So – seems like i’m managing a post about as often as the Black Kites play live – gotta pick up the pace a bit.
Tonight – the band hits The Scene – for a benefit show – and who knows – could be a good turn out, but there seems to be a little lack of promotion – as far as i’ve noticed – so maybe the good crowd will appear at our July show. we’ll see. I do enjoy playing at the Scene – it’s small, but kinda relaxed – and it’s playing live, on stage – so – we’ll have fun.
gonna make it short and sweet.
May 14th – Metallica. now that was an interesting show – also a benefit – but – the crowd was definitely there. I’m not too familiar with the musical output of the band – unlike Shelley – but we had nice seats, a good view – and those guys are performers. A pretty stripped down stage set, but they were definitely enjoying themselves.
May 16th – It was a nice dinner at The Valley Inn for the two of us – other than some annoying customers – it was very good, as per usual. Old timey steak houses just have that coolness. The next night we met up with Amy & Ben for dinner at Barone’s. The one that used to be the Matterhorn (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High). so – a weekend of 80’s referencing food (Valley Inn from Valley Girl).
on sunday we took the dogs out to the Dog Beach at Oxnard – they weren’t so sure about the waves and water, but they loved running through the sand – Cosmo was pretty freaked out by the big water – until he got wet – then he didn’t mind so much. got a couple of nice pictures – but, along with so many other pictures, they aren’t quite ready to post (still gotta get those last Vegas pics edited…. oh – time….).
Monday -19th – the band finds out about our acceptance / invitation to play in Toronto for SXSE… in like a month and a half. Not really a lot of time to prepare and be ready, and other plans had already been made – so we aren’t all going to be here… so – no SXSE for us, but hey – at least we were invited, which i think is a good thing.
Friday – 23rd – we get out of work early thanks to that Memorial day thing – and head straight to the Sherman Oaks Arclight to see the new Indian Jones film – it was good – fun.. and definitely nice to see on the big screen. we don’t make it out to movies much – partly because of ticket prices, partly because of our mutual dislike of annoying people who go to movies – but the theatre was pretty empty – and it was worth it. Followed by a nice dinner at Katsuya – and the long weekend was off to a good start.
Saturday we ran a few errands – i ddid the practice thing – we watched The Orphanage – went to Krispy Kreme… love sitting around in the living room watching good videos and eating good donuts. very relaxing. Sunday we took the dogs to the park, walked around a couple of times – chased squirrels, enjoyed the outside… and Monday – no work – met up with Audra and Brennan for a brunch / lunch type thing at a place called Home. Mimosas on a monday afternoon. pretty smooth. and that was a holiday weekend.
So yeah, there you have it. Tonight – the scene… Saturday it’s the Cure. (and Friday I’m in Love?)