So zabira and sdwolfpup and I went to see Peter Mulvey last night. A local woman named Pepper Proud opened for him, and she charmed us all immediately: she's got a huge, effortless voice and a kind of sweet fierceness and intensity to the way she sings that was incredibly compelling, along with a lovely rambling, open-hearted narrative style to her lyrics. ( Read more... )

Well, it has been an interesting few weeks at my house, but election day seems to have generally yielded-to quote from an article I read last night-"victories for Democrats and/or sanity," so that is good, and bitchinparty registration was a lot of cut-and-pasting in the service of getting to see this totally badass group of fangirls, which is an exchange I ( Read more... )

So I got home at like 3:00 this morning (after a lovely evening! <333) and then had to get up at 7 to go to work, and I am not quite firing on all cylinders, so this may not be particularly coherent, but I will do my best. Because DAVID COOK WAS HERE. WITH HIS BAND. ABOUT WHOM I KNEW BASICALLY NOTHING THE LAST TIME I SAW THEM TWO YEARS AGO. UNLIKE ( Read more... )

I am not really here, because things continue to be INSANE at work, but I just wanted to stop in for a quick EEEEEEE that I get to see David Cook tonight, EEEEEEE, and then tomorrow I'm making a kamikaze drive to Portland and back to see Jeffrey Foucault with sadiane and me_maneuver, EEEEEE, and also THE HEADSTONES ARE PLAYING IN VANCOUVER ON DECEMBER 27 HOLY SHIT ( Read more... )

First and foremost: bitchinparty 2012 is a go! YAAAAAY I AM SO EXCITED. March 30 - April 1, 2012 (which is the same weekend as Emerald City Comic Con, oops; I will be bummed to miss that, but hopefully it won't cause undue angst for anybody). (Oh, FML, Gail Simone is going to be there. REALLY, ECCC? THIS YEAR? REALLY? Sigh.) ANYWAY. IT IS HAPPENING AND YOU ( Read more... )

So when we went to see Jeff Foucault and Peter Mulvey here a few months back, they played this song called "Don't Fuck With My Miller Time" and it was SO AWESOME and it had not been recorded anywhere and I have fruitlessly Googled for it and now, NOW, it has APPEARED ON HIS WEBSITE like THE MUSICIFICATION OF JOY AND HILARITY and it is here and you ( Read more... )

I was all set to help the team set up some new equipment today, and my boss was like, "No, we have a ton of stuff to do, I have another project for you," so... while I'm waiting for that hammer to fall (in the immortal words of Freddie Mercury), I wanted to drop in and say that I got Jeffrey Foucault's new album last night (unexpectedly--it was ( Read more... )

On Friday zabira and I went to see a few local bands, including the two brothers from Curtains For You, which is a VERY delightful band, both musically/lyrically and in terms of personality. Anyway, they played a couple of songs and then introduced themselves, "I'm Matty and he's Mikey, and we're brothers," and then, from the end of our row, this burly, ( Read more... )

Gah, where did my weekend go?!

I know where Saturday night went, at least: I had ridiculously delicious dinner with zabira at Kushibar, and THEN I had a Nutella mocha (which is a diabolically genius invention), and then we headed over to the Crocodile Café to see a rock show. So, the backstory here is this: a couple of months back, I read an article in ( Read more... )

I still haven't written up my concert report for Jeffrey Foucault/Peter Mulvey, because honestly, no one cares but me, but I will say at least that by about ten minutes into that show, I was glowingly, transcendently happy. Due in part to the Jack and Coke I was drinking, admittedly, but due mostly to the reflected glow of the warmth and charm and ( Read more... )