Life’s been busy as hell, but I’m getting along. You’d think I’d be used to the way it spurts and have some way to handle it, but I don’t. I just get all stressed and angsty.
Tuesday Night Hang Out Night last night was a blast. It was just like the old days. Roy and Renee came by, and so did Danielle (seeing as she’s back in town). Jonathan and Tobin stopped by, as did Tobin’s roommate, Micah. Nicci got nice and toasty, and Kasey even stayed up till late. She’s on vacation this week, so it was nice to have her hang out with us. Josh and Ben even came by. And of course Justin and Tiffany were there.
It was nice. Good music and good times. Some port, mulled wine, and general pleasantries. I kicked everyone off the porch and out of my bedroom around midnight, so I could go to bed. They’d all left by two AM. It was good times.
Everyone should have their own version of Tuesday Night Hang Out Night where they hang with their friends.
Gearmo’s moving just down 1960 from us, and I can’t wait to drag him and Sandra over. It will rock.
I finally got around to updating the Object A radio station. I added some new electro, but a bunch of goth stuff. It’s kinda cool how my tastes slowly move over time. The new electro is awesome, though. State of the Union and Cut.Rate.Box.
The side room at Underworld has been going well. It’s a really eclectic mix of music from World Serpent, dark ambient, goth, old school industrial, and darkwave. It’s kinda like listening to the radio. Jen showed her interpretations of the tarot last week, and that went really well. I want a print of the one with the sun on it. I want one Bret’s prints, too, but the money will have to wait.
Roy and Justin will be up there this Thursday. I’m taking a break. Justin’s threatening to play the entirety of the War of the Worlds, and Roy will be focusing on World Serpent bands. In the coming weeks we want to devote nights to Fossil Dungeon, Middle Pillar, Projekt, and Cold Meat, as well as more artists.
I’ve been working on Object A, though work has been slow as work’s been taking all my energy. I’ve got three deadlines today/this week (and here I sit updating), and I want to launch two new sites by the end of this week. If God grants me amazing powers of celerity, perfection, and the ability to stop and start time at my will, I will launch a third website by Monday.
I want to go out of town on Saturday to work with Alex, but I think I will use one his flaking excuses to get out of it. Maybe he should get off his Austin ass and come to Houston to work down here. We’d get more done.
And speaking of productive, I had band practice Sunday. It was the most productive I’ve ever been with a group of musicians. In the five hours we worked, we layed out snippets for two complete songs. We just need to hammer out the structure, tighten things up. I’m amazed at how well we worked together, feeding off one another. It was sweet. And we all have the same goals. Line out four or five songs, do a demo and do a show. Five songs is a set, and enough to play.
And I’ve been writing. Snippets here and there, but it puts me closer to where I want to be. And books. Lots of books. I read so much recently, it’s wonderful. I’ve been amazed recently by Borges’ Labyrynths. Totally inspiring. I also got a collection of essays by Benjamin. I wanted it for one in particular: “Art in the age of mechanical reproduction”. It’s awesome. An amazing treatise on intellectual property rights, even though when it was written it was intended more as a Marxist look at art.
Coming up, there are shows by Das Ich, Sex Gang Children, Cut.Rate.Box, and a goth rock festival in San Antonio. And Voodou are coming back to Houston. That means they’re probably hitting Austin also. They rock.