The show last night was good, but not as good as the show at the Knitting Factory. This, however, was all topped by the amazing awesomeness that was the after-party at Sound Fix, where Still Flyin’ played for a good hour and the house was packed — And everyone was moving. I don’t know if I’ll ever see a Williamsburg room moving like that to music that happy. Probably one of the funnest shows I’ve ever been to. That’s right, I said it. Mark it down, because if they ever come around and play a small, cramped space and fit all 15 or so of them on stage (that’s three trumpets, two saxophones, four or five various percussionists, guitar, bass, drums, keys, and somebody else that plays a box — i hear he’s the band guru) again, it’ll be amazing. The Lucksmiths boys, especially Tali, was jumping up and bouncing around and whistling the whole time, too.

Still Flyin’ also played a sing-along of the honky tonk classic, Drinkin’ Bone.

You probably can’t tell in this picture, but everyone is on a knee.

If I wasn’t going to see the Lucksmiths (twice) this weekend, I’d be going to see Darjeeling Limited (twice). All around, not a bad set of options. When’s the last time this happened to you in your po-dunk town?

Naw, I’m just kidding, your town’s great.

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San Francisco was fantastic, and I even forced everyone to go to Barney’s in SF with me to test out some burgers, so that’ll be coming soon. We played some great games of petanque, ate way too much food, and probably didn’t drink enough, but that’s probably because we ate too much food.

Here’s a Feist oldie for you:
Feist - Inside and out

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Minor .htaccess problems there for a while, had to revert to ugly permalinks. Should be fixed now, so you can leave all your happy birthday comments — I know you were going to!

Got to San Francisco late last night, spent most of our time eating. Got some rad presents from Owl, will go to the batting cage now!

One and that’s it.

Several things, right. I’m headed to San Francisco for the weekend, and I know that everything has been quiet here for a while, but here’s some stuff for you:

• I’m taking Usability Leadership, and started blogging my homework. It’s over here: op_log / usability. That’s why there are drawings in my Flickr page, which, incidentally, had an unusually high number of views, which leads me to believe that people would rather see my drawings than my pictures. Makes sense, though, since everyone on earth has a digital camera and shoots everything on earth.
• I finally started working on/finishing up several other projects, including my portfolio and my project for the class I took for London. The latter isn’t done, but it’s going to take a while to get done; I’m working on developing a new website/interface for libraries. Big project, I know.
• James is in the Netherlands now. Somehow, he ended up with a bike that has a drum brake, which I’ve never even seen before. James, how about you take a picture and send it over, huh?
• Shows are coming up, including The Lucksmiths, The Mountain Goats and Architecture in Helsinki. I’m sad I missed M. Ward the other night, but will be following up on these other shows soon. Want to go? Let me know. Also: Sufjan Stevens, coming up with the BQE in November.
• I wrote up 10 or so haiku about London for our school paper. I thought they were pretty funny, but I’m sure some people will not think so.
• Shane recently sent me an article about a fixed gear rider that was struck by a car and died in Seattle. That’s some pretty scary shit right there. The next day I wore my helmet to ride my five minutes to school, and subsequently almost got hit on my way home by a driver that just wasn’t paying any attention. I’m lucky I was. In any case, it’s an issue, so stay safe on your bike, please.

Hey, we’ve been in Brooklyn for a year now! Happy anniversary, New York. It’s been great.

How to do those things I love to do.

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That’s Benji Cossa, “The Show is Over Everwhere” from Between the Blue and Green, available from Serious Business Records.

Summer is over, school has started. We’re getting back into the swing of things. I’m severely delinquent on France reviews. We went to a Brooklyn Cyclones game the other day and got to see them clinch the division on a balk by the Lowell Spinners in the bottom of the 11th. I hate those types of wins, but hey, we’ll take it.

I really love the background harmonies in this song, but they’re way too low in the mix. It’s got the low-slung lazy melody that just reminds me of late-night radio shows ending. Thank you for Benji Cossa.