I went to go see Patrick Wolf play his first-ever gig in Portland last night, promoting his latest, The Magic Position. The crowd size was just this side of respectable, but very devoted. Lots of “we love you!“s and all that. Wolf himself was a lot more charming and amiable than I expected based on footage I’ve seen of his other shows, during which he seemed far less sober than he was last night, firing his drummer onstage, etc. (As of last night, the drummer was still missing.) His music I don’t think is very groundbreaking, but I like it, and the live version held up to the recordings. His best moments are when he gets disco (the quiter songs are nice but I’d rather hear them through headphones, or at least sitting down). During my favorite, “Accident and Emergency,” (the video for which I posted below) he ripped off his shirt (aw, he has a unicorn tattoo on his chest) and brandished a toy rifle. When someone in the audience suggested he take off his pants (thanks to his sexual ambiguity, I think all the boys and all the girls were in love with him), he exclaimed in mock horror, “I’m from England!” Just one of many cute moments.