Saturday was a night that won't be forgotten very easily! In the afternoon, I had about 11 brats in my house, celebrating my oldest son's 5th anniversary. The loose & wild atmosphere turned out to be the ideal introduction to THE GHETTO WAYS/RIVER CITY TANLINES/BLACK LIPS triple bill at the Lintfabriek in the evening. A couple of weeks ago, I had seen THE GHETTO WAYS at the mighty Pit's where they couldn't fulfil expectations after a devastating FATALS show. In Kontich however, their high-energy full throttle punkrock totally blew me away. The final gig of a European tour always delivers that little extra more so we got to see this New York trio at their very best. Awesome! Alicja Trout was next with THE RIVER CITY TANLINES. I hadn't heard any of the band's 3 singles so I was pretty anxious to witness this Memphis outfit on stage. Again, the show was a blast! Their adrenaline-driven punkwave made me dance like a fool and Alicja's vocals sounded real vicious. Check out The River City Tanlines' singles compilation on Dirtnap 'cuz it's a winner! So normally, we're used to 2 bands a night here in bloody Belgium and The Ghetto Ways/River City Tanlines bill would already have been a favourite of the year. Only, THE BLACK LIPS were scheduled too!! The first Black Lips show I attended sounded like a bad rehearsal but the second - only a couple of months later - was total garage punk insanity. Saturday, it was primal wreck and roll time again! Beers flew through the air, people went crazy, all for the sake of that goddamn rock 'n roll!! I can only say that The Black Lips are the contemporary gods of sixties punk!! Oh what a night!!!