Trio of Trio ... but no me

Alkaline Trio returned to the Metro for a three night stand this week. April and I had tickets for the Thursday show, but with all the craziness going on right now, we decided to sell them, and miss the show. Darn. I like them alot ... but not as much as our friends Mike and Racheal who were in town Wednesday from Tucson ... the AZ yo!
I cooked ribs for our good friends, and we drank a lot of Goose Island. Well, Racheal didn't she's got a bun in the over, a baby hump so to speak - and Mike's got a designated driver for nine months!

Anyway ... I listed to a lot of Alkaline Trio Thursday ...
"S/T," "Goddamit," "Good Mourning," "From Here to Infirmary" and "Maybe I'll Catch Fire."

Friday, I was in the mood for something else ...
Jimmy Eat World "Clarity"
The Black Keys "Rubber Factory"
The Smiths "Meat is Murder"
The Mountain Goats "Tallahassee"
Pearl Jam "Yield"

The Mountain Goats floored me the first time I heard them - and that normally means I won't like them after a few listens. Turns out that's false with this band. One guy, a guitar, and some of the best most poetic lyrics this side of a Dylan album. His recordings are always pretty rough with his earliest albums sounding like they were recorded on a boom box microphone. The Mountain Goats play the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago in July ... you should join me there.

-DJr-