for the dog's ears. Sigh. Some people shouldn't be allowed to have pets or rich parents.
Posted by Anonymous | March 29, 2009 4:03 PM
yall only get half a lyric: "we don't give a fuck what you write on the internet..." they are real NYC pay phones... We exist to lighten the mood and make things fun in this horrible world (not online.)
Posted by japanther | April 17, 2009 1:38 PM
japanther.... it's time to break up.
Posted by Anonymous | April 17, 2009 1:55 PM
I know that girl with a dog, too. And I know for a fact that Memphis (the dog) was actually wearing tiny ear plugs. So you can shove your ironic punk loving fixed gear bicycle up your hairy unwashed twat if you think that dog is not well taken care of. That girl is a better person than you will ever be, so stop worrying so much about other people and get off the internet.
Also, as I did not post this anonymously like a pussy, please feel free to contradict me via email, but I doubt you will.
Thanks.
Ladycop
Posted by LADYCOP | September 14, 2009 11:18 AM