I Need Coffee

The show this past weekend in Rutland was a lot of fun, considering the weak reception locally. I put up hundreds of flyers and it was all over myspace, yet only about 20-30 people came and I'm including the bands as well. I was really glad that After The Fall came and made the best of it. I was really embarassed when they showed up. I had the feeling they were going to think the show was a total joke. Thankfully, they were really down to earth, kind and put on a great show. They seemed to understand what its like to deal with unmotivated and jaded kids these days. I can't say the same for their hometown though. Albany has the biggest fucking pile-ups at shows. People there will tackle you down for the mic. Weight of the World played acoustically. It was ok. I should practice singing more though. Troy's daughter kept dancing in front of us and distracting me. She was so cute. The Jonee Earthquake Band was great as usual. Dianna scored some really rare LP from them thats out of print. Good for her.

Mike Weins came to the show and filmed the whole thing. It later turned out that the sound from the footage was rather "un-audible," and requires a liking to the sound of paper crinkling. Thats too bad. Maybe he could just put an mp3 of one of the bands songs over the video footage? YOU'RE THE FUCKING FILMMAKER MIKE! He's also a consistent blog author that comes close to archiving his daily life. I wish I could say the same about Torches and Tragedies. Check out flumage. The ATF 7" is pretty cool. I got orange vinyl. The band on the b-side, Transitions is a lot different. They seem inspired by the like of Bane, Have Heart and Comeback Kid. A heavier version of hardcore. However, they play in a standard tuning. I also think I was the only one who knew the words to the Kid Dyanmite cover they did, which by the way was "Showoff." Their new LP, "Fort Orange," comes out sometime at the end of summer. Check them out at www.myspace.com/afterthefall518.

So last night I had the oppportunity to hang out with my friend Miriah, who used to go to Castleton. She goes to Champlain College now and lives right on Buell Street, which is only a few block from here. I hung out with her and her roommates Erica and Eliza at Dobra Te, where we sampled some exquisite asian teas and sat indian style for two hours straight in front of a small table only ten centimeters off the ground. It was a lot of fun and I nearly spilled hot water all over everyone. She then showed me her apartment, which is AMAZING. Its looks so comfy and cozy. I really don't think I ever want her to come over to Maple Street, this place is embarassig compared to her place. So at their place we made lemonade with tequila and proceeded to make atrocious animal sounds out the window to unsuspecting passerbyers.

Later on, Eliza decides to go to a house party, so the rest of us go to Radio Bean instead, to get some brews (well Erica and I anyways...Miriah is still a little baby). We see a bunch of hippies play lame ass folk and spoken word and I drink Allagash White. I almost fell asleep too. But to be perfectly honest, the fact that there is actually a night life on a monday night in Burlington, really speaks lengths at how awesome this town is. The last performance of the night was the crazy dude that looked like Van Morrison and played blues rock, with the most spastic stage moves I've ever seen. That guy was fucking crazy. He definitely thought it was still the lat sixties, meaning he was on acid. I couldn't stop laughing. He even played the guitar with his tongue!

Other news: Mike and I are planning a new film. It will be part of his senior project at Castleton. Ok thats it. No leaks.

I wish work went by quicker than the time I have back at my place. Welcome to the real life Matt.