So many shows, so little time ...

Got word today that Frank Black has a solo show in Indy at Birdy's. Damn, I'd love to see that but I already have plans. Flaming Lips at Lollapalooza I can't go to, nor the Detroit show. They Might Be Giants at the Lincoln Park zoo? Probably not going to that one either. The Bellrays at the Double Door? I wish, Thursdays are hell at work for me. The Handsome Family at the Abbey Pub (one of my favorite bars btw) again, a Thursday show that will mean me at work until 10 or so.
I do have my Widespread Panic ticket for one night of their three night Chicago run. Why not the other two nights like I would normally do? Of course, other plans.
I will be at the Intonation Festival in Chicago this weekend bobbin' to The Streets, Roky Erickson and Bloc Party. If you're going please stop by, bring cash so you can buy posters from us! We need the money to pay for the production of our Flatstock 9 poster, buy booze and buy nice things for our wives since we'll be gone so dang much over the next few weeks.

Anyway, lots of music, with a bunch of new albums from my friend Robert ..

The Replacements "Let it Be"
Built to Spill "Keep it Like a Secret"
Braid "The Age of Octeen"
Wilco "Summerteeth"
Tom Waits "Small Change"
The Streets "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living"
The Pogues "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash"
The Black Keys "Chulohoma"
Pretty Girls Make Graves "Elan Vital"
Bob Mould "Workbook"
Husker Du "Zen Arcade"
Neil Young "Everybody knows this is No Where"
Rachel Ries "For You Only"
Sufjan Stevens "Come on Feel the Illinoise"

Ok, so, I didn't listen to all of this in a day, but over the last few days this is what I had on the iTunes. Pretty Girls Make Graves is a super fun album. I've only listened to it the one time, so that's all I can say about it for now.
More on them later. For now, I gotta get back to work!

-DJr-