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Since I am leaving Seattle soon I want to pack in as much fun as possible before I go. So to start off the festivities I’m going to a show each night for the next five days.

Monday Ulrich Schnauss (getting my shoe gaze on)

Tuesday Truckasaurus (8-Bit love)

Wednesday Broomdust Blues Band (not enough Blues in Seattle)

Thursday Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes (Dirty South New Orleans Funk)

Friday Creeping Time, Ockham’s Razor (Bluesgrass and Irish Folk action)

Saturday The Bad Things (Gypsy Rock for the win)

Stolen burritos are great but they’re even better when someone else steals them for you.

Reggae, women, free beer, Dunhills, Rachel = kick ass night!

Art openings at Roq La Rue and BLVD, The Hands at the Croc and pinball at Shorty’s. Maybe last call at The Hat. Should be fun…

Just got a ticket to see The Flaming Lips in Tampa. I’ll be visiting some good friends and I have friends coming down from Atlanta and Connecticut as well. I have one confirmation so far hopefully the rest can go too.

Hells Yeah!

Loretta chats

Originally uploaded by ChrisB in SEA.

Ok, maybe not. I look like a dork in this photo.

On a completely unrelated note, what’s up with all of the cigarette bums in Seattle. I used to call them cigarette whores in Atlanta but I have changed my terminology since the former is derogatory towards women plus more guys ask me here. Maybe is because of the high price of a pack here or more likely since most people are passive aggressive here the majority probably say yes.

Glitzkrieg Burlesque Bombshells

The past few days I was feeling a little down. Not having a job and the weather was getting to me. Because of this I almost didn’t go to see Steel Pulse last night at the Showbox. None of my friends here like reggae and I didn’t feel like going downtown. I had a ticket already and I love Steel Pulse so I decided to brave it. Lets just say it was a good thing I did. This is the third time I have seen them but the first real concert. The previous times were at On the Bricks and Voodoo Fest so they played shortened sets. This show was absolutely incredible, a great vibe from most of the crowd and a “Happiness Ninja” helped me enjoy the show even more. It was the first time in a long while that I actually sang along and danced (sort of). When they played Your House the whole crowd was into it and singing. Just awesome energy that only comes along in one of about ten shows that I see. Everything is all right in the world now and the sun is shining today, thankfully I got off my ass last night.

Feeling Irie

Edit: About thirty minutes after I posted this, the clouds moved in and it started pouring with a sleet/snow mixture.  Oh well, it was sunny for awhile.

Colorful skull

Originally uploaded by Alex Vernon.

On Saturday my girlfriend and I went to the Asian Cultural Experience at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. We had a great time although we spent most of it looking at Niki’s pieces. I put some shots up on Flickr, you can view the here: Niki in the Garden.

Last Monday was my 29th birthday. Aradia threw me a surprise party last Saturday at Cafe Istanbul. I think I have finally recovered now, just in time for the APWBWGTTD meetup tomorrow night. Let me just say that Ouzo and a bunch of different types of beer do not go together. In fact I think I can safely say Ouzo and anything else doesn’t go together. Well I had a great time and had a bunch of friends there. Cafe Istanbul is awesome as well, I’ve been there a few times now and haven’t been disappointed. If you live in Atlanta you should check it out. After all you can’t go wrong with Belly Dancers and Hookahs.

The top of my head, obviously I’m facing the wrong way.

Recently while at a Green Day concert I was introduced to a new phenomenon. Instead of holding up lighters during ballads and such the kids hold up their cellphones. I’m not sure how long this has been going on, considering that most shows I go to are 21 and up, I’m sure I’m late to the party. Needles to say this made me feel old, in defiance I held up my trusty titanium Zippo (which I subsequently lost) next to the Nokias and Motorolas. My protest was short lived however, the AC was cranked up so high in Phillips Arena the flame started burning my hand. I couldn’t bring myself to hoist my phone above my head so I finished the song in darkness with a tinge of sadness in my heart. (ok I’m bullshitting, no sadness) The show itself was great, high energy and lots of explosions. They cut beer sales off really early though. It was also fun to watch all the kids go silent when they played their older songs. The highlight of the show for me was when they did a cover of Operation Ivy’s Knowledge. They ended up bringing some kids on the stage to play it. Seemed planted but was still pretty cool.