Russell's entry below sums up most of the evening quite nicely - and he writes much more cleanly about music than i do, so count yourselves blessed!

A few other wee observations:
--I learned that the DNA's ATM is full of subversive messages. Probably the most amusing ATM i've observed to date.
--When i am at a club like this, i yearn for the days of my blue hair. The next day, i remember what a pain the upkeep was. It's all about the balance.
--I need to go out dancing more often, somewhere that there's both space to dance and good industrial music.
--16 Volt's first song was a strange mix of Diatribe-esque music and Beastie Boys-esque vocals. Odd, yet compelling. These guys weren't the best musicians, but they were funny and compelling - good stage presence.
--We had an awesome punk taxicab driver who sounded interested in the band, and professed 'yeah, i hate people too'. Good man, that.
--Russell and i enjoyed several rounds of 'that person looks like a cross between [person a] and [person b]'.
--Free (the chick from Kidneythieves) gets a heck of a lot of credit for getting up on stage dressed as a 'normal', and diving into her set and going for it despite some obvious nerves. (That has to be a hard crowd to open for.) She warmed up, and the set was grand, even if we would have preferred some more from Trickster.