I’m afraid that nowadays most people know Laiback only from the rathergood marching kittens, but they were one of the first industrial bands I ever heard. I still enjoy listening to them when I’m in that certain I-love-a-man-in-a-uniform kinda mood. I’ve never had the chance to see them live so I’m quite excited that they’re going to be at Neumo’s on Saturday, November 20th. The show is part of a State of Art — The New Slovene Avant Garde festival sponsored by the Northwest Film Forum and Scala House Press (November 18-24). Perhaps because it’s part of a festival lineup, the show is scheduled to start “promptly” (?!) at 7:00, with opening act Bonfire Madigan.

Aside from Laibach, the State of Art festival sounds fairly interesting in its own right — I don’t know much about Slovenian film, but there’s going to be quite a lot of it showing at the Northwest Film Forum during the week before Thanksgiving.

(This is my first metroblog post. Greetings all!)