Big Trouble in Little Minneapolis?!?!

Oh man... Wow. That's all I have to say about the Sonic Youth show. That picture on the left sums it up pretty well. It definately helped out the mood A LOT. I was sort of afraid I was gonna be late, but it turned out that I got there right on time and found a great parking spot too. The last time I went to a concert at First Avenue I ended up parking four or five blocks away... Yeah. Stupid mistake on my part. Anyways, the concert was fucking incredible. Before the show even started they were playing Big Trouble in Little China on the screen in front of the stage which killed time fast. They guys I met hadn't seen it before, so I made them promise me they would rent it.The opening band, Awesome Color, was perfect for a SY crowd. They were like a punkabily noise blues mashup... Definatly check them out. After that, Sonic Youth destroyed an incredible set. I mean, they basically played the whole Eternal album. Plus, they made me shit my pants when they busted out Silver Rocket and (I've Got A) Catholic Block. Playing stuff from Sister AND Daydream Nation???? Pure bliss. The last encore was a heavy rendition of Death Valley '69, which to be honest I had never heard before that. All around, it was nucking futs. Ended up driving home, riding the adrenaline high, and staying up until five thirty that morning. Epic night, to say the least. Can't wait for Dinosaur Jr. in October!

Is It Eight O'Clock Yet??

No? Fuck. Longest six hours of my life. Seriously. I'm finally going on a mini vacation for the night to the cities to go see Sonic Youth play and it's gonna be AMAZING. I need this soooooooooo bad. Hopefully this will be the catalyst to get me back into normal Ben mode. Plus, after this concert, I get to go home for a couple of days and whatnot. I found that all I have to do is keep myself busy and it's all good. But seriously, this show is going to blow my mind. I really can't wait. I'm so antsy that I'm sitting here trying to kill time with a blog post. I mean, come on! Somehow two and a half hours need to go by... I'm thinking about just trying to sleep or something. Already have my shit together: proper number of cd's, energy drinks for the ride back, the fuggin ticket, directions, money for merch, etc... part of me almost wants to head out now, just to get out of eau claire. I would, but I'm flying solo on this one and I don't know the city that well. Fuck it, I'm going. I'll post some pics later tomorow when I get back jajajajaja

Dark Night Of The Soul

New music time! And let me tell you, this one is a doozy, in my opinion. It's entitled "Dark Night Of The Soul", a collaboration between Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch. Now before you get all excited, David Lynch didn't have too much to do with the music, he mainly controlled the visual aspect of the band. Anyways, this is a really different type of album. It's all collaborations with different singers while Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse composed the music. At first I was a little worried, because the only Danger Mouse I've really listened to was his remix of Jay-Z's Black Album and his work in Gnarls Barkley. I was definatly pleasantly surprised. It's a wispy, dark, folky trip down a bleak higway. Some stand out tracks include 'Jaykub' featuring Jason Lytle of Granddaddy, 'Little Girl' featuring Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, and 'Insane Lullaby' featuring James Mercer of The Shins. The album is actually not available for purchase (which rules because what I am trying to say is that it's free!!!) so you can download it off any music site or use this link to download a .zip file of the cd : http://www.sendspace.com/file/6r0032 Seriously, if you are into trippy acoustirock definatly give this a spin!

Strange Days and Stranger Nights

I'll be honest. I've been in a funk for a while. Pretty much ever since that last mentioning of a funk. Don't know what it's gonna take to beat this one, but I'm sure it won't be quiet. This is the kind of mood that you have to beat in a loud way, the worst way. This mood has me sitting in my room, burning some incense, listening to slowdive, and wondering where I fucked up. What got me here, what comes next, yadda yadda yadda. I've tried taking certain steps and I thought that would be it. Nope.

Anyways, on the brighter side of things, I've just started watching True Blood and it's actually pretty good. The first episode left me a little wary because how intense the characters are, but after a few more episodes it grew on me and know I'm a little addicted. When I say the characters are intense, boy do I mean intense. They get toned down after the first few, but shit. I was instantly annoyed with how angry they made Tara, the main characters best friend. And the gay short-cook Lafayette seemed like a parody of every gay stereotype. Once you get a better feel for the characters though, it gets really really good. Almost every episode ends with a massive cliff hanger so it keeps you wanting more, like any good show. I remember back in Nip/Tuck's heyday I would get soooo pissed that I had to wait a whole week for the next episode. Besides that, I'm running out of distractions. We laid down a couple tasty jams this week, me being myself, Chris, and Matt. It's actually really fun playing with a bass player, cause I've only played with guitar dominating the mix. Hopefully more cool shit will come from this.

I don't normally say this, because I know that no one (including myself) wants to hear some little shit kid whine about his life on a blog, but something needs to change. I'm so fucking ready to do whatever I have to do, I just wish I knew what my problem was.