Don't forget your head where you left it

[stillsostrange]

Steven and I spent last night in San Antonio with friends, cocktails, Rock Band, and $100 a pound ham*. A pleasant evening all around. Today there will be housecleaning and maybe a little writing--rolling out of bed at noon-thirty tends to put a dent in my productivity.

One thing that made me happy in 2011 was finding new music. New-to-me mostly, but some newer bands. This helps slow my progression into a cane-shaking, trouser-rolling eldergoth who bitches about "that noise those kids listen to." Some of this music even gets mainstream radio play.

I already knew about Ego Likeness and Android Lust, but I finally got whole albums last year. And, thanks to Elysium and their new dance floor video screens, I discovered Aesthetic Perfection. I wish the adorable tooth fairy song had a video.

(I highly approve of videos in clubs, and not just because Daniel Graves is pretty. But that helps.)

* It was good ham, but not the life-changing even I would expect for a hundred bucks a pound.

Comments

[curgoth]

In my perfect world, clubs would have a screen somewhere where you can see the artist and title of the track currently being played. There are a few tracks I liked form clubs in the 90s that I have never been able to find.

I figure as long as I am still listening to bands that still come out with new music, I'm doing okay.

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Yes. This would be a lot better than yelling across the DJ booth, "That song you played three songs ago--who was that?" and hoping to hear enough of the reply to at least be able to google it. ("Aesthetic" sounds a lot like "static" when shouted over loud music, and there's a Wayne Static song also called "Inhuman". Good times.)

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

Last night in Central Market we were talking about the $179/lb ham that they sell, and the deli guy heard us and was all, "Do you want to try it?" Um, yeah. So he slices us some samples. It was REALLY good (though I wouldn't say $179/lb good). And I imagine the samples alone would have been $30 worth. So that was overly cool of the deli guy.

[ammitnox.livejournal.com]

I'm lucky to be local to Ego Likeness, and they put on a hell of a show.