Sunday night was a treat. Sure, it would have been awesome to experience this with some friends, but everyone was busy so I had to ride solo in seeing one of my favorite bands, Frightened Rabbit, play at the Black Cat. They’ve released a few new songs over the last year, a few of them […]
Celebrating Kelly’s birthday today, as he inches one step closer to old man status. What better way to forget worrying about the future than reliving the past. A bunch of us are checking out Jane’s Addiction tonight in Baltimore. One of the staples of my formative younger years, here’s to hoping that they’ve aged well […]
It’s a mix of emotions today. It’s my last day with an organization I have devoted five years of my life to, which has its share of sadness and disappointment. The other share is filled with joyful expectation and excitement about starting a new job in just a couple weeks. So I’ll try to numb […]
Last week a couple coworkers and I went up to Baltimore to see a Seattle band called The Head and the Heart. They are a cool folk/rock hybrid band that has a way bigger following on the east coast than I would have thought (the club was PACKED and very engaged throughout the show). I […]
This has been a rough couple of weeks at work, and naturally it’s culminating in one of the worst weeks I’ve had in quite some time. So I need something good to happen. Really, anything. Someone to say something even remotely positive or reassuring. Maybe see a double rainbow or some basic human kindness. Ahh, […]
Got an awesome surprise yesterday: things fell through for Ashley and so Dan had an extra ticket to the Arcade Fire show last night. Spoon was the opener. It was awesome. I took a short little movie clip just to give you a sense of how they were, but it definitely doesn’t do them justice. […]
Tonight continues my season of concerts. So far this summer I have seen The National for a second time and also seen Frightened Rabbit. Next up is the Silversun Pickups, and as the young folks say, they rock. I’m not a big fan of DAR as a concert hall, because it removes the energy in […]