It’s Time for the Fascinator (Friday, April 29, 2011) Blue wristband and…let’s call it an iron stamp: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All @ Village Underground Last Friday, all of England was excused from work due to the Royal Wedding! If for no other reason, a free day off was cause for everyone to start drinking at 10am and generally go nuts galavanting around the city all day.We got dressed up in our finest and watched the wedding on TV at some friends’ flat near Dalston. It was during this time that I learned the insane headgear all the ladies were wearing on their heads at the ceremony are called the best thing ever, of all time: fascinators. Also, when Wills and Kate had their first official kiss on the balcony, the Prince’s 3 year-old goddaughter Grace Van Cutsem covered her ears in horror at all the noise, and she is just hilarious. Around 2pm, we hurried home to change into civilian clothes (aka my dinosaur helmet, pictured above), concocted a rather strong road soda, and headed into Shoreditch to see Odd Future perform. The venue, which I hadn’t been to before, is basically a cavern-like tunnel space with high ceilings that I though was quite cool. A DJ was on first, and then Tyler the Creator and his band of merry pranksters came out to do their bidding. Now, many people are massive fans and followers of everything OFWGKTA are up to, and I am simply not one of them. I think they’re good, and fun, but mainly I was there to experience the vibe and theatrics of their now-legendary stage manner. In that regard, they did not disappoint. The crowd was extremely rowdy, and it felt more like a punk gig than a hip-hop show. At one point, Tyler climbed up the massive speaker stack on stage and jumped right off of it, hurtling into the crowd. It was probably the best stage dive I have ever witnessed. He managed to lose his cap and hurt his ankle—definitely a badass showing.After that, we ambled over to Shoreditch House, where synchronized swimmers performed in the pool, there was loads of bunting, and too many more drinks were had to celebrate the day.

It’s Time for the Fascinator (Friday, April 29, 2011)

Blue wristband and…let’s call it an iron stamp: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All @ Village Underground

Last Friday, all of England was excused from work due to the Royal Wedding! If for no other reason, a free day off was cause for everyone to start drinking at 10am and generally go nuts galavanting around the city all day.

We got dressed up in our finest and watched the wedding on TV at some friends’ flat near Dalston. It was during this time that I learned the insane headgear all the ladies were wearing on their heads at the ceremony are called the best thing ever, of all time: fascinators. Also, when Wills and Kate had their first official kiss on the balcony, the Prince’s 3 year-old goddaughter Grace Van Cutsem covered her ears in horror at all the noise, and she is just hilarious.

Around 2pm, we hurried home to change into civilian clothes (aka my dinosaur helmet, pictured above), concocted a rather strong road soda, and headed into Shoreditch to see Odd Future perform. The venue, which I hadn’t been to before, is basically a cavern-like tunnel space with high ceilings that I though was quite cool. A DJ was on first, and then Tyler the Creator and his band of merry pranksters came out to do their bidding. Now, many people are massive fans and followers of everything OFWGKTA are up to, and I am simply not one of them. I think they’re good, and fun, but mainly I was there to experience the vibe and theatrics of their now-legendary stage manner. In that regard, they did not disappoint. The crowd was extremely rowdy, and it felt more like a punk gig than a hip-hop show. At one point, Tyler climbed up the massive speaker stack on stage and jumped right off of it, hurtling into the crowd. It was probably the best stage dive I have ever witnessed. He managed to lose his cap and hurt his ankle—definitely a badass showing.

After that, we ambled over to Shoreditch House, where synchronized swimmers performed in the pool, there was loads of bunting, and too many more drinks were had to celebrate the day.