Went to Smashing Pumpkins tonight, caught Interpol opening. Both were bad. Embarrassingly bad.
I was able to entertain myself by texting funny commentary about the performances to a friend who was sitting in a different area.
One does not simply cover the Talking Heads
I have no words
[They covered Once in a Lifetime in what I can only describe as an abomination.]
setlist.fm/stats/songs/the-smashing-pumpkins-23d6e0ab.html?songid=bd7e5ae
[This wasn't about either band, but rather about a stereotypical Texas bro in front of me]
Me: The guy in front of me has a shirt on with an illustration of a gun and the text "This is a tool"
On the back it says "I am the weapon"
Which sounds contradictory to the front to me but what do I know
Friend: I think it's the other way around. He's a tool...
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As far as I can tell, all local advocacy is being organized on Facebook, Instagram, and very out-of-date GoDaddy websites. There is a bicycling organization here and the only information I can find about their activities is in IG reels I just happen to see because I am on that platform (I wish I wasn't but it's the best way for me to see the photos my wife takes--a technological failure story for another post). I guess I am going to transcribe the info from the reel?
There are a dozen girls in our neighborhood going into middle school (including my daughter). The moms organized a gathering this morning and we're going to walk them part way (our neighborhood is next to our middle and high schools). There's a bridge over a creek and we're going to wave goodbye as they cross the bridge. It's a little cheesy and a little awesome and quite the scene at 7:45 am.
I want to share this picture I just got of the entire group of kids, but won't. I'm actually pleased -- 2 years ago we moved from the neighborhood where half the people move their kids to private school even if they did public elementary school. Clearly in our new neighborhood we're all in this public school adventure together.
theradavist.com/all-city-cycles-closing/
I guess my Space Horse will become an increasing rarity
Because my infodiet is mostly this site and YouTube -- i.e. A) meta-fedi, world literally burning, cats, tech is terrible, billionaires are awful, infra is crumbling, hateful people are hateful, B) full-time lifestyle bicyclists going on epic adventures...actually, that's almost it for YT since I cancelled my subscription and unsubbed to a lot of channels -- last night I finally caught up on UFOs and indictments. And wow.