Skipping past Writober and Nanoblomo . . ? Shit, I dunno. I'm as bored as you are.
Monday, August 14, 2006
It’s Been Too, Too Long
I don’t really have an excuse for all the slackitude here at Kamikaze Lunchmeat. Things at work have shifted from Maximum Overdrive to a more normal, maintainable pace. There’s been a lot of downtime at home, too, as our bands had shows combined with light practice schedules this past week. And I have a renewed sense of purpose and optimism . . . relatively, anyway.
So, yeah, Tuesday nights have never proved to be a boon for our band. When we signed on to open for an up-and-coming local goth band’s CD-release show last week, there wasn’t a wellspring of enthusiasm. But it turned out really great. Even if I did knock over one of their guitars while setting up (no harm, no foul, right?). There was a healthy crowd, bolstered by people to see the three very different-sounding performances (the first act was a solo-acoustic friend of the band).
Speaking of music, my life has been a little bit taken over by Mew. I think I’d heard of them when their previous CD came out, but I’d forgotten them until I read the review on Pitchfork for their new one. Sounded like a nice find (frankly rare on Pitchfork), so I went looking for some MP3s and stumbled onto their MySpace page. Where, for the first time ever, I listened to every second of every song available and found myself swinging by Vinyl Fever on my way to pick up equipment for the show Tuesday night. In short, this band is amazing. I figured after Interpol and Metric, I’d never be this excited about discovering another band again.
In other news:
- Our DVD player died recently, and I ended up with a backlog of things to watch, including my mom’s entire Netflix queue. So, after buying a (cheap) replacement player, I suckered Michelle into watching the entire first season of Weeds.
- I’d emailed fellow Dead(wood) Head, Erin/Estella, about my sad feelings regarding the mid-season slow period that Al and Seth and Alma and friends had stumbled into. But the end of the season is gonna prove to be a water/blood-shed moment. (And, sorry, Erin, but it looks like our pal Ellsworth is gonna die this coming Sunday.)
- Mia started VPK (Florida’s “Voluntary Pre-K”) this morning. Which’ll be a lot like the preschool curriculum she’s already been on . . . but now it’s for real. Oh, and now she and her cousin/BFF are in different classes.
- Watch this (NSFW). If you have the opportunity and don’t click that link, you have no soul.
- Right this second, I’m listening to a mix CD of Coldplay songs I made this past weekend. I’m titling it, “Y’know how I know you’re gay? You like Coldplay.”