See you there.

Yesterday I didn't have the chance to mention that I had dinner at the Ritz-Carlton on Wednesday and I saw Bill Frist there, wandering around the bar looking very dazed and confused. "I hate him," one bar patron was heard to say. Moving on...

Doc Rivers stinks as an NBA coach. Nothing new here, moving on...

I'm telling you, there are larger forces at work here. Maybe Jake Delhomme and I were enemies in a past life. Go Panthers!

Ummm...I wouldn't buy a Macbook Pro if I were you.

Coachella Documentary opens on Jan. 24th. Get yer tickets here.

Nikon is dropping film cameras. Oh well, I'm a Canon guy.

Today's Forgotten Favorite:

Sloan: Coax Me (MP3) - I downloaded Sloan's A-Sides Win:Singles 1992-2005 (which, sadly, is lean on material from Between The Bridges) last month just to fill out my monthly eMusic subscription and I've been addicted to it since then. It's Brendan Benson's fault. This song is my jam.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone and I hope to see you on Saturday.

Now you have plans for Thursday. We'll be spinning between bands and after all is said and done.

My weekend didn't turn out quite like I had anticipated, but everything still worked out. Friday I stayed in and watched the Celtics lose yet again to the Spurs(that turned out exactly like I anticipated). I really needed a quiet night in after the week I had at work.

On Saturday I rounded up The Smith, Mike Grass and Natalya to go see Voxtrot play at the Warehouse Next Door. When we rolled up to the door, we found out that Voxtrot's van broke down in Massachussetts and they wouldn't make it to the show. Drat. So we went to plan B, bowling at the new Lucky Strike! Unfortunately everyone else had the same idea and we opted not to wait 2 hours for the next open lane. So plan C was in effect, pints at Fado. Which was also insanely packed, so we moved on to plan D, beers at RFD while watching bull riding/rodeo. Which was actually alot more fun that it sounds. I should also mention that I had originally planned on going to the Wizards v. Bulls game that night but all the cheap seats were sold out. *sigh*

Sunday I slept in a bit, did some Xmas shopping and saw The Chronicles of Narnia, which was very enjoyable, save for the overly religious themes of the movie. But the kids all did credible jobs with the acting, so I was happy.

OK, tell the truth, which was easier to predict. Theo Epstein returning to the front office or Pat Riley returning to coaching? I'm going with Riley. Let me also go on record saying I don't believe this "family reasons" BS that Stan Van Gundy is telling everyone.

Sorry for the late update today. I have alot going on right now, but more on that later.

I had an incredibly fun, if not completely exhausting weekend. The highlights:

Bunnymen - Didn't quite reach the heights of the show I saw in Lancaster, PA but it came close. I think Will Sergeant is officially my favorite guitar player ever, he was on fire during the show. The new stuff sounded superb. The band was a bit subdued, but the crowd went apeshit when the break came in during "The Cutter". A great show all around. See my craptastic photos here.

Bluestate - We had what might have been our most enthusiastic crowd ever on Saturday night. I was feeling really under the weather all day on Saturday but I pulled it together in time for the gig and felt much better once the music started. I stayed away from the booze and DJ'ed in my scarf. It's the new style. I had a revelation during the day that I had yet to play "Peter Piper" at the Black Cat, so I dropped that in right after I played The Supremes and there wasn't even room to move on the dance floor. Also, I played Prince and the kiddies didn't clear the floor. Bonus. Peep the set lists and photos.

Chicago - I didn't get to see much of it during the 36 hours that I was there, but I loved what I did see. Chi-town has a very NYC feel. Catherine lives like 6 blocks from Wrigley and that whole area is filled with great restaurants and bars. We popped down to the John Hancock building and had a drink there and took in some of downtown. We met up with DCSOBLOOP* for dinner around 6:30, pounded some Red Bull and then went to the gig. Matt, fresh off the train back from St. Louis, had no problem finding us inside and then right before the Furries went on L Boogie appeared out of thin air. The Furries didn't disappoint and a good time was had by all. We didn't hang out very long after the gig since it was a school night for Catherine and BLOOP. But I did go say bye to the guys and thank them for taking care of me on yet another US tour. Apologies to all the people that emailed me wanting to meet up at the gig. Maybe next time.

* term coined by Pyg in a Blanket. Respect.