It was a good weekend. Saw some awesome live music. Spent more money than I should have. Picked up some awesome music and kicked like three kittens. One of them was Haji's, one was Grace's and one was yours.

Friday: Got back from DC, went to some bar up by The Metro with Koby. We talked baseball for a bit, then he profesized for an extended period of time. We're talking like 2 hours here. It was good stuff, but after I start referring to you as an evangelist I've probably stopped caring. And, in fact, I had. For although this Quinn guy sounds really interesting and obviously makes Koby think, he's also a communist so fuck it if I care when I'm getting tossed. Okay, so he's not a communist, he's something else. Go read Ishmael, its about a monkey, saving the world and a totally broke student. Have fun and maybe Koby will talk about it later.

Squarepusher: totally rad. He played his bass. He kinda hid the whole time behind his setup, but that's fine when you can play bass like that. Its similar to how people still went to go see Van Morrison live even though he played behind a brick wall on stage. Human orchestra was impressive, but beatbox, no matter how good, does not translate well onto a CD. Its just one dude, he wows me because I can see him throwing down right there. Its not impressive when I can do the same thing on my Casio Keyboard. Cassette doesn't deserve to exist. Also, I never need to see two skeletons in masks looking like Bush and Blair carrying on some kind of Homo-erotic intrepretive dance set to the propoganda of the underground. Its just not fucking needed.

I picked up The Soundtrack of our Lives. Its some kind of swedish band. Its easy going at points but they do know how to rock. Its a good mix. But I have no idea who told me about these guys. I would like to remember who told me so I can give proper thanks. Also, I picked up The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I haven't listened to it yet, but I know its good. I've heard like two tracks of his before.

And here's a link from this guy. Its Easter related and amazing. Or awesome. I'll let you be the judge of that.
- posted by Pat @ 3:02 PM