11:36 p.m. - 2004-04-14
we tore one down but erected another there
huh, okay! standard livejournalesque report:
* who is myrtle malloy? kicked ASS!!!! i wished only to hear the vocals and to have enough room and a hard enough floor to fucking dance all over the place - darn shuffling indie kids just weren't feeling the groove to the degree i was, but that's okay, because: the band was soooo good. seriously. it's really rare to find a band that has that much intricate shit going on that doesn't feel bogged-down. it was clean and airy and very rocking. go kerry and erika and company! you rock!
* also ran into lurko at the show which was nice - she has aged well in these intervening years - and didn't even realize i had a beard again! wow. it's been a while kiddo. but she was up to her old tricks and bitsibits and i discussed how precious she was, and vague resolutions were made to call and possibly hang out, watch movies, yadda y yadda. neat!
* also got in the quality time with lizzie which is always soooo healthy feeling and whether we're talking about my life or hers or both it feels indescribably grounding to look back on an evening and realize i talked about real things and really got somewhere talking about them... i love elizabeth more than anybody at this point and it is so beautiful to feel that way...
i think i'm going to stay in athens. not for elizabeth (who's moving) or kerry's band (which is going to hit the big time and move to hollywood anyway) but for the world of athens, which silly as it so often is still has an innocence and a purity and an ability to create spaces for things that i cannot put into words (obviously) but which makes me feel a little bit safer. when i started going to shows a few years ago the first thing i lost was my self-consciousness and i still have to fight to keep it from overtaking me but there is absolutely nothing that makes me feel more empowered than walking into a show, not giving a fuck which sneaky little bastards are looking at me crosswise, and just dancing the way i feel to, all shivery, spastic, lip-biting and exultant -
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