i mean, i might think about paying $60 for king crimson or something.

but, bad religion?

so, this is one of the after school show punk bands. it sounds like bad religion with a dash of nofx, and that's fine, in context.

it's a 17:30 start and i think that two of the acts there seem interesting to me. so, if i get there early enough, and the time slots work out, i can see two shows there, two shows at outer limits and squeeze bat in between. that's a fest. and all for less than half the price of the bad religion show, which i'm still baffled by.

and, i could maybe catch something at ufo on the way home.

i need nights like this to make them worthwhile. and, because friday and saturday look like washes, i may be doing thursday & sunday this weekend.

https://voiceofaddiction.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost-art-of-empathy-2

nah.

it seems like a pain in the ass to get ready, cross the border, and come back for what, in the end, will probably be around twenty minutes of guitar feedback. these multiple party shows may be a little expensive, but the time factor makes going to single shows less appealing then it maybe ought to.

so, with that, i'm officially in for the night.

more interesting to me, for the night, would be this band on the other side of downtown. and, i should be able to get home for the night.

i haven't committed yet, though.

i like the moody, dark guitar improv going on behind the tracks, but i'm not so sure about the more stripped down, acoustic material.

https://stefanchristensen.bandcamp.com

this is tonight in detroit, and while i'm tempted to go to the show - there are going to be other people there that are operating in the context of traditional western music instrumentation - i kind of think that the general crux of the whole thing is not really aligned with the direction i need to network in.

it's a very "pretty" record, though, even if it mostly just spins in place.

https://concettaabbate.bandcamp.com

i'm not familiar with this band, bat, either, but it's actually startlingly close, music-wise, to the kind of punk i actually like.

there's an after-school skate punk matinee before it, too, so this might make more sense than going all the way to ann arbor, if i decide i'm actually going anywhere at all.

https://bewareofthebat.bandcamp.com/album/axestasy

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