Which makes today MORE JOY DAY! It is a day of joy. More of it, even!

My little contribution to sdwolfpup's More Joy Day 2012 , I give you music! A collection of songs from bands that fall pretty far out of the "bandom" spectrum, featuring a lot of Pacific NW musicians and indie / folk artists, people I've seen playing basement clubs, afternoon patio ( Read more... )

So, this week, me_maneuver and I drove 1,000 miles to see Panic! at the Disco in Sacramento. And it was TOTALLY WORTH IT.

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- PANIC! AT THE DISCO'S FALL TOUR! I'm insane. I think I can manage the Sacramento date without cleaning out my savings, missing any bill payments, or getting in trouble with my job. Therefore, I think I'm going! Still waiting to see what the ticket packages look like before I book flights and hotel, but I've never been to Sacramento and the venue ( Read more... )

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We're so spoiled up here in Portland - Kane shows all summer long. Last night me_maneuver and I caught the first Kane show of 2011 out at Duke's bar. (I think they are the official "new home" for Chris's band. It's WAY out on the east side, and I think we stick out like a sore thumb at an actual country bar, but the place is BIGGER and the sound is better, so ( Read more... )

"And die with your mask on if you've got to"

SO, my darling dearest me_maneuver has been making Killjoys masks for the upcoming My Chemical Romance shows (and because they are AWESOME!), and she finished mine last night!

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So, Empires. EMPIRES. AKA - that random, unsigned, Chicago-based bandom band that people get all capslocky about because they are an actualfax REALLY GOOD BAND who make REALLY GOOD MUSIC and are total faily dorks. You should check them out. Try their website , where they will give you their first album, HOWL FOR FREE, and their second album, ( Read more... )

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- Went to the Leverage CON Con . 'Twas awesome.

I'm VASTLY belated for recapping purposes, and shall instead direct you to our wonderful con-buddy, pennyplainknits Post on the topic , as it would be much the same pics and squee ANYWAY ( Read more... )