Architecture in Helsinki

Architecture in Helsinki is a unique sounding band. Alexei called the sound "tribal" but I think it's just a combination of good beats and the ability to have fun while experimenting with different sounds.

We went to see it at The Fillmore/Irving Plaza. The sign out front says Fillmore, but everyone calls it Irving Plaza. The place is very good. The acoustics were just right, and if it weren't for the wildly yelled lyrics (of some songs), my eardrums would still be functioning right now.

Some key random observations from the night.

An underage girl and her legal boyfriend were sharing a drink, when he walks away. She of course was holding the beer when the security staff swept by and saw her without a drinking bracelet holding a beer. She professes she was just holding it for her boyfriend (she was lying, because I saw her drink it. They apparently saw her too), who's nowhere to be found. They escort her to a corner, where they apparently scared the shit out of her because she started crying. The boyfriend is found and they are both escorted out of the stage area. Take that, fat slob!

For some reason, condoms were blown up like balloons and volleyed around. Every guy who took out his condom to use as a balloon pretty much came to a decision that he wasn't going to get any play that night. I can picture their dates breathing a sigh of relief. Who wants to give it up to some douche who giggles at condom balloons anyway?

I didn't like it when guys invaded my personal space. This one guy was basically leaning on me the whole time. I didn't mind so much when the girls did it so much. But with a 16 and up age limit, it was a little disturbing.