Wow

Ok, it's been kind of a crazy week. All sorts of stuff going on since I last posted. Last Thursday night, I went to see a band called Virginia Coalition playing on campus at the Rathskeller. It was definitely a good time, pretty good show, especially when you take into account the fact that it was free. Always helps. Then I kind of hung out on campus with friends that evening. Good times, mostly.

This past weekend, as I think I mentioned the last time I posted, my cousin visited. That was pretty cool, we had a good time. Went to Nobu Saturday night, which as always was just ridiculously fantastic. If I could afford to eat there once a week, I would quickly become...well if not fat, then less skin-and-bones than I currently am. Also just kind of chilled out walking by the beach that night. Sunday, we went bowling and had dinner at Versailles, which was also very good. Not Nobu good, but not Nobu expensive either. And they make quite a good margarita, which is always a plus. We watched The Darjeeling Limited, which I love. He left on Monday.

Last night, a friend and I took the drive up to Fort Lauderdale to catch the insane triple-bill of Spoon, The Walkmen, and White Rabbits. Just an absolutely ridiculous show. We only caught about half of White Rabbits' set, but they were quite good. The Walkmen proceeded to blow the roof off the place. They're always fun to see because they don't at all try to be especially crowd-pleasing. They play new stuff, open with slow songs, play around with time signatures...but as I said, for those of us who got it at all, it was awesome. Of course, no surprise that Spoon just killed it. Just an excellent set. Good mix of their best-known songs and more unknown ones, stuff from their last three records, and some of my very favorites. There really were only two songs I could think of that I really regretted not hearing. And the fact that they closed with The Clash's "Hateful" was pretty great. I think more bands (or even all) should incorporate Clash songs into their sets. I mean, they were The Only Band That Matters.

Well, I guess that's about it for this time. The semester's winding down, I actually only have six more days of class. That's crazy. I can't believe it's almost time for the summer.