re: redheaded poor old lu fans

...yeah, it was great seeing denison last night. while we were sitting in schuba's restaurant, i pointed out the painting of st. cecilia on the wall to him since he has a song called st. cecilia--ode to music on his philadelphia songs album. i had taken a photo of that painting back in september when ryan and jesse were here, and i'd meant to send it to denison, but i forgot. or i was too lazy. whichever. anyways, deni tells me that he actually wrote that song right while he was sitting at that restaurant. that was pretty cool to hear.

i really wanted to go up to madison tonight to see denison play again, and also to hear mike kinsella. i really like his songs, and i love the way he plays the guitar. it's so beautiful. and guess what? he's a drummer too!!! i just love drummers who are also singer-songwriters. like andy myers. like jesse sprinkle. that's why i wear a ringo button. for all the drummers i love.

so i saw chris langill (the dude who used to book the garden lounge where i had my first taste of indie rock) @ denison's show. he was there w/ his friend jim. he's like 'i won tickets off of WLUW!' (that's the loyola university radio station which is the only radio station worth anything in this town...i think i've said that before...). i thought that was funny cuz i had won tickets from WLUW on wednesday for the matt sharp (formerly of weezer/the rentals) show @ schubas on sunday night. i couldn't believe i was the first caller. luckily, i'd called a few minutes previously to make a request, so all i had to do was hit redial when the dj announced the contest. but still, it's just so weird that chris & i would win tickets within days of each other. i plan on calling in for tickets once a month for shows (you can only win a contest once every 30 days...i plan on winning that often). thank goodness for WLUW. they saved my life the other night when i was in my mom's car, and i didn't have my cd player, and i was forced to listen to the radio...i was listening to 94.7 the zone and i was ready to kill somebody or myself because it was so awful (although i did find out what bar in chicago has a mechanical bull...something my friend connie and i have been wanting to try out for months...). i was still out in the burbs driving home from work, and i didn't think i could get a signal for WLUW, but i thought i'd try any ways. listening to static would've been more pleasant than listening to the other radio stations. so i put on 88.7 fm, and what do i hear but death cab for cutie's president of what? the version off their just released album. i nearly cried from joy and relief.

...so wednesday night i went to see my friend ken's band downcast play @ wise fools pub. pete & amy were there so that was cool to hang out w/ them. ken wanted me to take photos, and to be quite honest w/ you, i'd taken so many photos last week, i was photoed out, and wasn't really in the mood. but lucky for ken, he wore his poor old lu t-shirt for the show, and that motivated me to take photos.

...it's funny cuz ryan wore two other poor old lu tshirts at two of the serene shows last week. so that's two redheaded poor old lu fans who are frontmen of their own bands wearing poor old lu tshirts at their shows in a span of like a week. weird.

...i worked until like 7:30 tonight...oh well...i gotta make up for all the goofing off i did last week in seattle i suppose. i still miss seattle so much...today the sky at sunset reminded me of that afternoon sky last saturday when i was hanging out w/ jesse, and we just gazed up at the speeding clouds above us that looked a fluffy white cotton candy army on the move. i love the sky when it's displaying a spectacular pattern of clouds.