OUT!!!! Just in time for SPARKcon...

I'll tell you. Jail is not fun. Not the least bit. Next time, I'll make sure I have friends with money - who can buy me a good lawyer.

This rock I've been living under put a damper on my concert reviews.

I've been in a coma?

My family finally found me in the mental hospital. It took them a while to convince the doctors i really am OK...if I take my medication.

I...I...yeah, I drink too much and got lazy. I have a problem with following through with things.


I've been to a lot of fantabulous shows here in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Too many to name.

Hey! GUESS WHAT?! SPARKcon is kicking off Thursday, September 17th...thru Sunday, September 20th. While I would love to attend every musical endeavor of this lovely weekend, i can't. I'm only one person (Ithink).

Here's my plan:

THURSDAY:
Slims - Knockout Roses and Revolutionary Sweethearts
Tir Na Nog - Local Beer/Local Band - Aminal, the Jackets, Starmount and Bright Young Things

I've seen 5 of these 6 bands before and trust me - you're in for a treat. Knockout Roses is the newest formation. They'll all look familiar to you. You'll recognize Dan, Lawson and Nick from Nathan Asher & the Infantry and Jane and Stefan from Overproof. I caught this firey group at the Berkeley for their debut show. Richard Bacchus and the Luckiest Girls opened for them. It was tit-alating.
I caught Aminal at the Local 506 many moons ago. I dig em. They have their own style, which these days, is kind of fading away. Like I said, I dig em.

FRIDAY:
Main Stage on Fayetteville St - Blue Marble Beat and Shawn Deena
Pour House - Old Ceremony

I think the first thing I'm going to do after leaving the corporate time clock at 5pm is head over to the Morning Times for an iced latte and walk down Fayetteville St. to the stage to check out what I can of Blue Marble Beat and Shawn Deena. I caught Shawn at the Pour House months back and I was inpressed. I just listened to his recordings on his Myspace, and I do have to say, they do the man no justice. He's better live - even with the sweat glistening on his head.

SATURDAY:
Slims - Richard Bacchus and the Luckiest Girls, Rat Jackson and The Infamous Sugar
Dear God. Save me now. I already can see this being a kick ass rock show. Ricky Bacchus & TLG always make me swoon. Rat Jackson with their naughty little lyrics always makes me cream in my panties and The Infamous Sugar - well, he's a shit-talking badass. Check em. Plan on skipping church and sleeping in Sunday morning.

SUNDAY: (yeah, it's not over yet, baby)
Slims - Death to Details and Left Outlet
Will it be crazy, over the top? Or plain jane. You never know with Left Outlet. I do dig the new tunes they've been cranking out lately. Who cares about work Monday morning. Call in sick.


So that's it for right now. I promise I won't be a stranger...for tooooooooo terribly long.

XoXo