Are you hoping for a miracle?

I just came from seeing UK-band Bloc Party in Vienna and i still am awestruck by the power and passion i saw there. In the beginning reluctant to even go there (i was close to selling the ticket) due to still being exhausted from the Italy- and Mensafest-thing, i am now lucky not having done so. From the first chord on i was in the concert. It has been a long time that i saw so much passion and power in a that steamy and sweaty atmosphere. Basically, that's all about what rock and roll is meant to be. I was intervied by Fm4-radio after the Maximo Park gig just a couple of weeks ago, me saying that them were so delightfully above this new Brit-hype. well, i haven't seen Bloc Party at this point. Forget Maximo Park, the only band who will "survive" the hype is Bloc Party. not only because of their performance on stage, are they the only band which delivers something more than the "i-am-so-happy-and-in-love-but-i-don-t-know-what-to-do"-stuff of Mr. Kaiser Chiefs and Mr. The View and, yes, Mr. Maximo Park (see also: Bret Easton Allis).
Back in Linz i decided to celebrate this evening with a couple of friends, which led me eventually to a bar called XXXX, where they were playing music so different from what i saw just a couple of hours before. Surprisingly a Swedish girl named XXXX proved that she could sing Ace of Base songs and a couple of other, ahm, embarassing songs by heart. Barely enough she was even dancing to that crap. Ahem.

So, here are some pics:

and yes, i am still hoping for a miracle.