4 days of stories, super condensed

This is my last 4 days.

Date with Cat. Very good, but she was just so intellectual, and proper, I felt wrong about making any sort of move whatsoever. Haven't called back at all.

Date with Jenna. Some things were bugging me about her, then I took her out to a show which she talked through most of, and I got really annoyed. Not much talking that night, and I think that's done now.

Date with Rebecca. Absolutely beautiful girl. Very easy going, and a good conversationalist. I thought it went really well. I got a message today saying it was alright, but no spark. So... whatever. Dating sucks. Don't ever do it, kids.

SHOWS!!!!..... Empress was cool, Solars was AWESOME, Jeffrey Lewis on Kris' birthday lived up to insanely high expectations, Role Mach on friday were fantastic, and played an entire set of unrehearsed jamming, GR8-2000 and Boogie Monster both put on some of their best sets ever on saturday..... and the week in music was overall, incredible.

GR8-2000 - I feel I should expand on this. I don't believe I've talked about him, but GR8-2000 is a 19 year old genius of a musician who most people would compare to Dan Deacon, but really, he can do anything. He has a song in which he claims he'll never eat candy again, and throws candy at the audience. Another song called "Get Your Ass On The Floor", in which the only lyrics are the title yelled over and over. The sky is the limit for him.

Actually, my label is re-releasing his first album on cd-r in the next week or two, and on vinyl in the next few months. In case you forget, www.tweedeath.com

I can talk about Boogie Monster or Role Mach another time, though they're equally as deserving.

work and media

Briefly, my friend Cory Ray wrote a blog post, and I had promised I'd start mine back up if he started his again, so...

Lots has happened in 4 1/2 months.

I started a record label with my friend Kris called Twee Death. www.tweedeath.com

3 vinyl releases planned for this winter, and a few other small projects. We also do show promotion, bringing up bands from the states that would never come here otherwise. That's been awesome, dealing with the strange and amazing people we have. Some highlights include the Barn Owl guys ("totally, dude. Totally totally."), the ladies of Mamiffer and Tiny Vipers chasing cats, doing yoga, and talking trash in Kris' east van backyard, and listening to the crazy-good sets that we're recording. Gooooood times.

This is going to be laid out a bit like a resume. But how can you avoid that when you're recapping 4 months?

What have I done for 4 months?

I've gone to about 20 shows of GR8-2000, 10 shows of Boogie Monster, and a good 50 others that don't involve either of those.

I quit my job that I probably wrote such good things about, because it turns out they weren't so great after all. I got a new job that seemed really good, but is now a bit up in the air.

I've gone almost a year without dating, but I'm seeing some girls again. That's always fun.

I started weight training to bulk up for my job, and did that for about 3 months until a 1 month break right now. But maybe writing it on the internet will force me back into doing it again.

Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet. Writing on the internet..............

I'm happy these days, but I fear the SAD of fall coming on. Maybe I should do some tanning to keep up those nice UV vibes.

I'll try and do this again sometime real soon. Since Cory has this on his RSS feeds... shoutout to my moving-away bro, HardCory.