so last night teddy & i trekked all the way out to west dundee, near his parents' house, to the clearwater theater...my friend david bruce was playing a show there...it was a nice little venue...the only venue in that neck of the woods i understand...teddy took drum lessons down the street for 4 years, and back then that place was used as a theater, and he had thought it would make a great venue...well, he was right...even the empty bottle's putting on shows there...here are photos from the show...

anyways, it was good to finally see dave perform live...for someone who's just started writing songs recently, he's doing pretty good...i mean, he gets to make music for a LIVING...yes, that's what he does...he plays shows and gets paid for it...imagine that...he plays a really mean guitar, i gotta say...i've been meaning to catch a show of his for the last 4 months...ironically, last saturday when i was in lake zurich (which is where dave plays often), dave played in wrigleyville in the city...so i really HAD to trek it to west dundee for this show...it was a solo acoustic set, but he got to play for a good hour or so...all the folks who showed up were there to see dave, and he was happy about that...granted, the headlining band was an unknown from richmond, VA...dave's best friend scott p. whom i met through chris langill and tim @ bill mallonee's show a year ago was there as well...we told him about our seattle trip and how we almost hooked up w/ his sister, who's friends w/ teddy's brother charles & his wife ali...scott gave me a heads up on the taste of randolph street fest this weekend...evan dando of the lemon heads will be performing friday @ 6:30 and spoon will be headlining saturday @ 8pm...i don't know if i can make evan dando, but i definitely wanna see spoon!

i am going to attempt church again this sunday...i think i'll try good old hyde park vineyard this time...we shall see...i definitely wanna see pete & amy & little elliot (who's not going to be so little any more before ya know it)...

tonight the nerves are playing the double door...i had no idea they were one of teddy's favorite bands...it's a good thing i keep on top of this stuff...when he mentioned this to me last night, my brain immediately pulled up the entry i'd seen on the double door webpage that the nerves were playing in the near distant future...well that near distant future is tonight...so i think i'm gonna go if teddy's up to it...i WAS gonna go see the children's hour, derek's newest band that he's booking for, who toured w/ zwan and are getting really good reviews...but they're playing again @ schubas in july so i think i'll see them then...there are so many great shows coming up i can't even tell ya...

been listening to--
odessey & oracle--the zombies
universal truths & cycles--guided by voices
more motion--trenchmouth
execution of all things--rilo kiley
waters ave south--damien jurado
isn't anything--my bloody valentine
summerteeth--wilco