Austinist: Toetry In Motion: Foot Patrol & Movin' Melvin @ the White Swan

truecraig

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:28:29 -0600

Holy shit this sounds seriously refreshing!

Room 710

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:51:47 -0600

Foot Patrol is headlining the Saturday 2.16 show here at the fabulous Room 710. Also playing is Downtown Brown from Detroit, Michigan playing what they consider to be Butt Funk. Meaning that Room 710 will have your feet and ass covered in the not too distant future. BTW: "White gentrification"? Whitey has been living in the Hood for a number of years now. It should be noted, most of the first people in a downtrodden area are usually the artists and the gays. If you've ever been deemed as either, then you should know it doesn't matter what color your skin is, but the person you are deep inside.

batlady

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:46:46 -0600

Is Foot Patrol's joke really a joke? If my eyes didn't deceive me, there was some pretty serious foot massaging and toe suckin' happening before the show by members of the band. A set-up, perhaps? Regardless, the show was a blast and the cops dancers were HOTT. Movin' Melvin spread sunshine all over that place. Amazing. The "doorman" Paige mentioned above is actually the owner, Jeff. He was super accommodating and very friendly. From what I heard from talking to other patrons, he's the brother of the kid that got shot in the back by APD last year. I only saw two fights and only got one comment about "you people coming in here and ruining our neighborhood." Commenter above? The emcee was a disaster. Especially when someone said, "Keep Hope Alive!" and she responded with, "Yeah, Go MLK!" Ummmmm...

realgood

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:31:18 -0600

and the emcee? a beatboxing delight.