That's just Reatarded

Jay Reatard shows apparently have a reputation for swiftly devolving into chaos; Ottawa's show got pretty wild, with the audience moshing and surfing with abandon to the smash hits from his latest, Blood Visions, but there wasn't much excitement during the show itself, unless you count bassist Stephen Pope having to run off to grab a replacement bass head mid-show. Reatard took a few liberties with the setlist (pictured here) while he was off trying to hunt up Tom Kitsos from CPC Gangbangs, first working through a metronomic riff, then declaring "Let's do one without him!" And so he did, for a handful of tunes. It was pretty brief and very energetic.

That Jay Reatard.



Rock!



His Holiness, Stephen Pope.



His fogginess, Billy Hayes.



Reatarded action!











And one last crowd-surf before things come to a crashing halt.



Then they went to Toronto and all hell broke loose.

• Show reminder: The Creeps, Sexhead, The Annoyers, The Visitors, The PG-13s and Murder Ride perform at Cafe Dekcuf. Due to a brain malfunction, I completely forgot this was Kelp Ottawa's 14th anniversary weekend. It continues today with pulled pork and pop tuneage at the Carleton Tavern around 1 p.m. with Jim Bryson, Micarza Camaro, Chris Page and Catriona Sturton; later at the Glue Pot on Queen you can see Camp Radio, The Michael Parks, The Flaps and The Empiricals. The Rizdales play The Elmdale Tavern. Big Jeezus Truck and The Bible All-Stars perform at Barrymore's. Rudeboy returns to Irene's.