DFiVE9 is playing at the Satyricon on Saturday.
Hotboxed is playing at the Paris tonight.

My car lost an important component to its overall function: the air in the passenger side front tire.
Subaru makes a great car but a shitty jack. Had to call AAA and wait for a tow truck to come... "between 30 and 45 minutes" from when I made the call.

Dispatcher: "Are you in a safe place?"
Me: "If I'm not, will it make the tow truck come any fucking faster?"

Actually, the tow truck came out pretty quickly. Now I've got one of those goofy "doughnut" wheels on my car. The damaged tire/wheel is in my passenger seat, wrapped in a seat belt. Big speaker boxes in the trunk are really cool until you realize that your spare tire is underneath that audio monstrosity.

Shit.

Word. As a reminder, you should always scroll down to read the logs in their entirety because every goddamned thing I have to say is important. Had an interesting evening last night. I'm trying to sort out the events in my head. It's a blur. I remember when I could go out three to four nights a week... inject domestic light beer directly into my jugular, then wake up at 5am the next morning to go to the gym before I went to work. I think I had two beers last night and by 10pm I was ready to take a nap. Dammit I'm old. There's good column material from last night, so hopefully I'll make the most of it. Also... SIGN THE GUESTBOOK. I've been tracking you people... People from foreign countries like Iowa are checking out this site. Let me know what you think. After all, I'm doing this for you, you wretched schmucks.

<-Get this broad a pizza. Now.

< Adam Hubka of Dualesc and Tim Steiner of Syx with Eminem (circa 2000)

My weekend kicked ass (get ready for a lot of bolds and links).

Friday: Probably THE best lineup and performance I've ever witnessed at the Paris Theater (since DeadRedHead) occured on 11/2. Dualesc, Nihilist, Tenfold, and SYX put on an incredible show. Syx was joined on stage for their last song by some members of TV:616. Also at the Paris, I met Max and Cari, two of the onl- I mean biggest fans of this site. I also got to hang out with Adam Hubka of Dualesc, who also has a side project: Norwegian Doorway Goats. Dualesc also has an unofficial website hosted by Megan, friend of the band.

This log sounds like an entry out of Positively Entertainment, doesn't it? I need a shower.

Saturday: Equally a triumphant evening which included my stage debut as the visual effects coordinator (okay... I worked the light-switch board) for the band Perfect in Plastic. I was in full rock-star regalia, as my friend YMike would say. My mid-day nap worked against me as I slept through the Kickass Martians set, which I'll have a hard time forgiving myself for (PiP would have had a hard time forgiving me also if I was any later to the show than I was). I did get to hang out with the KAM for a while, which was cool. Check out their website for a free CD. Wrapping up the evening was Anger Management, one of the greatest bands in Portland.

Thursday, November 1st was my good friend John Barr's birthday. Happy birthday, bro.

I'm curious to see how much this auction brings in: Click HERE to view it. Don't forget to go to the Paris Theater tonight to see Dualesc and Syx, et al. and to go to the Cobalt tomorrow night (review the last few days' logs).

"You have failed me for the last time..." -Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi
"Fuck you, Qwest and your stupid MSN migration, your "maybe it's working" ftp server, and your lousy, lousy "tech support." -Gooch

Darth is more eloquent, but I'm mad as hell. I'm moving this beast over to another ftp server, which won't affect you at all. Qwest is making its customers switch over to MSN as an ISP. NOT what I wanted to do. It's a big hassle, tech support consists of Qwest people telling its customers to call MSN and MSN people telling its "future" customers to call Qwest. It's a poorly executed migration reminiscient of the Teleport/OneMain/Earthstink fiasco.

Update: Because Qwest and MSN are so screwed up, Qwest is letting its current customers stay with them for an extra $4/month.

Bite me, Qwest. Eat my ass, MSN. You can't fade me. If you strike me down, I'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. EMAIL me if you're having a similar problem with Qwest.

FRIDAY, 11/2/01 AT THE PARIS THEATER: 6 NW 3RD AVE (PORTLAND, OR). SYX | DUALESC | NIHILIST | TENFOLD
(Be there, because I will be there, too).

Word: As is my usual Halloween tradition, I'm staying the hell off the road to ensure that some process server doesn't trick-or-treat at my house. What a great tradition... wait until rush hour and darkness coincide with each other and send a bunch of kids out on the streets in dark outfits. Not me. I'll sit at home with a bunch of discount candy and watch something really scary, like the Tonya Harding/Jeff Gillooly wedding night video.

Also... I'm scheduled to be working the lights at this Saturday's PERFECT IN PLASTIC show at the Cobalt. Kick Ass Martians will also be playing (coincidentally, both bands have CDs reviewed in my 'CD Reviews' page-click above). There's a third band... I can't remember who... dammit! I'm not drinking before noon ever again.