hate, hate, hate, hate, hate...

i'm done with the hate.

these web journals are tearing us apart! from now on i'm only going to use these things for good. i'm done ragging on the negitive things, only positive things from now on. let's just stop all the fighting...

so yeah. wednesday night was excellent. i must say that THAT was a great night for music. ya'll should have hearlded what i said. i said everyone should come down, but no. too bad. Joey Casio was awkward at first, but after a few of his songs i was very impressed. his presence was really good and the music was some pretty original shit, i haven't heard anything quite like it yet. maybe that's just my inexperience talking, but it was good. he won me over by the end of his set. NOW, Mind Your Pig Latoya (no idea if there's a comma to show ownership of the pig or if it really is just the name of the pig) was NOT BAD at all. their songs were really simple and all, but they were not bad. they harmonized and the drummer was pretty good. ok, okay. they weren't the best looking girls in the whole world, but that shouldn't stop anyone. i thought they were fun. (in fact, more on them later) anyways, yeah, the third band of the night was Les Georges Leningrad...and i will agree with HEW on this one...they SUCKED. i'm all about being experimental and stuff, but these guys didn't even really have songs. i think they were going for some hippie-drug-tribal thing, but it just sounded like shitty noise. i was a real dick when these guys came out, i complained throughout their whole set. i was quiet, i didn't totally broadcast my thoughts, but i did do a lot of complaining.

then the gossip came out and kicked the shit out of all of us. it was such a great, positive vibe there at the clipper that night! i foresaw this the night before when i went to the clipper to see some music but was shot down. i knew, once i had a look at the space, that the gossips' show would be special. so, not only did HEW AND i talk to the drummer of the gossip and the guitarist, but i remember talking with at least two of the members of mind your pig latoya and i talked to joey casio too. it was a really great night and i was so happy to feel like the music scene here was somewhat approachable. everyone seemed so down to earth. despite the fact that HEW and i didn't directly talk to the lead singer of the gossip, i did tell tell her and her drummer that they had a great set as HEW and i were walking back to the car and they were all excited about it and shouted their thanks quite loudly. so, yeah. that was truly a great experience.

NOW, on to the no-so-great experience. ok, so i found a flyer for a house party concert where mind your pig latoya and a few other underground bands would be playing here in olympia. so, i thought, "cool, underground indie scene, that sounds great!" well, it was set for a sunday night, so i get all of my work done on sunday and at 8pm sharp i show up at the address on the flyer. well, it was at some random guys' house and i was the ONLY ONE THERE WHO WASN'T IN A BAND. no outside people were there. it was like it was a private party. i didn't know ANYONE and i went by myself. i was just this random guy who shows up at a random party and i felt TOTALLY AWKWARD!!!!! i went in to this house and stood in the corner for like 45minutes! i barely talked at all! NONE of the bands were playing, they didn't even have a PA system! totally weird situation! so, after feeling more out of place than i think i ever have IN MY LIFE, i take off. i did see one of the girls from mind your pig, but i didn't know her well enough to just start talking with her. god, it sucked. and ya' wanna know the worst part of it all? I could have gone to see Sleater-Kinney at evergreen college THAT SAME NIGHT! AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME! no, i took a chance and it failed. and i missed what probably would have been a great concert. damn. so i hope that story amuses some of you. go ahead, you can laugh at my misfortune, i don't mind...someone should find joy in my uncomfort.

on the positive side, i'm doing well in most of the other areas of my life. jen and i are doing well, school is stressful-but fine, and i'm all caught up...for the most part. my first football game since october 3rd, 1997 will be on march 26th at 1:30 in southern oregon. i'm totally excited about it, yours truly will be fullback and possibly part-time halfback for the south sound shockers! it'll be nice to get out there on the field and play again.

how are the rest of you doing? it'd be nice if you all did a post here soon that was kind of a state of the union post, where you told us how things were in your life. it's too easy to lose track since we haven't all seen each other for a long time. what's the long term looking like? the short term? any goals you're working on? fill me in. i won't speak for anyone else, but i know i'd like to know.

here are some shows you guys should check out this weekend. i'll be chillin down here, but if you aren't doing anything go see some live music!

FRIDAY-The Blood Brothers-i've heard a lot of good things about this band! at Hells Kitchen (Early Show) 6 PM (Club Show)W/ The Chinese Stars, Mean Reds

SATURDAY-The Briefs at Sunset Tavern 9 PM (Club Show)W/ The Minds, Joey Casio-this is the guy that HEW and i saw!!!! 21+, $7ADV/$8DOS

SUNDAY-Pretty Girls Make Graves at Neumos-Great Band, Great Venue!!! Doors 7, Show 8 PM (Club Show)W/ Monitr Bats, Chromatics, Other Ghost, DJ Roy All Ages, $10

HOLY SHIT, i'm so jealous! THREE NIGHTS of great music! I gave you guys a show a night! i wish i had the funds to come up and go to some of these shows! what a great weekend of music! someone go...please...for me!!!

right, so here's where i'll end. not much else to talk about now, i'm bored of my computer. i hope this finds you guys at work or at home, anxious to see who has posted recently...well...i guess i'm the one this time...SURPRISE!!!

till next time...

-happy thoughts from the tom-tom club
(i got 'tom-tom club' from the lexicon of grunge, look it up. it's real. i thought it poetic since i was quite the outsider on sunday...)

-weatherboy