So last Tuesday, I saw Melt-Banana at the 7th Street Entry, and I must say that it was the most worthwhile thing I've done this year as far as recreation is concerned. The crowd was going crazy and the band was too – it was an amazing show, despite the annoying lights thing they did at the beginning (which might not have been so annoying if I had any kind of ability to recover from bright lights in the dark). The performance aspect of that part was interesting. You don't really see that kind of inversion of visibility in live…

So…while having the RNC in your backyard is a shitty thing, especially this year, and especially because St. Paul has reacted by turning the city into an overt police state full of super scary dudes in riot gear, it has brought good music.

SEIU Take Back Labor Day
This event was great and by far the most peaceful thing I have seen thus far in the city since the RNC kickoff. Why? Probably the lack of riot police. Labor-activist-extraordinaire/musician Billy Bragg kicked off the show, which was weird to me…but I guess that he's a lot less famous to most…

In light of John McCain comparing Democratic rival Barack Obama to the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, I've gotten to thinking about what kind of decadent celebrity team I think should run the United States for the next four years.

I mean, George W. Bush has already turned the presidency into a three-ring circus, so why not?

Anyway, my vote goes for a Ted Nugent / Courtney Love ticket on account of them both being somewhat psychotic, and an added perk in the fact that they'd probably fistfight a lot and make bad, caterwauling music together. Which…

So. A couple of months ago, I saw Kate Nash @ First Ave. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players opened, and they really sucked. They kept trying to do this humor thing with the audience, which was kind of nice because it meant they played less music, but still…they played too much. The band is totally gimmicky and not worth a whole lot.

Kate Nash is not a live artist. Or at least not a live artist for a venue like First Ave. There were times, such as during Dickhead where you could barely hear the music over the obnoxious banter…

Gogol Bordello / Dub Trio / DJ Dubta

My siblings and my boyfriend went with to this show, which made it kind of special because we are not all together like that very often. Generally, someone has to die or be giving us stuff to force this kind of 'togetherness'. Also, my brother and sister were in close proximity to each other for more than 3 hours, and neither of them farted on the other…and no one had a black eye!

We also had a really good spot – great view! The view did not matter during DJ Dubta or…

First of all, I have to say that all of the bad things I have heard about The Myth are absolutely true. The venue sucks. I should have known that, considering I had actually been in the location when it was 'Just for Feet' or whatever many times–it is the kind of place that I knew would make any music sound shitty. But I went because it was Regina Spektor, and because my little sister is rad and I did not have to pay.

For a tangent on how rad my little sister is…She not only gave me a…

So. I took my sister to this show last Friday. My sister is 18, but I still end up taking her to a lot of shows because everyone in my family thinks she is 13…which I suppose is kind of weird, considering the fact that no one is shocked that she has a driver's license.

The entire place was full of really dressed up people, which was weird. It was also weird because they have no aisles…so if you walk in during the middle of a set, you need to step over tons of people on your way to the…

I am too tired to sleep, which is a problem that has been troubling me lately. I'm just kind of restless as a general rule and I'm having a difficult time listening to songs that are over three minutes long.

Even my new stuff does not excite me so much. For example, I got new CDs by Nicky Click and die cheerleader in the mail today–both of which I was looking forward to hearing, but I just cannot focus for long enough to listen to them.

Weird. I listen to the most music now when I am at work. I…

So, the objective of this was to click on the link for your top played artist and the follow the top similar artist link until you have fifty artists. In order to assure fifty unique artists, if you run into an artist you already have, just move down the list to one that you don't have. Blah, blah, blah.

I did this mostly because I am bored and wanted to see where it would end up. I tried to do the same thing for the same reason when 7 Year Bitch was my top artist…but, if you go to their…

I'm starting to think that buying CDs is the only thing I am really good at. I have consistently managed to get that particular task done over the course of the last ten+ years.

Anyway, I got new stuff and I going to talk about it here.

Ta-Dah
I love this. I am so glad that it was finally released and I am more than a little sad that I missed the Scissor Sisters show in the area. I could have danced like a lunatic and felt happy. Another plus is that the residents at my work hate it! Double…