October 22nd, 2008
Sunday night Josh and I attended the Henry Rollins spoken word performance. Rollins is the singer from the 80′s punk act Black Flag as well as his Rollins Band which was started after Black Flag broke up. Now he’s more about political action, travelling, and doing his spoken word thing.
There were many funny things about his performance but I found his travelling stories to be the most interesting. Henry’s made a point of going to all those places that have been getting news headlines lately such as Syria and Pakistan so he can see what’s going on for himself. The whole thing made me want to get up an travel again and I’m sure it’s going to be a bigger part of my life in the years ahead.
The weekend was laid back. I went out on Saturday for Toy Camera Day where a pack of us took our cheap plastic cameras and shot all kinds of cool things. Afterward we rendezvoused at the Black Frog for some beers and food.
Last Wednesday we got together for a band practice at the newly-renovated Crying Sky. It’s the cheapest jam space in town and just changed ownership. Instead of a grungy, cluttered, front room that reeks of pot smoke and stale beer, there’s an open layout with hardwood floor and shelves to organize rental gear. They cleaned out the hallways which used to be a maze of broken down amplifiers and beat up drum parts. The rooms, which had the filthiest floors imaginable, have been carpeted although the walls still feature the holes that were punched in them over the past few years. So it’s come up a ways since the spring when we last rented a room.
Tomorrow we’re jamming again it looks like. There’s a couple of new songs to try out and we’re starting to get the older songs back into shape too. Hopefully we’ll be able to do some shows in the new year.
I’ve been picking up tickets to all sorts of cool shows coming up. Here’s a list if anyone’s interested in joining:
Wed, Oct 29 – Frightened Rabbit / Spinto Band @ The Media Club
Sun, Nov 2 – Eagles of Death Metal @ The Commodore
Sat, Dec 6 – Blitzen Trapper @ The Media Club
Our friends have been getting heavily into the Frightened Rabbit so we’ll head to the Media Club early to catch their opening for The Spinto Band, who I know nothing about.
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