So last night I went to see Of Montreal at Avalon. Unfortunately we were forced to watch the performance by Grand Buffet before Of Montreal hit the stage. What a bunch of wankers. I've never seen Of Montreal live before (I know...) and wow, that was weird. Awesome, but weird. There were giant lobster claws and cross-dressing. And some guy in a white spandex bodysuit who did his own special seductive fruit performance with an apple and some bananas. I don't think the band really warmed up to the crowd until the very end of the show which was kind of disappointing. Kevin Barnes seemed to be off in his own world most of the time. They ended with a cover of the Fiery Furnaces Tropical-Iceland and it was awesome.

Tonight was poetry night on New Frontiers because, why not? A poem is like a song. But without music. You know.

The Playlist:
The Broken West/I Can't Go On, I'll Go On LP/Down In the Valley
"Mr. Brain" by Russell Edson
Maps of Norway/Sister Stations LP/Manners*
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
The Soul of John Black/The Good Girl Blues LP/The Hole
"I Met A Genius" by Charles Bukowski
"The Floor" by Russell Edson
Menomena/Friend and Foe LP/Weird
"Girl In A Miniskirt Reading the Bible Outside My Window" by Charles Bukowski
Panda Bear/Person Pitch LP/Comfy In Nautica
"Postcards" by Margaret Atwood
Ghost Stories/Quixoticism LP/The Black Hand
"Backdropp Addresses Cowboy" by Margaret Atwood
Kinetic Stereokids/Basement Kids LP/Cold and Tired
"Insomniac" by Sylvia Plath
Beirut/Lon Gisland EP/Elephant Gun
"The Sad Message" by Russell Edson
Bikeride/The Kiss LP/Your Lips and You
"Antimatter" by Russell Edson
"A Radio With Guts" by Charles Bukowski
Andrew Bird/Armchair Apocrypha LP/Imitosis

*From Minneapolis, like me! It's cold there.

I engineer for two shows:
1.Medium-sized Yellow Robots with Josh, monday at 1am (thats like the monday thats actually tuesday but it will always be monday to me)
2.Shennagins with Jennifer and Katie, wednesday at 2am (same thing, actually thursday)

Josh plays good music. Jennifer and Katie are hilarious and awesome. LISTEN. DO IT NOW. Well not now, at the times I told you.

Free Ratatat concert at Tufts on Wednesday. YEs!