Smog gets in your eyes

I went to see Smog in Belfast a week ago. I decided to write this review in capital letters to see if it would look any different. What do you think?

ARTIST: (SMOG)

VENUE: THE LIMELIGHT

DATE: 12 JUNE 2005

(SMOG), AS HE IS NOW KNOWN, HAS BEEN RANKED BY SOME AS ONE OF THE MOST

BORING PERFORMERS ON STAGE TODAY. HIS VOICE IS MONOTONIC, A DEEP GRUFF

SOUTHERN RUMBLE, HIS PRESENCE MINIMAL AND HIS INTERACTION
NON-EXISTANT. HIS RETURN TO FORM RECORD, A RIVER AINT TOO MUCH TO
LOVE, BARELY REACHES A CRECENDO AND IS BEST LISTENED TO WHEN TIRED, IN
THE DARK. WITH THIS IN MIND, I WAS SCEPTICAL ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO PULL
OFF A GIG TO REMEMBER.

AT 9.30, SUPPORT ACT ALISDAIR ROBERTS TOOK THE STAGE TO A HALF-FULL LIMELIGHT. THE WIREY GLASWEGIAN CAPTIVATED THE AUDIENCE WITH HAUNTINGLY PRETTY SONGS FROM HIS WILL OLDHAM-PRODUCED NO EARTHLY MAN RECORD. HIS TAKE ON SCOTTISH FOLK SONGS WITH INTRICATE GUITAR PLAYING AND UNUSUAL TUNINGS WAS A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE USUAL CROP OF
STERILE SINGER-SONGWRITERS. LATER ON, WEARING TIGHT BLUE JEANS AND A FADED CHECKED SHIRT, THE MAIN ACT ARRIVED ON STAGE ACCOMPANYED BY ELECTRIC GUITAR, DRUMS AND BASS.

ECCENTRIC FOR SURE, SMOG UNCORMFORTABLY WORKED THE MICROPHONE AND BECAME THE FIRST ARTIST I HAVE SEEN TO PLAY THE GUITAR WHILE SQUATTING. STARTING WITH HIS ACOUSTIC FINGER PICKING AND DRIVEN BY WONDERFUL DRUMS, HIS SONGS WOULD GRADUALLY BUILD. THE FORMULA WAS THE SAME FOR MOST SONGS BUT WORKED TO GREAT EFFECT. BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THE SPACE IN FRONT OF THE STAGE WAS CRAMPED AND SMOG EXITED TO CHEERS AND SHOUTS FOR MORE. NOT AT ALL BORING.