Hey, it's also been a while since I flooded your Friends page with a bunch of YouTube videos that you probably won't watch. I will not only be embedding videos, but linking to yet more! Here we go!

I posted this vid over on my Facebook too. Halloween is a great time to invoke Lightning Bolt--



--no! Not that kind of Lightning Bolt! This kind:



I love that pan at the end where you suddenly see somebody literally swinging from the rafters. Looks like quite the show.

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From the life imitating art files, here are a couple videos of bands playing their effing hearts out despite what I think few would argue are less than rockin' surroundings.

First, we have seminal 80s doom pioneers Saint Vitus kicking ass at...the Palm Desert Community Center.



I love how the lead singer has this standoff about shilling for Cokes before grudgingly acquiescing.

It's all strangely reminiscent of when Spinal Tap winds up playing at an Air Force base.

Second, legendary Swedish hardcore punk band Refused playing...an Irish pub??? WTF!?



Playing their hearts out, tight as all hell, trying SO hard. And you've got these typical Saturday night bar-goers just...sitting there. Christ. I immediately thought of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Much like Hedwig, Refused wasn't long for the world thanks to bookings like that one. Just too damn depressing, I guess.