| Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
 | I have to admit I wasn't expecting an acoustic set from Laptop last night - as he observed as he shambled onstage yesterday evening, "For those of you in the audience expecting a synth-pop hero, I'm afraid you're screwed." However, much as I love his heavily-synthed studio work, the acoustic sets, like this one and the one I saw last year - demonstrate that the important part of the whole thing is the twisted, Morriseyesque lyrics, which are recontextualised but hardly lessened by a stripped-down delivery.
Just disappointing that so few people were there. It must be terribly depressing being genuinely good at something and still performing to 30 people above a pub in Camden. Especially when the song you wrote for the Strokes, I'm so Happy You Failed, has backfired so magnificently, to such an extent that he invites the audience to nominate bands they want to succeed for him to rededicate it to.
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