Thursday, April 29, 2004
STILL no internet
this weekend, i beleive.
not much really happening. okay, that's not true. Saw the Frames at the Hideout monday... while they were definetly GOOD i didn't much care for them, there was a lot of fist pumping, so i had a good time.
last nite mike from delilah's called me to emergency DJ for willie nelson's bday. however, once he had picked me up at home and we were halfway there he got a call that joe had showed up, so i went and had a few PBRs with the gang.. er, if lane, jonny wilko and uh, that other guy whose name i can't remember but is a nice guy constitute a gang. oh, and graham biked to the bar. he's quite the biker. discussion of 16 hour hand jobs ensued.
upcoming fun: Jay Bennett at schubas saturday, which i am not really anticipating as fun to be honest, but i have hopefully talked a posse into retreating to the abbey afterwards for robbie fulks and evan dando, which should ACTUALLY be fun.
WILCO AT OTTO's MAY 19!! YAY! hell fucking YAY.
and the vic, and other places in june. hooray.
DJing at Delilah's June 23, don't say I didn't give you advance notice.
okay, hang in there friends, this place will be it's old self by the weekend!
Sunday, April 25, 2004
no, i haven't abandoned you
STILL no internet at home...
as far as what's been going on... crazy nite of drinking last friday with laura who is in town. went to caesars for crazy margaritas and they gave us free tequila shots...what were they thinking? later went to jake's, i think char the bartender didn't remember us from last time, thank the gods... some crazy farrar fan got to the jukebox before us though, and we were treated to a salvo of farrar UT stuff and son volt, one wilco song got thru though, along with alice in chains and guns n roses...gotta love that jukebox. i skipped sufjan stevens since it sold out and nobody else got a ticket... booo. other than that, working working. sooz is outta town for the week.
Thursday, April 22, 2004
still here...
still no internet at the new place... not too much of a loss, since there is plenty of stuff to keep me occupied. off tommorow, not quite sure what is going on, maybe sufjan stevens. maybe the fall saturday.
oh, and make sure you watch Sound Opinions on PBS in chicago, as our store is supposed to be on it! woot! and a wilco show in Chicago in June, at the mutherfuckin' Vic! hooray!
Sunday, April 18, 2004
still alive!
we moved, kinda exhausted still. no internet at home, which is probably a good thing... more time for unpacking. the pets are well, except for vinnie who keeps trying to escape, climb up screened windows, etc. and humboldt park is LOVELY this time of year. OMG! And Clare and Alyssa are moving just down the street! we will have picnics and such.
Friday, April 16, 2004
somewhat done packing
dear gods must get a couple hours sleep. and nobody ever guessed correctly in the how many time have i moved since starting this site... come on, you win a fabulous prize which may include:
- a haunted spooky black cat hair ball
- the red glass and metal lantern that has sat upon my tv for a while
- the nsync backstage pass game
- a grocery bag full of half used and very dusty bath and body works products, most in juniper breeze
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Packing packing
still packing, have til 8 am friday morning, procrastinate is my middle name. Also, looks like my southwest jaunt with wilco is now a northeast jaunt. hooray, i love DC in the summer...
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Holy Crap, I need to Pack!
there's sooz standing where the fridge in her new place is. I am lucky enough to have retained my gig as roommate and pet auntie. However, I am the world's most amazing procrastinator, and really need to get packing. This may impede my plans to to go see the Sleepy Jackson with Centro-matic's Will Johnson. We shall see... I really should pack my damn iBook so I'm not distracted...
The Hideout was Closed!
I didn't notice anything on their website about being CLOSED on Mondays. It was weird, and sad. However, Stacy, Kristina, Daniel and I ended up at Carol's (since we got lost trying to find Simon's). James and his friend met us their and we enjoyed $4 pitchers of Old Style and pizza puffs. Well, Stacy had chardonnay. damn, who'da thought they'd even HAVE chardonnay at Carol's? The nite was fun, except I almost got in trouble when Daniel tried to show me the shat upon toilet seat in the men's room.
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Butter Lamb!
ahh, i love food holidays. Daniel made an amazing ham, Sooz made some french potatoes, Kristina made fruit salad, I made my infamous cracker barrel green beans. mm leftovers.
happy birthday jesus!
oh that's not the right holiday now is it?
went out a drinking with daniel and kristina. we had fun and drinks. and watched people get busted on the el. good times all around. i hope we have a butter lamb tommorow.
Saturday, April 10, 2004
why i love chicago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT Cynthia Plaster Caster was on my bus tonite. yes, I live in the coolest city in the WORLD.
Friday, April 09, 2004
How do you spell Viagra?
Fucking Spammers have
A lot of different ways. I hope the people who send the emails lose their penises. ha, that would show them. penis-less spammers.
Thursday, April 08, 2004
quote of the day
i bet hes nervous
and foreign
~Alison
yay!
My first pre-official release date listen to an actual not burned CD of the new wilco album on my own stereo. it is soooo different than anything they have done before, yet still so them. This album commands you to play it loud, even at 2:47 am. Thankfully, sooz doesn't hear so well. Okay, have decided during I'm a Wheel to turn it down. what a loud crashing kind of song. I really love it when this album rocks out and is fun. The rocking moments of YHF seemed kind of restrained, this one could inspire some bad dance moves. It's just so sonically bizzarre. In a good way. I don't think I'll be trying to sleep to this one yet.
Peep Porn!
Holy crap, this is some HOT stuff.
Provocative Peeps. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
tired exhausted
not quite sure why.
stuff
Still haven't moved. Had yesterday off, spent it cooking and "hanging" with sooz, judy, sue and a variety of fuzzy friends. no, not like beard rock guys, cats and dogs. cooking is cool, as i do enjoy eating. stuff you were involved in the production of always tastes better. even if judy bled into the tomatoes :P even more fun was convincing her I was bleeding when my hand was just lightly covered in tomato sauce.
worked tonite. noticed when i took the garbage out tonite there were at least 4 stars visable in the sky, i think that's a chicago record. dang, im all tired and exhuasted.
Monday, April 05, 2004
Sunday, April 04, 2004
more rock!
Tonite was Preston School Of Industry. I don't think I can rock one more nite. Ooh the Unicorns are tommorow nite!
I've decided to revise my top 10 albums of last year, I bump the Decemberists up to #4, and put BBR down at 7.
Saturday, April 03, 2004
bleh
sigh. I'm listening to Reckoning, on vinyl. I just had to get up and flip it over. It bugs me that people say music is going to be all digital in the future. I love my iBook, and iPod, but I still want a physical object to hold, to turn over, to admire the cover of. If that means I have to buy a cd and an lp then so be it. I mean, what am I going to spend my money on? crack? I have weird issue about mortality. They say "you can't take it with you" but you can leave a lot behind that people have to remember you by. My mom had a lot of crazy stuff. One thing that really bothers me is people who collect stuff (of any kind) and don't use it, don't enjoy it. Someone was telling me about a really rare record they bought for lotsa $$, that is still sealed, since like 196-something. WHAT GOOD IS A SEALED RECORD?!?! for fucks sake, open it up! My mom and I collected these purses, and when i left them in FL when I took off, she put them on a shelf, which is okay, but she never used them. Collecting things is great, but you have to really use them i think... well, that's how i feel. i mean, i collect things that are functional, nowadays. except maybe the sock monkeys... they make me smile though, so i guess that's something.
holy fuck, look at me ramble. I'm just spacey zoney right now and trying not to think about other things. Other people. I'm fine. Just thinking about one thing, and worrying gets you thinking about other things.
Friday, April 02, 2004
ohmigods my new second favorite band!!
my new best friends, jenny and colin ;)
Holy crap, the Decemberists were soooooooooooooo incredible live. I was very sceptical that they could recreate the coolness of the albums, but by golly, it's just the five of them making that magical noise on the albums, and it came across so well on stage.
They started out with Chris introducing the band, and explaning that Colin had lost his voice so they were just going to play some experimental stuff they were working on, so we got some crazy free jazz before some smarty yelled out APRIL FOOLS, and the noise launched into "Shanty for the Arethusa", and then their absolute coolest songs just kept coming! I am sooo happy I got to see them at Schubas...they're playing Metro in June, I was afraid of that, but its cool, I'd love to see them getting a wider audience. ooh, and "the Tain" live was amazing, it just soooo rocked out.
the setlist:
Shanty for the Arethusa
July, July!
The Soldering Life
Oceanside
Billy Liar
the Gymnast, High Above the Ground
The Bachelor and the Bride
Myla Goldberg
The Chimbley Sweep
The Tain
encore:
Red Right Ankle
I Was Meant For the Stage
pics from the show soon!
Thursday, April 01, 2004
party!!
Myself, Patti, Lorne and the one friend of my brother's celebrating life in Jacksonville. It's not a bad place, if yr stinking drunk!
...and it continues tommorow
At least I don't work 'til 6pm tommorow, and then go see the Decemberists (our second nite in a row at schubas. I hope Kristina takes a nap!
will i ever spell tommorow correctly?
