Just the way you love it. Obvs.
So by no means were we going to let our little halloween meltdown (most popular post ever!) shake us off our neverending parade of concerts - oh no, we have tickets purchased much too far in advance for that. Novemberween be damned, we had Thermals tickets for the Black Cat Saturday night, and go we would. (more…)
So, busy weekend… first chili of the season, which was tremendously exciting, and about which I promise I’ll post soon (pics!)… but setting aside all that deliciousness for the time being, let’s talk entertainment. I managed to take in two concerts last weekend, and they proved a study in contrast. On the one hand, Saturday night, Stars at the world famous 9:30 club. Was it awesome? Fuck yes. CV thinks so too, and more thoroughly and excellently than I could possibly muster here. Can you listen to the same concert? Why of course you can - thanks NPR. I have but a trifling few nits to pick with CV’s review (no mention of how adorable Amy Millan and her omnipresent bottle (of which I can find no pictures, sadly) are, no mention of the crazy homeless guy who tried to get me to take a pull off his ‘joint’ (nasty cigar, from the smell)) but that’s not really what I want to discuss here - let’s instead talk about friday night, and the magic of (sing it with me now) lowered expectaaaa-tions (please don’t watch that past 8 seconds, ‘mad tv’ may occur.) (more…)
So, back in March V and Hector and I did the unthinkable and trekked to NoVA for a concert. Specifically, we went to something called the “State Theater” (which I presume is just some retro-eastern-bloc-kitsch and is, in fact, a privately operated, for-profit venue) in a place called “Falls Church” (which is indistinguishable from the rest of NoVA, all strip malls and parking lots.) It was unseasonably cold and we were underdressed for the long line to get in. We walked in on the opener, Mixel Pixel and, basically unimpressed, proceeded to the balcony. Now, the State Theater (more…)
Sweet christ, I am a spectacular blogger. By which I mean it’s been a full month since my last post and, well, I’m sorry. I’m just not a very interesting person. That said, there *is* still a review of last month’s bbq being readied for public consumption, possibly in time for your labor day bbqs. Wanting to blog but having no obvious topic, I present to you: the things I’ve watched, etc., since sometime last month, in no particular order, as processed through a trope long ago conceived and discarded!
MOVIEFILMS:
If you see only one ball-witheringly (more…)
