"THANK YOU" It's been years since I saw Throwing Muses. Kristin's voice wasn't quite as strong as I remember but maybe I'm now more accustomed to her CD voice than live warble. Then again if she's aged so have I. Maybe it's just my hearing not being what it used to be. Then there's the fact that I was upstairs rather than down in the pit where I spent most of my teenage years. Old man. The Astoria's sound was as bad as its ever been and the lighting average. And yet. Maybe it was the fact that they made me forget for a couple of hours that there was a war going on outside. That we were killing people. Maybe it was just hearing the old songs again or the fact that they can still kick out cool new tunes after all this time. Maybe it's simply because I used to fuck like a rabbit listening to Red Heaven. Whatever. Throwing Muses were beautiful tonight. Exactly what I needed to see and hear. I'm just sad the rest of you guys couldn't be there too. Mike is blogging to: BBC News