when venturing in uptown, i sometimes honestly feel as if everyone there could break into a song and dance down the streets. saturday night, after my lovely uncle's surprise 50th birthday party (i love my family!) heather and i went to the uptown bar to catch the spirt of '76. that band is hands down one of the best minneapolis bands around. i have gone to many shows in the past and forgot how much i love them. doug, the lead singer, wails. frickin wails. not only is the music flawless, but doug acts like he is on acid (although he is not). he is a jim morrison replica. he rolls around on the ground. lies on equipment. jumps into the crowd. is anything but boring. every lead singer needs to take a few notes from him on how it is done. before they went on, lydia joined us. and we all marveled at the strange collection of people roaming the streets. heather and i also had an interesting run-in before the show. and i saw a robot ballerina walking her dog (i swear it). it was also awesome because right when we got our drinks and went to the patio, the spirit guys told us to pull up seats and we all chatted for a long while. on the walk home heather and i were bombarded with yelling and cheering from many people who apparently were partying on top of a billboard (what!?). yeah. oh, uptown. how you astound me at times.
i cannot wait, however, for the fineline show on the 5th with this world fair, barcelona, the spirit of '76 and the wannabe hasbeens. holy amazing! that show will be stellar. my parents, their friends, my sister, kelsey, us girls, and everyone i know is going to be there. it cannot be missed. if you love good music you will be there. if you love nickleback and hinder, however, you should probably save yourself the trouble and stay home with your beers and nascar. haha.
earlier this week i hung with the girls, dan, steven, gremlin, cherise, etc... at the fineline for a quick set from the wannabe hasbeens, as they were finishing up their battle of the bands thang. it was good to see everyone, and beforehand i stopped into the 50 records office next door with dan to show him how sweet the place is. i said hi to all my lovely co-workers. i miss them already. after the show, dagger and slayer went with mike minehart up to st. cloud to catch the readygoes set, while i went to hang with jp for a few hours and watch a movie and eat some pizza. eventually i went home and crashed because we had had a swimming fieldtrip at work that day, and those really drain me.
what else... i think that's about it for now. more later. <3
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