this is a slow week, so i'm going to take note of a few things and get back to work. but, just when it looked like the oceans had given way to the sun, we got a major system in the pacific, and that's going to give us one more weekend, maybe even two. so, if i can find a late saturday party, i could start there and do a saturday/sunday, but i may actually stay in this week altogether. i'm having difficulty justifying dragging myself to the crystal method...

these bands are playing a show together in ann arbor tomorrow (thursday), and while it's the kind of thing i'd be likely to check out if it was within walking or biking distance, getting to ann arbor is a pretty difficult process. i could maybe bicycle all the way back, if i was planning on going down there to drink, and that may even work out relatively well, in a sense; if i left the bar at 2:00 am sharp, i'd be lucky to get back to the tunnel by 6:00 am, as it's a 4 hr+ bike ride. even if i take the detroit bus to the end of the route it's still another two hours by bicycle, there. you're even looking at nearly an hour by car on the freeway, if i really wanted to take the greyhound. it's a journey....

so, i've reserved this trip for the most exciting shows, and i've only ever made it there once, as a result. tortoise. 2016. i do hope i'll get out there again, it just hasn't made sense, quite yet.

this is my first contact with both of these acts, and they're not exciting me enough to drag me out quite that far, although, in both cases, if they broke the repetition and introduced a little bit more process then they might be. they both have that generic, boxy kind of sound; your town has at least three bands that sound exactly like this, so it's difficult to justify the journey.

there's also an act called metempsychosis that i reviewed here a little while back on the bill and that's where there's a little more uncertainty around attendance. if i want to do this all on my bike, i'd have to leave around 2:00 or 3:00, and i'd be looking at eight hours of biking altogether. the thing is that that might actually sound like fun, tomorrow....if i find myself face-to-face with an otherwise completely clear slate this week and moving into next.

so, that's something i'll be doing over the next few hours. if this ends up being the last show this month, i might do it....

otherwise, if your path there is a little less difficult, it seems to be worth a beer, at least.

https://oftwomindsband.bandcamp.com
https://chinook.bandcamp.com

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https://metempsychosis.bandcamp.com