Rock and Roll Bullshit

Okay, okay...I am actually REALLY sorry about neglecting you, my poor blog.

I'm going to talk about this June in terms of music. No, I don't really want to talk about graduation, the last few weeks of high school, how much I hated Prom, or how I feel now that I'm done with school. I went to some really awesome concerts and got some CDs and I want to talk about those.

Right now I am listening to the "Twenty Years of Dischord" compilation. It is well known that I have been a Dischord fan for years (and it just seems to get more and more intense by the year as I discover new bands that I like off that label), since I got into Fugazi at around 13-14 years old. The first part of the comp is 50 of Dischord's bands in a roughly chronological order, so of course it starts with the Teen Idles. The second part is a CD of unreleased materal and there is also a book the history of the record label and each of the bands on it.

You can imagine how much I am dorking out over this. Where did I get it? I found it randomly in the Melody Record Shop in DC in Dupont Circle. Yes, the record shop right next to the GLBTQ bookshop Lambda Rising. Cost me $25.99...Totally worth it to me.

About all the concerts I have been too within the last few weeks. I went to see David Byrne and Brian Eno at Wolf Trap as sort of a graduation gift from my two best buddies. It was too loud and crowded for my liking, and there were tons of 40-somethings drunk of wine coolers and beer trying to dance and screaming for David to play "Burning Down the House". He did...In a tutu. However, he did not play "Psycho Killer", which disappointed me a bit.

Next concert was free tickets I won to see John Vanderslice at the Black Cat. I adore John Vanderslice, and he's even more loveable in person! He's really sweet, great live, and really connected with his fans. He even signed my copy of "The Life and Death of an American Fourtracker"! I took my friend who I had gotten into John Vanderslice...And who STILL has my copy of "Pixel Revolt"...

The most recent one was Frodus. For those who don't know who Frodus is...Well, they are pure post-hardcore, spazzcore madness. You'll have to look them up. I went because I needed to get out of the house and I needed to hear some really powerful music and just let go for a while. They were absolutely amazing live, just pure passion and fury. And I got an awesome Frodus shirt.

Next post I may talk about cigarettes, cigars, and tobacco pipes (and not in the PC "No! No! BAAAD!!" manner).