last night scott and i headed out (seperately) to see the trail of dead show. i had never seen them live and heard very little of their recorded material, so i thought i should go see what all the hype is about. especially since i'll be interviewing them for lost at sea. yeah…might be a good idea to know what i'm getting into.

long story short: one of the best live shows i've seen in a while.

short story a little longer: they just rocked straight ahead, destroying anything in their path. they ended up kicking the drum set over and then set it back up and invited everyone in the audience onstage, for the sole purpose of going apeshit for one last song.

yeah…then i went home.

today i'm just puttering around at work, trying to get anything urgent done. i'm headed up to michigan tomorrow to catch coalesce, casket lottery, small brown bike, and hey mercedes (note to self: get an oil change) at michigan fest (another note to self: print map to venue). i think i'm riding up by myself, so this should be one of those liberating trecks across a couple of states. too bad i hate ohio with a passion. and i almost forgot the catch phrase of the last rock trip to michigan (with by the grace of god in 1995): "michigan is fucked."

i'll have to keep that in mind.

the live and/or rare mp3 of the day(or so)
hedge – halloween
recorded in 1993(?)
originally released on the first hedge demo and then later on the louisville babylon misfits cover tape.

this is one of the rare tracks from that comp that has any sort of "production values." which means you can actually hear some music.