waiting on some ham n eggs

thinking about the cool people i hung with

thinkin about some of the cool tshirts i saw

thinkin about all the Good bands i saw

remembering all the cool haircuts i seen

recalling all the randoms who asked me to take their picture

reliving all the tasty meals i ate

grateful for the killer access i received

close enough to peer into the souls of legends

close enough to steal dance moves from the stars

close enough to reconnect with blogging heroes

and lucky enough to hang with a Red River pioneer, right there on Red River

you know who was good?

everybody.

you know what i wanna bring next time

a bike.

and you

i’ll be back. dont fret.

yep this is what it looked and sounded like yesterday afternoon at stubbs

man that seems like 100 years ago.

if you notice, even though Hole was the Spin party headliner, they still had to share the stage with Muse’s equipment (who played later last night)… as if they were an opening act

whatevs, mines is foreverz

anyways heres video of courtney rippin on brett michaels from poison (nsfw)

cuz at the end of it youre exhausted but you cant go to sleep

your feet have blisters and your nose is all plugged up from cigarette smokers

the ringing in yr ears wont stop

and your brain refuses to mellow out.

youve been attacked at all senses.

prettiest girls ever kiss you and hug you and slide their hands down your back pocket

and you’ll never see these girls again.

youre staying at a fancy hotel with a rooftop pool but you aint got no time to swim.

you barely have time to shower.

courtney wants to be the girl with the most cake, but too much cakell make you puke

and there were several times, just today, where i wanted to puke.

from too much good stuff.

even the worst meal i ate here: a pulled pork sandwhich from a street vendor didnt get me sick

but as of right now, 359am, i am sickofitall.

not sure if i will be back here next year.

its a lot of expended energy. concentrated everything.

its like speed dating with rock.

now i want to retire and spend a few weeks in maui.

which no offense austin might be exactly what i do next time around.

not great. she unleashed some venom nr the end

probably cuz she was getting warmed up and bam it was over.

i got some great shots tho.

but first lets let the Times have em and in the meantime i will head over

to Mr. Good’s show right down the street.

Update: Brand X was all over it. heres another photo essay of love

on the LA Times music blog Pop N Hiss

Canada’s answer to both Billy Bragg and Ryan Adams, Matthew Good, plays the cozy basement of Prague just south of Congress on 5th Street at 11 p.m. Good doesn’t tour the States often, so if you missed him at the Troubadour earlier this week, this might be your last chance to see him in the U.S.

Mimicking the Beatles in a weird way, sorta, Sum 41 will bring its pop punk to the roof of Maggie Mae’s at midnight.

Then, finally, if you couldn’t get into the Spin party, Hole is playing a late-night (1 a.m.) show at the Dirty Dog Bar on 6th Street. If you don’t want to end your night with some celebrity skin, you’re missing the point of this grand melange of excess. Go rock.

what did i leave out?

that Quiet Company is playing tonight.

why did i leave it out? BECAUSE LAST TIME I WROTE IT BILL MURRAY SHOWED UP AND I WASNT THERE

ME THE ONE WITH THE CUBS HAT EVERYWHERE!

im going tonight to see them but im not saying where.

cuz of the vibes. so many bands, so many good people, enough SPACE for everyone

awesome temperatures, lots of hotels, lots of dancing, lots of sweating

and then the music stops and you run over to the next place

and there someone BETTER is playing

then you go in the convention center and theres all these pillows

so you can superdooper chill and charge yr ish.

then you get home to change into your pants and you see your friends online

and you wanna tell them each that you love them so.

like SO!

then you have to hurry outta the room cuz you gotta see if STP stills got it.

drinking on 6th for st paddys was good. those darlins were good

partying with mickipedia and her pals at 3am was good.

its all good people.

thats what im here to say.

tonight Stone Temple Pilots

Quiet Company

and more Darlins on tap

read my other picks for tongiht and watch the vid i shot of Ann Powers and Todd Martens giving their takes here.

i cant wait to bring my kids to a street fest on a raucous eve

at all