things i've just forgotten to mention:

[ateolf]

getting into the shows on friday almost proved to be quite the bastard: the first shows we went to were at Royce Hall...i had my camera w/ me but cameras weren't allowed, i didn't have any film in mine and when the guy tried to stop me i told him and opened it up and he let me in...but when we went over to Ackerman for Bardo Pond they fucking wouldn't let me in...i was not very privy to the idea of not getting in and let them know this and tried what i used in the previous venue but they were more bastardly...i asked 'em if there was any place i could put it "in your car" "oh, hey i'm from Memphis, i flew here, i'm staying in a hostel in Hollywood and came here by the fucking bus it'd take like 2 hrs before i got back..." then some cops nearby said if i went downstairs and inside the building there there were some lockers to rent...so we went but the information desk informed us that the lockers were taken out in september...i informed them of our situation and asked about anywhere else and they were kind enough to hold our cameras there for us...(David has a small camera and while they didn't detect it before, he didn't wanna take a chance and risk not getting back in...) also, our hostel was right across the street from this gay/lesbian center...how appropriate for us! and there are signs all over the Sunset strip saying "no cruising"...bollocks! waiting for the bus in LA at night sucks ass...especially when it was that fucking cold and you don't bring a jacket 'cuz hey it's LA and hey we looked at the weather forecast and saw it'd be a little chilly but hey we'll mostly be inside anyway...we waited at least a half hour that night...

saturday, in line for the show we started talking to this guy next to us who'd been waiting at the same shuttle stop as we had at the airport who was wearing a Helium shirt that day...he asks where we're from "Memphis" oh what's your names? "David" "Robert" to which he responds "Traxler?" which i found very odd...it turns out it's Chris Lawrence...guy from SY newsgroup that has the SY concert chronology and i've talked to a bit online and is a cool SY geek like me...he also did the Sonic Youth tribute we're gonna be on (which he informed me he just finished and we should get a copy soon...) and he also helped his girlfriend w/ the Free Kitten tribute we were on too...he was w/ her (Amy) as well...it was weird and quite the wacky freak coincidince that we met...so that was really cool...he still wants us to get our cover of "XXX" for the Helium tribute...

also i forgot to say how cool it was meeting you, Nikole, sorry if i seemed a bit distant, i just have 3 nights of not enough sleep in a row to thank for that (well, as well as my typical social skills...)

ALSO, the first night i bought a US Maple shirt (it sucks i had to miss their show...) and i got an Unwound shirt...it rules, it's black on black text like the new album cover...i bought it from Justin himself...and another minor detail, Sara Lund's gained a bit of weight which is kind've weird...she has an enormous ghetto booty now...i'd still do her, she's like the third coolest drummer ever...of course, she still wouldn't talk to me...i wonder what the members of the fourth greatest band ever will be up to now...or at the end of the month when they've become no more...

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[ateolf.livejournal.com]

i quite like the Three Mile Pilot...i especially like the singles/unreleased comp...it reminds me a lot of The Black Heart Procession...i haven't gotten around to the tape yet, though...but i'm almost finished listening to the cds so that should happen soon...woo, rock!

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[interiority.livejournal.com]

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