gig review: the pixies @ freeborn hall, davis

I picked Sam up and then braced myself for rush-hour traffic through San Francisco and across the Bay Bridge, then Sacramento-wards. It was brutal, but we managed to make it on time; although Mapquest failed to provide actual directions once it led me onto the UC Davis campus, there were good enough signs that pointed to Freeborn.

Quitter opened with a seven-song set; they were a bit mopey at first (the opener, "Creations in the Fire", sounded like a Radiohead cop, with dissonant keyboards at the bottom), but their set picked up, until the final song, which seemed to cause the energy they'd built up to fizzle. Still, they were good enough for me to buy their disc, sender.receiver. I'm listening to it now, and enjoying it.

Between the bands, the soundman played the first cut off A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step, but then he switched to Hüsker Dü's New Day Rising. That was nice, and it set the mood perfectly for me.

There's one thing the Pixies have definitely lost: hair. David Lovering looked a lot like Tommy Chong. They all looked older but wiser. And they knocked us all on our asses.

( ye olde sette list )

"Velouria" felt almost anti-climactic as an encore... weird. Sam bought the DiscLive recording of the performance, which was available a mere 10 minutes (plus waiting in line) after the show. It's a brilliant idea and now that we have the technology available to pull it off, i think every damn band could benefit from it. We noshed at IHOP and headed home... i'm sleep-deprived, but i feel great nonetheless. A killer show, with a good audience (crowd-surfers! it's 1991 all over again!).

gig review: the pixies @ freeborn hall, davis

I picked Sam up and then braced myself for rush-hour traffic through San Francisco and across the Bay Bridge, then Sacramento-wards. It was brutal, but we managed to make it on time; although Mapquest failed to provide actual directions once it led me onto the UC Davis campus, there were good enough signs that pointed to Freeborn.

Quitter opened with a seven-song set; they were a bit mopey at first (the opener, "Creations in the Fire", sounded like a Radiohead cop, with dissonant keyboards at the bottom), but their set picked up, until the final song, which seemed to cause the energy they'd built up to fizzle. Still, they were good enough for me to buy their disc, sender.receiver. I'm listening to it now, and enjoying it.

Between the bands, the soundman played the first cut off A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step, but then he switched to Hüsker Dü's New Day Rising. That was nice, and it set the mood perfectly for me.

There's one thing the Pixies have definitely lost: hair. David Lovering looked a lot like Tommy Chong. They all looked older but wiser. And they knocked us all on our asses.

( ye olde sette list )

"Velouria" felt almost anti-climactic as an encore... weird. Sam bought the DiscLive recording of the performance, which was available a mere 10 minutes (plus waiting in line) after the show. It's a brilliant idea and now that we have the technology available to pull it off, i think every damn band could benefit from it. We noshed at IHOP and headed home... i'm sleep-deprived, but i feel great nonetheless. A killer show, with a good audience (crowd-surfers! it's 1991 all over again!).

soccer report

We lost to Toros de Oro, 16-10. We got a guest sub who had a tender knee, so he played goalie, and i played the field. My first shot became our first goal! It was a perfect pass, and i had the whole goal, so it would've been hard to miss, but it was a good shot, if i do say so myself. My physical condition is shit, although i could have helped myself by subbing out more often, but i'm not used to playing the field and subbing; nonetheless, i'm satisfied with my play, and the goal is a treat. Our first half was marred by poor defensive play, but our second half was as well played as any we've had.

The game was slightly annoying because we both had white jerseys; ours have a wide red stripe down the front, but not the back. This led to more than a few bad passes; the ref should've had the visitor team wear the neon vests they give out in case of jersey collision. The bad news is my right groin is tweaked and tender. The best part is that 2wanda came to see me play! She is best wife EVAR.

soccer report

We lost to Toros de Oro, 16-10. We got a guest sub who had a tender knee, so he played goalie, and i played the field. My first shot became our first goal! It was a perfect pass, and i had the whole goal, so it would've been hard to miss, but it was a good shot, if i do say so myself. My physical condition is shit, although i could have helped myself by subbing out more often, but i'm not used to playing the field and subbing; nonetheless, i'm satisfied with my play, and the goal is a treat. Our first half was marred by poor defensive play, but our second half was as well played as any we've had.

The game was slightly annoying because we both had white jerseys; ours have a wide red stripe down the front, but not the back. This led to more than a few bad passes; the ref should've had the visitor team wear the neon vests they give out in case of jersey collision. The bad news is my right groin is tweaked and tender. The best part is that 2wanda came to see me play! She is best wife EVAR.