Props to Adam for booking a great Mt. Eerie/Thanksgiving/Tom Blood/Ramona Cordova show last night in Philadelphia. Props to Dan for letting it move to Kensington South Forum (he’s got Casiotone for the Painfully Alone coming in October). Adam is having Cerberus Shoal in Philadelphia later in the month, too, at Circle East above Circle Thrift in Fishtown. Thanks to my good friend Emil for sending me his new Serena Maneesh album. They’re opening for the Dandy Warhols in Europe for a few dates. By the way, Pitchfork gave the album an 8.6 and some mad props. It’s import only for now. It’s amazing, by the way. The Burnt Toast Vinyl compound is getting some organizing. My housemate has moved out, so the stacks of record stock will have more room to breathe. My cat seems a little troubled by the recent vacancy, but I think she’ll come around, she’s tough. :::scott:::
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Last night, Jess and I met up with Erik and Gloria at The Map Room which proved to be far superior to the previous night’s escapades at Hop Leaf. Not only did they have Westvleteren on their menu, they had it available for a lower price and the bartenders were much, much, much friendlier. Chicago, this is your place to go. Lucas and Lodewijk, I had the legendary Westvleteren!! You are jealous! Erik and I were talking a bit about some plans to release Starflyer 59 vinyl, more information once we have things figured out. Erik was at CMJ beause he does radio for Thrill Jockey and it reminded me that while I was waiting to meet with our distributor, Redeye, my friend Wes just walked down the street. I hadn’t seen him in about a year. Anyhow, it was a really weird coincidence that I was standing on the street and he was just walking by on the way to another CMJ event. He works for Barsuk now in Seattle which explains his CMJ attendance. :::scott:::
I need to make an entry to keep Ben entertained. My apologies for being so busy. I’m in this training class for work and the instructor is some kind of slave driver. He just came to the computer terminal to lay a guilt trip on me for typing this instead of listening to him read from the training manual. I’ve been a commuter riding from Chicago out to Schaumburg and back each day which has allowed me to get ahead on my reading. I finished the new Nick Hornby which was solid, but not amazing and am in the middle of the new Zadie Smith which is shaping out to be a lot better than Autograph Man. We went to the Hopleaf last night for a book reading. The bartender was super condescending when I was asking about the fact that they had Westvletern written both on their chalkboard and menu, didn’t have any in stock, but insisted that they did get tons of the stuff. The rarest of Trappists that you can’t even find in Belgium? I’m still in disbelief. Back me up Lucas… :::scott:::