Saturday the 21st, I went to the Make Music Pasadena festival.  It went from about noon to 10pm.  There were two band there that I really wanted to see.  Nortec Collective and Kinky.  Here’s a description of the festival from the website.

“On that day, sidewalks, parks, courtyards, alleys, building lobbies and other unconventional performance spaces will become spontaneous musical stages and social gathering places. Amateur musicians will bring their musical talents to the streets of Pasadena and perform to new crowds.

Top selling and internationally known artists will perform at SIX themed main stages. What better way to jump start the summer than by dancing in the streets, throughout the day, to these wonderful music performances.

All performances are free and open to the public”

So, I was pretty excited to go!  I got there around 2:30pm to watch Nortec Collective play at 3pm.  I got there in time and they were just okay.  I was wondering how they would be live since they’re mostly just electronic music.  We watched for about 20 mins then walked about a mile to the stage where Kinky was scheduled to play at 6pm.

It was so unreasonably hot that day.  We walked about halfway and started feeling dehydrated.  Mom started getting a headache.  So, we stopped for some lunch, water, and AC at Rock Island Chicken Wraps.  We felt a little better then moved on to the stage area.

We got to the stage where two other bands were playing before Kinky and they weren’t that great.  I downloaded some of their music before the concert to check them out.  Some of it sounded good.  But in the heat it was just not good enough.  So, Mom and I decided to go home early and not see Kinky.

We went to Pinkberry to cool off and get some energy.  The power of Pinkberry!  It rejuvenated us and we went back to the stage to see Kinky play.  They were just finishing setting up when we got there and started shortly after.  We found a place right next to the stage in the shade and the sun was starting to set.  So, it was perfect.  Kinky rocked Pasadena!!!

I was a fan of their music which sounds mostly electronic if you buy the albums, but they all played their instruments live.  They were all characters, had great stage presence, and were all very good with at their respective instruments.  It was one of the best concerts I’ve seen in some time.  It could be cause I haven’t seen a concert like this in a while, but they were just awesomely good.  So, if you haven’t heard of them already, check out Kinky, and definitely see them live if you get the chance.

Here are some home movie clips I took of them playing at the festival.  The wee camcorder I had couldn’t pick up the bass very well, so the bass is a little fuzzy.  Click on the song titles.

• Soun Tha Mi Primer Amour of the album Kinky
• Una Linea De Luz of the album Reina
• Mas of the album Kinky

So all and all it was a positive experience thanks to Kinky.  It would have been much better if it wasn’t so abnoxiously hot that day.  Hopefully next year it won’t be as hot.