...the KIM show on friday night totally RULED the SCHOOL!!! go see photos right here! it was a rawkin' show all around...all three bands were really good...KIM were by far the happiest and bubbliest and funnest (not to mention cutest) of them all! the crowd was totally receptive and didn't want them to stop...you could tell a lot of the folks were there just for KIM...it was my first time seeing them live, and man oh man am i glad i got this chance cuz who knows when they'll be playing next!






stephanie from team do!boo! did merch that night for both KIM and for the M'S who were headlining...the merch table was really busy, it being a sold out show and all...michelle from team do!boo! helped stephanie during the KIM set, but for most of the show, it was poor little stephanie on her own...between selling stuff and fielding all the guys who were trying to ask her out, she was pretty pooped by the end of the night...oh the joys of the merch table...i know a thing or two about that i suppose...

...my h.s. buddy olarn came to the show and kept teddy company...and then my friend ann moon came with a whole cadre of korean american gals, including jocelyn whom teddy & i had met last weekend...so there was olarn suddenly surrounded by all these beautiful asian women, and i pulled him aside and sternly told him not to even think about hitting on any of them...he complied for the most part...if he hadn't, i probably would have been scraping pieces of olarn off schuba's floor cuz i know some of those girls could totally kick his ass without even batting an eyelash...anyways, he still had fun cuz he talked to the women in a civilized manner, and so of course they returned the treatment...and it was a rockin' show on top of that...

...i didn't take any photos of the M's cuz i was too tired, but i have to say that they totally rawked...i was rather surprised cuz these guys don't even have a full length out yet, just a $5 ep...even teddy really liked them...i couldn't find him for their whole set cuz he was up front and totally swallowed up by the crowd...i thought he'd found a place to lie down and take a nap, but he was actually enjoying the music...the M's come out w/ a full length this spring...their cd release party is friday apr 2 @ schuba's with the decemberists...i bet you anything that show sells out...as much as i hate shooting photos at sold out shows, i think i'll be at this one...

...saturday teddy & i looked at some apartments...there is one possibility so far...if that one doesn't work out, i'm most likely going to stay put...*sigh*...the purging continues nevertheless...

...saturday i got a call from caleb...he & his fiancee kathy were in town cuz of a project he's doing for school...they were on the northside so we met up at the art gallery kafe and chatted...it was the first time i officiailly met kathy...it's all very exciting, caleb getting married and all...i'm gonna shoot candid shots at their wedding in july...should be loads of fun...i met up with them again later for dinner down in hyde park at the snail...they were with some old friends joel and karen who were visiting from south bend, IN and with audrey as well...it was so good to see audrey after all these months! she's one of my favorite people in the whole world! she's one of the few people i know who can make me feel totally welcome and at ease...AND she can totally rock out on a guitar! one of my favorite memories ever is when she & caleb played me a private concert in my apartment until like 4am...

...sunday teddy went to church with me...we picked up carlos on the way too...caleb & aud were videotaping the service for their project for school...sam & jenn were there too so we went to chinatown afterwards to joy yee's...it was crazy busy and we were super super crunched together like sardines...but it was yummy...

...sunday night was pretty uneventful...ted was working until 1 am so i did laundry and went to bed early...teddy called me on his way to his apt from work, and i think i said some totally unintelligible stuff about whatever dream i happened to be having when he called...he gave up trying to talk to me and told me to go back to my dreaming...

...oh...here are photos i took recently in hyde park on the U of C campus...this is for caleb, pierre, todd, aud, kathy, and all the other U of C alums who mean anything to me...

been listening to--
march 16-20, 1992--uncle tupelo
end seranading--mineral
the meadowlands--the wrens
give up--the postal service
summerteeth--wilco
no good for no one now--owen
hashin' it out--euphone
s/t--the m's
exitheuxa--gogogo airheart