2 Naps Is Better Than 1

Well, it's official: I am sick. Going to fight this for our family camping trip tomorrow!

Got some DoS work done today, but other than that I've seriously just been resting. More interesting stories to come in the following days, I hope.

Extra Care For The Everything Around Us That's Dying

So, last night ended up being less about the meteors than it did about the true spirit of the DoS. Way too cloudy, so a few of us decided to make some noise in the venue. Much to our surprise, the rest of the housemates seemed into it as they filtered in and took seats in the audience. Then, kids began lining up outside of the garage door trying to peek inside to see what was going on. They ended up filtering in and were totally rocking out and digging our frenetic carny-drone. It was a blast.

Planning the upcoming camping trip to the Olympic Rainforest, which I'm stoked for... alas, my two friends here who are sick have (I think) got me with their colds. Trying to fend this off before we depart.

...and now, I'll walk down to the seaside to see if I can catch sight of any any meteors.

Each 1,000 Years Old At A Rate Of One Per Minute

Today produced:
-laundry
-a job
-a cello
-official work for the D.O.S.
-a full cubby of food, finally

And now:
-Mount Erie
-meteor shower

It's just tits out here, friends!

I'm Normally Not Prone To Cannibalism, But This Boy Smells Like Hickory!

Had part deux of the job interview today. Went extremely well. I'm consistently amazed with how well I can sell myself. Oh, how sweet it is to suckle on the teat of corporate America.

Tonight's show was really low-key, but pretty cool:
D.O.S. friends Ashley & Eli (from LAKE) opened things. Just the duo is like a retro-/low-fi/low-key Mates Of State... people eat that shit up.
Breathe Owl Breathe were great entertainers and brought enough board games, sabre tooth tigers, and stunt men for everyone. Like early Dirty Projectors... really good set.

Aside from that, things are moving along with figuring out release information for the upcoming album... it's actually looking like I may have label support for my debut release! More information (hopefully) forthcoming.

Human Emergency At The Pet Emergency Center

Yesterday, I proved my worth as an actual member of the "cook staff" here when we have shows. Many compliments on the homemade pizza. I don't take much credit, but it was pretty cool to see people enjoying what I was making. We've got a pretty rad duo in the kitchen for shows here, now.

The show itself was okay. Here are my reviews:
Madonna Bangers were entertaining and unpretentiously punk. Great singer.
Apollo Ghosts brought the corniness and surf for the evening. Enjoyable.
Imagine a more lighthearted, punk, chick duo playing doing their best Lightning Bolt impersonation. You've got yourself Bash Brothers.
Contrast this with Rose Melberg. She was kind enough to record one of her new songs for Indie Street's Department Of Podcast... keep an eye out.
Local flavor with Photosynthesis. Only half (one) of the members in attendance.

Today's trip to Seattle was fantastic and just what I needed. Went to a fantastic tea cafe and had myself a delicious green tea mojito. Proceeded into downtown to do some thrifting and general sightseeing. Seattle is one big Wicker Park with better coffee and nicer people. Beautiful, too... foliage, water, mountains. Ate some phenomenal pesto pizza and did some browsing at the flagship REI for our upcoming DoS camping trip this weekend, too. Good friends, good fun. Wish you were here.