Mighty Fine Show

Squee! I got concert loot direct from Flans! Winnage!

Went to see They Might Be Giants with the Spouse, asland32, lord_of_entropy, lorelein, AK, and special bonus guests DG and his umfriend, whose name I am embarrassed to say I can never remember. Had fun hanging out before the show (the Spouse did some more Spree proselytizing), and got there after the opening band had already started. They were, for me, fun but forgettable; the Spouse was near blown away by them, and I expect he'll post something about them later.

TMBG were in pretty fine form, although there were some technoglitches in the sound system, resulting in them playing "Meridian" twice. I haven't listened to the newest album (yeah, I know, bad fan), but was reasonably impressed with the new songs - not going to be my favorites from them, but then, I said the same thing about "Cyclops Rock" the first time I heard it. Their renditions of the "let's pet the fans" songs - Birdhouse, Istanbul, Ana Ng, and Particle Man - were shiny in the extreme. Flans was seriously on, although I got the impression that he was vaguely frustrated about something (possibly the weather; it's been awful here, and I would hate to have to load in in that). Linnell started out not quite as up, but caught some energy off the crowd after the first couple of songs.

This crowd seemed to be a mix of old-time (Flood and earlier) fans and the folks who picked them up because of "Malcolm in the Middle," with a small handful of newer fans. It got kind of drunk out, but mostly folks were into the show and happy, bubbly drunks - no ugliness. Flans came out after the second encore and handed out band decals to the folks who rushed the stage; I managed to squeeze in and snag one.

Now, I really, really ought to go directly to bed. I'm testing tomorrow, so it's not like I have to be coherent, but I do need to be awake.

Mighty Fine Show

Squee! I got concert loot direct from Flans! Winnage!

Went to see They Might Be Giants with the Spouse, asland32, lord_of_entropy, lorelein, AK, and special bonus guests DG and his umfriend, whose name I am embarrassed to say I can never remember. Had fun hanging out before the show (the Spouse did some more Spree proselytizing), and got there after the opening band had already started. They were, for me, fun but forgettable; the Spouse was near blown away by them, and I expect he'll post something about them later.

TMBG were in pretty fine form, although there were some technoglitches in the sound system, resulting in them playing "Meridian" twice. I haven't listened to the newest album (yeah, I know, bad fan), but was reasonably impressed with the new songs - not going to be my favorites from them, but then, I said the same thing about "Cyclops Rock" the first time I heard it. Their renditions of the "let's pet the fans" songs - Birdhouse, Istanbul, Ana Ng, and Particle Man - were shiny in the extreme. Flans was seriously on, although I got the impression that he was vaguely frustrated about something (possibly the weather; it's been awful here, and I would hate to have to load in in that). Linnell started out not quite as up, but caught some energy off the crowd after the first couple of songs.

This crowd seemed to be a mix of old-time (Flood and earlier) fans and the folks who picked them up because of "Malcolm in the Middle," with a small handful of newer fans. It got kind of drunk out, but mostly folks were into the show and happy, bubbly drunks - no ugliness. Flans came out after the second encore and handed out band decals to the folks who rushed the stage; I managed to squeeze in and snag one.

Now, I really, really ought to go directly to bed. I'm testing tomorrow, so it's not like I have to be coherent, but I do need to be awake.

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Normally I'm into the cool and windy and rainy, but this round of transitional weather feels mildly oppressive, somehow. Less like spring struggling out of winter, and more like a bit of the upper northeast that wandered too far from home, and is now angry and frightened at finding itself in a place where the oak leaves are already spreading skyward and the peach blossoms have come and gone again. Like it was looking for Imbolc and found itself in the lap of Ostara already.

Or maybe it's just sleep deprivation. I finally get a morning to sleep in tomorrow, but I have so much I need to do - cleaning up around the place (my study is a mass of books and packaging), getting more laundry done, working through a little more of my current mini-Grading-Hell.

I prescribe at least nine hours of sleep and More Tea. And afternoon temps in the upper 60s would be nice.

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Normally I'm into the cool and windy and rainy, but this round of transitional weather feels mildly oppressive, somehow. Less like spring struggling out of winter, and more like a bit of the upper northeast that wandered too far from home, and is now angry and frightened at finding itself in a place where the oak leaves are already spreading skyward and the peach blossoms have come and gone again. Like it was looking for Imbolc and found itself in the lap of Ostara already.

Or maybe it's just sleep deprivation. I finally get a morning to sleep in tomorrow, but I have so much I need to do - cleaning up around the place (my study is a mass of books and packaging), getting more laundry done, working through a little more of my current mini-Grading-Hell.

I prescribe at least nine hours of sleep and More Tea. And afternoon temps in the upper 60s would be nice.