I am seriously behind in my music blogging! A month ago, on Saturday August 30, I went to El Corazón to see Freezepop. On the bill were no less than five bands including Freezepop, an unusually large number for such a show, and they turned out to be a very diverse bunch. My best guess was that the club figured with Bumbershoot going on, they'd throw as many different bands as possible onto the bill and someone would show up for something. I don't believe this served the bands very well, and I think that a smaller assortment of bands with more similar styles would've made for a stronger show and better attendance, but then I've never booked club shows before and it's possible with Bumbershoot also happening nothing would've made a difference. Also on the bill was The Fading Collection, Blue Light Curtain, Ambulance for Angeles, and Cursed Lullaby.
I don't have much to say for Cursed Lullaby, a female-fronted quartet that might as well be named "Metal Band™". They had adequate musical proficiency but were completely unoriginal. My friends dubbed it "angry kitten rock" and commented that they wanted to take the singer home, cuddle her, and tell her everything would be okay. I could see them appealing to teenagers but I can't imagine how anyone past their early 20s could take them seriously. If you like goth-tinged metal though, these guys are the stereotype of it so you might dig them.
Ambulance for Angeles are a duo on synths/vocals and synths/guitar/backing vocals. They played angsty midtempo electronic pop that was very earnest-sounding in that early-twenties way. I liked that they bridged the space between songs with moody bass throbs. I enjoyed them more than Cursed Lullaby and they have some potential, but I feel they need to develop some more.
Blue Light Curtain are a trio including guitar and vocals, synths/drum machine and vocals, and drums. They were perhaps the oddest band in the lineup but I liked them the most of the three I didn't know. Their music was a heavy shoegazer style, though lacking most of the guitar shimmer and feedback often present in shoegaze; in a sense they were goth without being goth. All of their songs were sort of extended chants, with some repeated verses but no actual verse/chorus structure. They introduced one song as being inspired by Twin Peaks, and that seemed to describe their sound well, weirdly ominous - I thought of it as "music to watch stormclouds roll by". Most of the songs had about the same medium tempo and I felt they could've used a little more variation, but then toward the end they played a song that was a little more upbeat, less ominous, more rocking. I enjoyed their set quite a bit and will be looking for them at other shows in the future.
The Fading Collection are often billed as an electronic band, but as they played their first heavy rock songs I was suddenly struck by their resemblance to the opening metal band - similar powerful and soaring female vocals, similar crunchy guitar riffs, although not quite as heavy. It was only as they got into their set and started bringing out the dancier songs, with more overt electronic instrumentation and samples, that they distinguished themselves from the goth metal sound. Even then, I found that I wasn't getting into the music as much as I expected; despite their enthusiastic playing, they just weren't quite bringing it. This has been my experience the previous two times I've seen them, and I'm reluctantly concluding that they may be a better studio band than they are live, but still they're not actually bad live and I can always listen to the albums.
I was much too busy bopping and singing along to Freezepop to do more than jot down a couple quick notes; needless to say, they were awesome and I had a blast. They had a fourth player this time, named Seth, on electronic drumpads, and the addition of a live percussionist freed up The Duke to play more keytar and less sequencer, as well as allowing Sean to rock out on electric guitar for Freezepop's two big Guitar Hero hits, "Brainpower" and "Get Ready 2 Rokk". Still, the QY-70 was not forgotten, and got its turn for a bow during the classic "Freezepop Forever". In fact, the show was quite heavy on the old school songs, including "Harebrained Scheme", "Science Genius Girl", "Chess King", "Summer Boy", and "Plastic Stars". But newer songs were represented too, building to the awe-inspiring "Less Talk More Rokk". Once again, despite playing late at night the day after their big show at PAX and only two days after arriving from the East Coast, Freezepop put on a fantastic fun show full of energy and (no pun intended) enthusiasm, and I've seldom seen another band match their consistency. My only regret is that one of my favorite Freezepop songs, "Tenisu No Boifurendo", isn't well-suited to these hyper shows, though perhaps they could try something like the Kodomo remix version...
As I've noted in the past, El Corazón is not friendly to my iPhone's camera, so my pictures are all kinda crappy. Still, I have a few of Blue Light Curtain, just a couple of The Fading Collection, and several of Freezepop.
Still to do, reviews of Hotels at Nectar, TV on the Radio at the Showbox SoDo, Balkan Beat Box at Neumos, Goldfrapp also at the Showbox SoDo, and KJ Sawka at Nectar. Boy I've seen a lot lately. Looking ahead, I'm considering The Trucks and A Gun That Shoots Knives at Chop Suey on Saturday the 11th, and Fleet Foxes at The Moore Theatre on Sunday the 19th. Plus, the lovely and talented Sarah Vowell is doing a reading at the Town Hall on Monday the 13th, I need to get down to Elliott Bay Books and pick up a ticket!
I don't have much to say for Cursed Lullaby, a female-fronted quartet that might as well be named "Metal Band™". They had adequate musical proficiency but were completely unoriginal. My friends dubbed it "angry kitten rock" and commented that they wanted to take the singer home, cuddle her, and tell her everything would be okay. I could see them appealing to teenagers but I can't imagine how anyone past their early 20s could take them seriously. If you like goth-tinged metal though, these guys are the stereotype of it so you might dig them.
Ambulance for Angeles are a duo on synths/vocals and synths/guitar/backing vocals. They played angsty midtempo electronic pop that was very earnest-sounding in that early-twenties way. I liked that they bridged the space between songs with moody bass throbs. I enjoyed them more than Cursed Lullaby and they have some potential, but I feel they need to develop some more.
Blue Light Curtain are a trio including guitar and vocals, synths/drum machine and vocals, and drums. They were perhaps the oddest band in the lineup but I liked them the most of the three I didn't know. Their music was a heavy shoegazer style, though lacking most of the guitar shimmer and feedback often present in shoegaze; in a sense they were goth without being goth. All of their songs were sort of extended chants, with some repeated verses but no actual verse/chorus structure. They introduced one song as being inspired by Twin Peaks, and that seemed to describe their sound well, weirdly ominous - I thought of it as "music to watch stormclouds roll by". Most of the songs had about the same medium tempo and I felt they could've used a little more variation, but then toward the end they played a song that was a little more upbeat, less ominous, more rocking. I enjoyed their set quite a bit and will be looking for them at other shows in the future.
The Fading Collection are often billed as an electronic band, but as they played their first heavy rock songs I was suddenly struck by their resemblance to the opening metal band - similar powerful and soaring female vocals, similar crunchy guitar riffs, although not quite as heavy. It was only as they got into their set and started bringing out the dancier songs, with more overt electronic instrumentation and samples, that they distinguished themselves from the goth metal sound. Even then, I found that I wasn't getting into the music as much as I expected; despite their enthusiastic playing, they just weren't quite bringing it. This has been my experience the previous two times I've seen them, and I'm reluctantly concluding that they may be a better studio band than they are live, but still they're not actually bad live and I can always listen to the albums.
I was much too busy bopping and singing along to Freezepop to do more than jot down a couple quick notes; needless to say, they were awesome and I had a blast. They had a fourth player this time, named Seth, on electronic drumpads, and the addition of a live percussionist freed up The Duke to play more keytar and less sequencer, as well as allowing Sean to rock out on electric guitar for Freezepop's two big Guitar Hero hits, "Brainpower" and "Get Ready 2 Rokk". Still, the QY-70 was not forgotten, and got its turn for a bow during the classic "Freezepop Forever". In fact, the show was quite heavy on the old school songs, including "Harebrained Scheme", "Science Genius Girl", "Chess King", "Summer Boy", and "Plastic Stars". But newer songs were represented too, building to the awe-inspiring "Less Talk More Rokk". Once again, despite playing late at night the day after their big show at PAX and only two days after arriving from the East Coast, Freezepop put on a fantastic fun show full of energy and (no pun intended) enthusiasm, and I've seldom seen another band match their consistency. My only regret is that one of my favorite Freezepop songs, "Tenisu No Boifurendo", isn't well-suited to these hyper shows, though perhaps they could try something like the Kodomo remix version...
As I've noted in the past, El Corazón is not friendly to my iPhone's camera, so my pictures are all kinda crappy. Still, I have a few of Blue Light Curtain, just a couple of The Fading Collection, and several of Freezepop.
Still to do, reviews of Hotels at Nectar, TV on the Radio at the Showbox SoDo, Balkan Beat Box at Neumos, Goldfrapp also at the Showbox SoDo, and KJ Sawka at Nectar. Boy I've seen a lot lately. Looking ahead, I'm considering The Trucks and A Gun That Shoots Knives at Chop Suey on Saturday the 11th, and Fleet Foxes at The Moore Theatre on Sunday the 19th. Plus, the lovely and talented Sarah Vowell is doing a reading at the Town Hall on Monday the 13th, I need to get down to Elliott Bay Books and pick up a ticket!
- Location:Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Mood:happy
- Music:KEXP 90.3 FM
Last Wednesday - Halloween - I went to Nectar Lounge to see Freezepop. Also on the bill were Solvent, who unfortunately were delayed by weather in Amsterdam and couldn't make it, novaTRON, and Electrosect, none of whom I was familiar with. Electrosect turned out to be the between-set DJ for the evening, playing a mix of classic and obscure songs from the early '80s. Unlike the previous show at Nectar, there was not an extra-long delay because of the missing band; the doors opened at 9, and novaTRON went on just after 10, as you'd expect. Freezepop had been scheduled to go on at midnight, but with little stage prep necessary, rather than keep the audience waiting they went on at 11:30 after a short set by Electrosect.
novaTRON is an electronic artist who plays breakbeat dance music live on synthesizers. Appearing with him was DJ Shapeshifter on turntables, adding scratches and samples. They played over an hour of heavy electronic dance music. The music was more for dancing than listening, and quite a few audience members were actively dancing, not just bobbing up and down. After a while, though, the relentless heavy loud sound started wearing me down and made me feel claustrophobic - or perhaps that was just a combination of my cold and the spectacle of all the club-goers costumed for Halloween. In this case I'd have preferred a more typical band with regular songs - I'd love to see Freezepop appear with Beehive or IQU - but still novaTRON wasn't bad and would be great at a dance night.
( novaTRON and DJ Shapeshifter )
Freezepop are the synth-pop trio of Liz Enthusiasm (vocals), The Other Sean T. Drinkwater (keyboard and vocals) and the Duke of Pannekoeken (programming, keyboard and vocals). I know I said this about the last Freezepop show, but it bears repeating: Freezepop were real troopers, and despite flying out from Boston early that morning and going onstage at the equivalent of 2:30 AM, they put on a high-energy show that had the packed club screaming and bouncing with enthusiasm. This time I got my wish for a longer set, as they played for over 90 minutes. Although touring in support of their new album Future Future Future Perfect, they played an even balance of songs from their three albums. Both Sean and the Duke were sporting keytars for this show, indicative of their music growing beyond its origin in exploring the capabilities of the Yamaha QY-70 sequencer. However, the QY-70 has not been left behind, and the Duke brought it out twice, for the older songs "Plastic Stars" and "Get Ready 2 Rokk". The Duke also had a theremin with his gear, but I never actually saw him using it during the show, and I forgot to ask about it afterward. I'm not sure all the new songs are as strong as the older ones, but there's no denying the power of "Less Talk More Rokk", which brought the house down as the final encore. I also really liked the other encore song "Afterparty", which featured Sean and the Duke exchanging keyboard riffs and Liz doing spoken rather than sung lyrics. All together it was a fantastic set that left me giddy with joy, just the kind of show I'd been needing to see for a while. Afterward, Liz said they want to come out to Seattle more often and hope to be back next spring, which would thrill me no end.
( Freezepop photo, also the full set list )
Still to come, a review of Tunng from last Friday, also at Nectar Lounge. Unfortunately I missed the Battles show at Neumos last Saturday, as it sold out; however, I will be seeing Annuals at the Crocodile Cafe this Saturday. I haven't done a full look through the calendars for December yet, but I'm sure something will turn up.
novaTRON is an electronic artist who plays breakbeat dance music live on synthesizers. Appearing with him was DJ Shapeshifter on turntables, adding scratches and samples. They played over an hour of heavy electronic dance music. The music was more for dancing than listening, and quite a few audience members were actively dancing, not just bobbing up and down. After a while, though, the relentless heavy loud sound started wearing me down and made me feel claustrophobic - or perhaps that was just a combination of my cold and the spectacle of all the club-goers costumed for Halloween. In this case I'd have preferred a more typical band with regular songs - I'd love to see Freezepop appear with Beehive or IQU - but still novaTRON wasn't bad and would be great at a dance night.
( novaTRON and DJ Shapeshifter )
Freezepop are the synth-pop trio of Liz Enthusiasm (vocals), The Other Sean T. Drinkwater (keyboard and vocals) and the Duke of Pannekoeken (programming, keyboard and vocals). I know I said this about the last Freezepop show, but it bears repeating: Freezepop were real troopers, and despite flying out from Boston early that morning and going onstage at the equivalent of 2:30 AM, they put on a high-energy show that had the packed club screaming and bouncing with enthusiasm. This time I got my wish for a longer set, as they played for over 90 minutes. Although touring in support of their new album Future Future Future Perfect, they played an even balance of songs from their three albums. Both Sean and the Duke were sporting keytars for this show, indicative of their music growing beyond its origin in exploring the capabilities of the Yamaha QY-70 sequencer. However, the QY-70 has not been left behind, and the Duke brought it out twice, for the older songs "Plastic Stars" and "Get Ready 2 Rokk". The Duke also had a theremin with his gear, but I never actually saw him using it during the show, and I forgot to ask about it afterward. I'm not sure all the new songs are as strong as the older ones, but there's no denying the power of "Less Talk More Rokk", which brought the house down as the final encore. I also really liked the other encore song "Afterparty", which featured Sean and the Duke exchanging keyboard riffs and Liz doing spoken rather than sung lyrics. All together it was a fantastic set that left me giddy with joy, just the kind of show I'd been needing to see for a while. Afterward, Liz said they want to come out to Seattle more often and hope to be back next spring, which would thrill me no end.
( Freezepop photo, also the full set list )
Still to come, a review of Tunng from last Friday, also at Nectar Lounge. Unfortunately I missed the Battles show at Neumos last Saturday, as it sold out; however, I will be seeing Annuals at the Crocodile Cafe this Saturday. I haven't done a full look through the calendars for December yet, but I'm sure something will turn up.
- Location:Caffe Ladro, Fremont, Seattle, WA
- Mood:bouncy
- Music:coffeehouse indie rock
Unfortunately I didn't seem to get any really good shots of Freezepop, as I was able to with New Young Pony Club last Saturday.
And speaking of NYPC, I'm hoping to get both that review and the Freezepop review written tomorrow. It's been a busy week - and I've been dealing with this wretched cold too.
And speaking of NYPC, I'm hoping to get both that review and the Freezepop review written tomorrow. It's been a busy week - and I've been dealing with this wretched cold too.
- Location:Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Mood:still irritated with this cold
- Music:KEXP 90.3 FM
Thursday I went to two different shows: first, an in-store appearance by Kinski at Easy Street Records; and then Freezepop, with Dandi Wind, headlining the monthly "Club Pop!" dance night at Chop Suey.
It's been over a year since I last saw Kinski, and I've been really looking forward to seeing them again. They were at Easy Street to promote the release this past Tuesday of their latest album, Down Below It's Chaos, and they played six songs from it. A couple of the songs featured vocals, a rare element in Kinski's work so far; however, they were all but inaudible, and it was hard to tell how much that was intentional and how much it was due to the store's sound system, or me being too close to the stage. Certainly the instruments were all quite loud, though still distinguishable and not just sheer noise. For this set, they had clear breaks between each song, unlike past shows in which they would break into freeform noise-making for a bit. All of the new songs sounded good and I'm looking forward to getting to know them better. I'm also looking forward to the official CD release party next month on the 27th at The Crocodile Cafe.
"Club Pop!" is a monthly event at Chop Suey for the 18+ crowd that features dance music by regular DJs Colby B and Paco, as well as a couple live bands. Chop Suey was packed for this event - so much that shortly into Freezepop's set, both police and firefighters were checking out the scene, and apparently after that people who stepped outside the club were no longer allowed back in. That was too bad for the people who'd stepped out, but frankly made the rest of the show more enjoyable for me, not having the constant stream of people shoving past in both directions.
This month's event had DJ Glitterpants as a special guest, but as all the DJs worked from the soundbooth, I had no way of telling which DJ was spinning at any particular time. The music was generally good and they played some interesting remixes of both current and old hits, but a few times I was jarred by songs that had obviously been sped up a lot to match the beat.
Dandi Wind are an electronic duo on synthesizers and vocals. Their style was classic post-punk/new wave, with the vocalist tending to shout her lines as much as sing them. Although I do enjoy that style, I didn't find their set engaging, not hearing much to distinguish the songs from each other. However, they brought a smile to my face with their set closer, a cover of Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance".
Freezepop are the synth-pop trio of Liz Enthusiasm (vocals), The Other Sean T. Drinkwater (synths, vocoder and vocals) and the Duke of Pannekoeken (programming (the famous QY70 sequencer), vocoder and vocals). The Duke unfortunately could not be present, and Alex Chen of Sean's other band Lifestyle filled in for him. They played a varied set of old and new songs, ranging from "Science Genius Girl" off their earliest EP and "Plastic Stars" from their first album, to "Brain Power" and "Pop Music Is Not A Crime" from their upcoming third album Future Future Future Perfect. The set felt a little short to me, but then as I recall last time they were here they started earlier and got to play a very long show. In any case, considering they came out from Boston and thus were onstage at the equivalent of 3 AM, they had plenty of energy and love for the audience and it was a good set. After the show, Liz said that they'll be doing a tour once the new album comes out in September, so hopefully they'll be back later this year.
Next month's showing a lot of promise, and I haven't even looked over the full calendar listings yet. Editors are playing at Chop Suey on the 18th. Imperial Teen are at the Crocodile Cafe on the 21st; I don't know them very well but I like what I've been hearing of their new album on KEXP and want to check them out live. They Might Be Giants are at The Moore Theatre on the 26th, and as I mentioned above, Kinski's CD release is at the Crocodile on the 27th. Usually it seems that when I list a bunch of possible shows, I end up not going to any of them, but this time I just might make it to all of these.
It's been over a year since I last saw Kinski, and I've been really looking forward to seeing them again. They were at Easy Street to promote the release this past Tuesday of their latest album, Down Below It's Chaos, and they played six songs from it. A couple of the songs featured vocals, a rare element in Kinski's work so far; however, they were all but inaudible, and it was hard to tell how much that was intentional and how much it was due to the store's sound system, or me being too close to the stage. Certainly the instruments were all quite loud, though still distinguishable and not just sheer noise. For this set, they had clear breaks between each song, unlike past shows in which they would break into freeform noise-making for a bit. All of the new songs sounded good and I'm looking forward to getting to know them better. I'm also looking forward to the official CD release party next month on the 27th at The Crocodile Cafe.
"Club Pop!" is a monthly event at Chop Suey for the 18+ crowd that features dance music by regular DJs Colby B and Paco, as well as a couple live bands. Chop Suey was packed for this event - so much that shortly into Freezepop's set, both police and firefighters were checking out the scene, and apparently after that people who stepped outside the club were no longer allowed back in. That was too bad for the people who'd stepped out, but frankly made the rest of the show more enjoyable for me, not having the constant stream of people shoving past in both directions.
This month's event had DJ Glitterpants as a special guest, but as all the DJs worked from the soundbooth, I had no way of telling which DJ was spinning at any particular time. The music was generally good and they played some interesting remixes of both current and old hits, but a few times I was jarred by songs that had obviously been sped up a lot to match the beat.
Dandi Wind are an electronic duo on synthesizers and vocals. Their style was classic post-punk/new wave, with the vocalist tending to shout her lines as much as sing them. Although I do enjoy that style, I didn't find their set engaging, not hearing much to distinguish the songs from each other. However, they brought a smile to my face with their set closer, a cover of Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance".
Freezepop are the synth-pop trio of Liz Enthusiasm (vocals), The Other Sean T. Drinkwater (synths, vocoder and vocals) and the Duke of Pannekoeken (programming (the famous QY70 sequencer), vocoder and vocals). The Duke unfortunately could not be present, and Alex Chen of Sean's other band Lifestyle filled in for him. They played a varied set of old and new songs, ranging from "Science Genius Girl" off their earliest EP and "Plastic Stars" from their first album, to "Brain Power" and "Pop Music Is Not A Crime" from their upcoming third album Future Future Future Perfect. The set felt a little short to me, but then as I recall last time they were here they started earlier and got to play a very long show. In any case, considering they came out from Boston and thus were onstage at the equivalent of 3 AM, they had plenty of energy and love for the audience and it was a good set. After the show, Liz said that they'll be doing a tour once the new album comes out in September, so hopefully they'll be back later this year.
Next month's showing a lot of promise, and I haven't even looked over the full calendar listings yet. Editors are playing at Chop Suey on the 18th. Imperial Teen are at the Crocodile Cafe on the 21st; I don't know them very well but I like what I've been hearing of their new album on KEXP and want to check them out live. They Might Be Giants are at The Moore Theatre on the 26th, and as I mentioned above, Kinski's CD release is at the Crocodile on the 27th. Usually it seems that when I list a bunch of possible shows, I end up not going to any of them, but this time I just might make it to all of these.
- Location:Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Mood:pleased
I feel like I need a new post, but I don't have a particular topic.
One of my favorite Boston bands, Freezepop, came to townlastThursday* night and I got to go to the show. Seattle was their second-to-last stop on a two-week West Coast tour, and yet they showed a phenomenal amount of energy and good spirits on stage; they were clearly enjoying the show a lot, and even seemed to be a bit overwhelmed by the very enthusiastic crowd response. I got to speak to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
lizenthusiasm and she said we were the best audience they'd had on the tour, which was very good to hear. As a New Englander who loves my new home of Seattle as much as I love Boston, I'm happy that my fellow Seattleites gave one of my favorite bands such a warm welcome.
(* I tried making this post last night but something happened to my internet connection just as I tried to update - my computer still claimed I was connected to the internet, but I couldn't connect to any sites whatsoever. Very annoying.)
You might want to look at the unofficial LJ fan group![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
freezepop4ever for more about their show and the band.
Other topics...
I'm still adjusting to braces. They still occasionally catch my cheek painfully, mainly when trying to eat, and they still cause me to occasionally bite down on my lips as well while trying to eat. Hmm, one month down already, eleven or so to go.
With $4,500 worth of metal (and related orthodontic services) in my mouth, I still haven't decided whether to go home for Christmas, as that will undoubtedly add another $500 to $700 to my credit card bills. However, I did just find out my friend Eldy will be back in Nashua for Christmas, and also my friend Jase (parkbenchzine) just had a baby girl, so there's a couple good reasons to make a visit (though I don't know whether I'd actually get a chance to visit Jase and see the new baby).
Sorry kids, nothing new to say about pants. The colored mid-rise briefs are working out nicely, thank you very much.
I've started training in aikido with my friend John. It's good to finally be getting back into some kind of martial arts training, though I still miss forms and weapons.
I've also started playing my violin again, messing around with my friend Tony S. (see his band Library Science) on guitar, playing melody or accompaniement to songs he's made up. I'm a bit surprised actually at how much fun it is to get my violin out again, but to be just making up stuff instead of sawing away at classical music.
Guess that's about it for now...
One of my favorite Boston bands, Freezepop, came to town
lizenthusiasm and she said we were the best audience they'd had on the tour, which was very good to hear. As a New Englander who loves my new home of Seattle as much as I love Boston, I'm happy that my fellow Seattleites gave one of my favorite bands such a warm welcome.(* I tried making this post last night but something happened to my internet connection just as I tried to update - my computer still claimed I was connected to the internet, but I couldn't connect to any sites whatsoever. Very annoying.)
You might want to look at the unofficial LJ fan group
freezepop4ever for more about their show and the band.Other topics...
I'm still adjusting to braces. They still occasionally catch my cheek painfully, mainly when trying to eat, and they still cause me to occasionally bite down on my lips as well while trying to eat. Hmm, one month down already, eleven or so to go.
With $4,500 worth of metal (and related orthodontic services) in my mouth, I still haven't decided whether to go home for Christmas, as that will undoubtedly add another $500 to $700 to my credit card bills. However, I did just find out my friend Eldy will be back in Nashua for Christmas, and also my friend Jase (
parkbenchzine) just had a baby girl, so there's a couple good reasons to make a visit (though I don't know whether I'd actually get a chance to visit Jase and see the new baby). Sorry kids, nothing new to say about pants. The colored mid-rise briefs are working out nicely, thank you very much.
I've started training in aikido with my friend John. It's good to finally be getting back into some kind of martial arts training, though I still miss forms and weapons.
I've also started playing my violin again, messing around with my friend Tony S. (see his band Library Science) on guitar, playing melody or accompaniement to songs he's made up. I'm a bit surprised actually at how much fun it is to get my violin out again, but to be just making up stuff instead of sawing away at classical music.
Guess that's about it for now...
- Mood:pensive
- Music:Unrest, Imperial f.f.r.r.
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