The kick did not look like an accident. A few songs into Scowl's set in Richmond on Friday, during the breakdown of I forget which song, the spirit left the body of the guy standing a few feet away from me. Someone in the pit threw a very hard kick at whoever happened to be standing on the pit's edge. A kick like that is not an uncommon thing. People love to argue online about the ethics of crowdkilling -- the practice of throwing haymakers at the people who are adjacent to the pit but not in it. In reality, though, crowdkilling is just a thing that happens. You might not want a stranger to elbow you in the jaw, but you do want to be at a wild-ass show, and an elbow to the jaw might just be the price of admission. Usually, anyone crowdkilling is just aimlessly flailing around. If you get hit, it might hurt, but it won't end you. This kick, however, was something else.
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On The Show Me The Body Tour, The Bodies Hit The Floor
