Peace Out Homies!

so we are moving right now. Casa Vista is in disrepair. Trips bed is predictably still there with no one to pick it up. Tomorrows the last day on our lease. We are going to listen to the old M83 record in the basement tonight with friends, if you are reading this you are invited. And T-Minus 2 weeks until Casa Vista East/RanchO RelaxO is back open for business.

I have started drumming rudiments out for 1.5-2 hours a day. Its been really nice.
Saw Marnie Stern this week with Archer and Oguz and watched the drummer (Zach from Hella) 75% of the time. It was brutal (in a good way). What a monster on the kick pedal. Saw Bishop Allen the night before at a sweltering Emos Lounge. The show was pretty good, but I remembered them being a little more Neutral Milk Hotel last time I saw them. I guess they must have nixed the distortion on the acoustic and totally killed that vibe. They had this hard rolling organ on maybe 30% of the songs that was really Elvis Costello 2nd/3rd album. Pretty cool stuff, well done, it will be interesting to see where they go. Their record is more standardish well done indie fair (reminded me of a more power pop Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Eggs record sort of).

We had a Jason Chu and the Beauty Marks practice last week that started at about midnight. It was a go very last minute and Tiffany had understandably already made her way to the Draughthouse with the girls. Results were hysterical and totally fun, because we only figured out how much she had had to drink in the middle of practice. It was really nice to have the whole band together, I think we have really good chemistry. The only one who didnt end up making it was Dann who was asleep in the next room!!! Oh well.