Me going “Hmm… Maybe tomorrow’s primary will be the last one and then we’ll be in the general election, where some of us in the blogostomy bag have been hanging out for the past two months since we think that winning back the White House is more important than chiming in on a battle that is unfortunately very easy to write about.”
West Virginia: I don’t know you well. I’ve played one show outdoors in Logan and it was a lot of fun. I once ate at your Perkins. You’re kind of shaped like a deformed teapot. I see no reason why you, next to only Delaware in the “most-forgotten” states category, can’t make a name for yourself for something other than mine collapses by ending this tomorrow in one fell swoop. Thanks!
To any of my readers and listeners in the SoCal area where I am:
One of the greatest bands of all time, Leatherface of Sunderland, UK, are coming to town next week. They’ll be at Knitting Factory LA on Monday the 19th and Chain Reaction in Anaheim the following night and I will be at both shows screaming like a little girl.
I never thought Leatherface would come back to the US (I saw them last in 2000 with Hot Water Music, and I believe that was the last time they were stateside.)
They’re one of the most unique and beautiful bands to ever grace punk rock, and less importantly, an obvious and gracious influence on all things Marginalized.
Here they are in all their withered glory playing “Hoodlum” in 2007: