slacker! no post since thursday? no concert review from death & dismemberment until two days later? what kind of a blog are you running here anyway?

alright alright. i’m sorry. i’ll try to do better. friday was good because school was minimal and concert was loveable. but no you are invited? i have to say that was sort of a letdown. maybe they’ll come through when i see them again two weeks from yesterday in boston for spring break (air guitar pose).

honesly though, the show was superb. i’d never heard an aveo song before in my life, and they pleased me very much. i would have bought their record if i had more cash on me. good stuff from a three-piece band. very enjoyable for an opener. would see again if given opportunity.

then my first dismemberment plan live experience which, although i have no others to compare it to, i have to say was top-notch. they made my week. they just play with so much enthusiasm it floors me. and i’ve never wanted to bust a move at a concert so much in my life as when they started in on “the city”. hot damn, that’s some sweet sweet music. dig the plan man, dig ’em a lot.

personally, though, i have to say i was let down by death cab. i attribute this to a) them following the plan, who are much higher energy and more intense; and b) the el rey having superhard floors or something, because i whenever i’m there, i get really sore from standing all night by the time the last band is halfway done. i don’t know, i think i would have put them second to last and ended with the perkier band if it were my show to plan, because death cab is really good and played a good set too. my heart just wasn’t in it by then, so i didn’t feel as awestruck as i did last time i saw them. sorry guys, it’s not you, it’s me. well, and the fact that you followed a much more upbeat band that sort of set a weird mood going into a set of drastically less frantic indie rock. nothing personal.

tonight (well, saturday i mean) was another concert — yes that’s two nights in a row. this one by snmnmnm at the campus coffee house. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: these guys may be weird with their tuba and their accordion, but they’re so much fun! they’ve officially won my “best local band” award until i can think of a better one. i even bought their cd (which doesn’t come out until tuesday. i’m so much cooler than you).

perhaps i should have been more descriptive or even amusing in relating the past few days but i’d rather go to sleep now. do yourself a favor though since i haven’t made you laugh in days (or probably ever) — go to this page and download the “bologna feet” sketch. holy crap, that’s a laugh riot.