After sleeping for twelve hours Thursday night, I'm back up at 6:30 this morning - which doesn't seem so bad when it's bright and sunny outside and I can hear birds chirping outside my window. That's one of the many things I enjoy about logan square - birds that aren't pigeons. Christina isn't up yet but when she does emerge from the bedroom I'll be prompt in reminding her that today is the day her relatives are coming into the city and taking her to see 'Jersey Boys.' Xtina is responsible for taking them out to dinner and navigating them through the loop. I'm pretty relieved that I'm working later today. The weekend isn't a total washout, I had yesterday off and I will have tomorrow off. Also, I'll be home in time to see wilco on SNL.
Speaking of Wilco, the show was fantastic. I was delightfully surprised by some of my old faves - pick up the change, box full of letters, blue eyed soul, etc.. and some rarities - bob dylans 49th beard, remember the mountain bed, hesitating beauty. I was also awed by the extended appearance of Andrew Bird and the Bird/Tweedy (not tweedy bird) whistling duet. We were able to get good seats near the center and the band sounded fantastic. I recently got a Tweedy/ Bennett show done in Chicago before the Summerteeth tour at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The show is chock-full of rarities and mermaid avenue tracks.
I recently got tix to see the new pornographers but I just discovered they will be sans Bejar. They could have told me that when I bought the tix. Perhaps I'll buy destroyer tickets at the logan auditorium to compensate. I'm okay with it just as long as they don't announce they'll be without Neko Case, my girlfriend.
Yesterday I had a good day off. Being Feb. 29 I went to the last day one could get into the Hopper/ Homer exhibit at a discounted fare. The Hopper exhibition was great, despite the hoards of people fighting for spots directly in front of NightHawks. Hopper appeals to my taste of Americana, love of simplicity, and interest in New England historical cities in an almost embarrassing way. It warms my heart. I can say I enjoyed every step of his career for different reasons - from new england watercolors to NYC cityscapes and cape cod couples. Homer, on the other hand, was a lot of watercolor seascapes. I don't mean to hate, the exhibit must have had more than 200 pictures, most of which looked strikingly similar and they were so small I couldn't see from the distance I had to stand with the crowds anyway. From there I went to a couple cheese shops to scope out the competish and come up with new ideas for products to carry. I'm trying to make my purchasing more locally-oriented. I've already brought in Zingermans products from Ann Arbor, now I have to research some new creameries in Coopersville, MI, Iowa and Oregon.
My Saturday morning is about to start, I think I'll catch up on my Good Magazine before it's time for some car talk.
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you go to bed/wake up too early. where'd you find that tweedy/bennett show?
a friend gave it to me in disc format. I haven't looked for it online anywhere. If you want to email me your address I can mail it to you like it's 1999.
sounds totally 99. jay got robbed. i don't want to talk about it.
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