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May 29, 2004
unlikely
last night saw the microphones, to tell you the truth it was sorta disappointing. the music when recorded sounds so good, but to see phil the singer without a band turned out to be boring. all in all it was a good night though, racing down out of the hills up here towards the mission, howling and singing songs and blowing stoplights and drinking sparks at high speeds always rules. afterwords did some hanging out on rooftops and whiskey drinking till the sun near came up.
so i didn't go to the mountain goats 2 nights ago, but i did see cat power 3 nights ago. it was definitely the best time i've ever seen her play, she had her hair out of her face and jumped around and really seemed to enjoy performing, which was in sharp contrast to the last time i saw her play, when she hid behind a speaker and talked about ghosts bothering her in the changing room. rumor had it that she was on medication, but i hope it was just that she realized she wasn't crazy after all.
one thing that made the show really memorable and nce was that i ran into shannen there. it was weird, i kinda had a hunch she would be there, and sure enough, while waiting outside i caught sight if her and 2 of her friends. at first things felt awkward and weird to be in the same place, but i found her alone outside and we talked for a good 20 minutes. i was relieved and really happy that we were able to talk and catch up. it seems like both of us are very happy in our lives right now, which is really good. she says she rides her bike all the time and is thinking of moving to seattle. we even hung out and watched the show together, which got poignant at bits but overall it was good for me.
tonight aaron, megan darby and i go to see yo la tengo, which i'm very excited about. aaron and i both have today and tomorrow off so we were talking about going to the ocean for a cold ass swim or maybe out to this crazy landfill near oakland. it's sunny and beautiful here today and though i hardly slept, i can't wait to go ride my bike.
oh one weird story i didn't relate, was that i was down on market street a few days ago watching the guys play chess, and this homeless 65 year old black man pulled out a pocketknife and chased some much younger guy down the street, screaming crazy shit the whole way. i think it was over some perceived slight about something the black guy was trying to sell, a chess board or something, but everyone watched them run off, then sorta shook their heads and went back to the pieces. good old weird old downtown.
i think i've been thinking about chess too much though, i find my brain playing moves by itself, kind of like when i used to play too much tetris and there would always be a tetris game going on in a corner of my mind.
guess i forgot to post it buy my phone number here is 1 415 933 8417 if anyone doesn't have it. i'm hardly here, but it's ok to leave messages.
Posted by bendan at May 29, 2004 09:36 AM
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