UM.

[logicandlove]

so, uh, it appears Facing New York is back in action? seriously i'm so excited right now i'm crying a little. and i think the only reason the tears stopped building up before it became full-fledged is because my brain got all plan-y and it made the emotions slow down. wow

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[sainfoin_fields]

Uhhh. This is weird but I'm actually already going to be in SoCal on the 14th, at a family thing in South Pasadena. So I can't help you get to or from, but if you could come get me, I'm in?

[logicandlove]

SWEET. then unless ariel wants to drive down with me i will totally fly to you (or thereabouts). only lame thing is, i just looked at tickets for the shows and they're not headlining, they're just opening for Dredg. so hopefully those guys rock? i've never heard their music that i remember, though i do know the name. whatevs totally worth it.

eeeeeeeee fnyyyyyyyyy :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[sainfoin_fields]

oh gross. I think I saw Dredg at like my second show ever and they were shitty metal. I don't think it's worth it to fly down for that.

[logicandlove]

well the gamh guy says this:

With a body built on growling, hard-hitting, straight-up rock, and incorporating elements of pop, operatic vocals, haunting piano accompanyment, celtic lilts, tibetan bowls, and scratchy voice-over samples, Dredg at times embodies the energy of punkrock and still posesses the powerful, graceful makings of a movie score. Only The Mars Volta, it seems, can compare in terms of the abandon with which these men create. This band has such a unique soul and style that one can't honestly put walls up around them. And perhaps that is a good thing.

i don't know The Mars Volta's music either (though i seem to remember a lot of Matches fans being super into them), but i'm thinking maybe this is not the same band you didn't dig. i dunno. i'm gonna check them out but i'm still obsessing over show tickets so i haven't gotten to that step yet. :P

[sainfoin_fields]

IDK, it was like 10 years ago, I could be thinking of someone else for the shitty metal. But I definitely remember shittiness of some kind.

[logicandlove]

hahaha. well, if they suck at least that frees us up to interrogate fny on their future happenings or something. which hopefully exist.

i am having so many show flashbacks with like the three of us and em and lyzi and my blue car and ahhh. i miss it. eh.

[sainfoin_fields]

interrogate fny?! oh dear god, count me out

for reals let's just wait for the gamh.

[logicandlove]

well i was mostly kidding. but i will probably ask them about general plans. nicely. :)

i'm listening to dredg right now and they're not particularly metal-y but they're not awesome either. i'm still on the first song though..

[logicandlove]

oh wait, do you meant 'count me out' of the whole show? i was thinking of the interrogating. hmm. well i'm going either way, but of course your attendance is up to you

[sainfoin_fields]

Well, I will be in Pasadena regardless. So if you go and it works out logistically for me it sounds fun -- but count me out of the interrogating for sure.

[logicandlove]

i can definitely wait and do the interrogating in sf, if at all.

final verdict on dredg's music: thumbs slightly down. ah well.

bed time! goodnight!

[logicandlove]

soo i got a flight: sfo to lax arriving at 4:25pm friday, and back home departing 3:18pm saturday. i don't know your family plans/obligation but aside from actually being at the show while it's happening i am completely flexible. i can take you back to your peeps right after or you can crash at a hotel/whatever with me for the night. we can work it out later (dan next week! yay!) but i thought i'd fill you in. hurrah!

[lodessa]

I totally remember shittiness as well. Although it's possible they have a completely different sound now.

[logicandlove]

apparently they are from this area so it might be them after all. i am about to listen to them right now.

[lodessa]

I know I have been at shows they played before for sure... but obviously they didn't leave a strong impression

[logicandlove]

since i didn't even remember having heard/seen them before, i would have to agree with you. heh.