The Snow Came Like a Scorpion in a Boot

To get one and all caught up in my daily root gathering I must first say the life is on the up and up. I bought a new car a Meteorite metallic Yaris. It’s a cool little bubble of a car, with great gas mileage. We got a loan directly through the Toyota dealership; thankfully we got a little KY in the interest rate.
I can’t remember if I’ve also mentioned that we got a small kitten from my aunt, we named him Tabasco, due to his fiery personality. Yes I have asthma and allergies and often awake with watery eyes and tight lungs, but when I walk down the hall half asleep and my ankle takes a surprise attack from behind with needle like teeth I smile and scream.
I got word that I got an A on the last assignment from my Hades Class, which makes my average at this point an 87.5 so now all I have to do is the final at an appropriate level to pass the class.
Last note to mention is the snow as finally come to the gathering stage, and performed a might play…

The Who

They came to the Delta Center on the !3th of November. They made me turn into a little prepubescent girl screaming my head off. It's an experience that measures on indescribable. The set list was amazing and if you'd like to see what they played check out the link to 'None More Black' to the left of the screen the lucky Hoss got a real live set list from the stage. The majority of their set was hits with a little break in the middle for their mini opera which can be found on their newest album. I really liked it myself. The moment of climax for me was Baba O' Riley that being my most favorite flavors of the Who. It's hard to describe the motion of Pete and Roger while they perform. Two giants among musicians. I was lucky enough to be in the cheapest of seats at the very top far corner of the stage on Pete's side. I say lucky because I was able to see the action from a top down perspective and it was amazing to be able to focus on the men as they played. At any other seat I don't think I would have been able to focus on both they have too much presence. The last thing I'll mention about the show is the movies/visual art they played behind them was amazing and breathe taking. If you still have a single cell in your body breathing you must see them live!

Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas October 28, 2006

This was a spur of the moment kind of trip we decided to go on the 26th and so we could only go for one day, we picked the first day of the festival it had the best bands playing that day. This was the first music festival I've been to outside of the locale music festivals. It was a surreal experience, because it was held the weekend before Halloween 57% of the crowd was in Halloween costumes. Some really cool ones and a lot of girls turning normal costumes into slutty costumes.
The music was great they had four stages and for the majority of the day we stayed at the 'Snake Eyes' stage and we also visited the 'Jokers Wild' stage and the end of the night was devoted to the main stage.
We got there very early due to the time difference that we forgot about so we saw a few of the smaller bands both were good but I don't remember what their names are. A lot of high hippies doing there thing in the crowd. The first Band I was excited to see was Cat Power. I've also heard a lot about her live they say you have a 50/50 chance of a good show or a crappy show. From what I understand Chan gets stage fright luckily she was in a great mood and was an amazing show.

She did a lot of dancing and a lot of hand sighs and movement that matched her lyrics which made it very unique. She played with the Memphis Rhythm Band. They backed her last album.
Here is her setlist:
1.Intro from the Memphis band
2.The Greatest
3.Living Proof
4.Lived in Bars
5.Could We
6.EMpty Shell
7.Willie
8.The Moon
9.Naked if I want to*
10.Satisfaction#
11.Where is My Love
12.$
notes:
* a Moby Graper cover
# a Rolling Stones cover
$ I don't know this song and I couldn't find anything about it so if anyone knows let me know. There were two lines that were recurring and they were, "It's good to see you swell, and I'll give you anything but love". If anyone knows then let me know thank you kindly.



The next band at the show that I saw was the Raconteurs. This is the first time for me with this band and a funny side note. My wife and I stayed at this stage after we saw Cat Power while everyone else went to see the other band perform at the stage next to us while the roadies unloaded the stage and got it ready for the next band. We did this so we could be at the front for both Cat Power and The Raconteurs. Right before the guys came out to play a college girl came up to use from across the fence she had a press pass and she was making a documentary about fans that have to see a band on the front row. Interesting concept. She asked if she could interview myself and a guy to our left, we both agreed and she asked us a few questions off camera and then filmed our answers. It was hard to come up with answers that didn't make you sound like white trash after a tornado. I'm just glad I didn't have to answer the who's in the band question because all I knew was Jack White, So the other guy looked like the idiot. Long story short if anyone ever sees the film let me know if I acted like a shmuck.
The band was great they had a great sound together and they really complimented each other's style. It didn't feel like it was Jack's band it was a real four piece band that held equal rights over the music. I'd recommend anyone to see their shows they were great live.
Here's their setlist:
1.Intimate Secretary
2.Level
3.Steady as She goes
4.Together
5.Store Bought Bones
6.It Ain't Easy*
7.Broken Boy soldier
8.Blue Veins
9.Yellow Sun
note * a David Bowie cover.

The rest of the day was devoted to eating and resting in the shade it was a hot clear day. After the sun went down we saw the Killers and Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, both of them were amazing. I didn't write the setlists down due to no light. I wore my sunglasses and left my regular glasses in the car so once the sun went down I was blind unless I was looking directly at the stage. They played their hits and nothing that stood out at enough to make an imprint. Tom was great my first time to see him live and all I wanted to hear was I Won't Back Down and he played it! Truly a legend. All in all I'd say it was a very cool festival that I hope to visit again next year if there's a good line up.

Fiona Apple at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City

I was a little nervous to see Fiona Apple play live, on her own. I have heard a lot of bad rumors of her stage personality. I first saw her live when she opened for Coldplay in Tampa, FL and she was amazing. Things started off pretty intense she was screaming and convulsing during songs and did a lot of wandering around on stage for the first half of the show. We kept expecting her to walk off any minute but thankfully she didn't and she seemed to calm down as the night went on. She even talked and joked with the audience. The night was amazing with high energy; it was also great fun to watch her dance to the faster songs. I would highly recommend seeing her if you can.

Here is the setlist:

October 25 2006
1.Get Him back
2.To Your Love
3.Shadowboxer
4.The Way Things Are
5.I Know
6.Sleep to Dream
7.Limp
8.Paper Bag
9.Tymps(sick in the head song)
10.Oh Well
11.On the Bound
12.Red Red Red
13.Not About Love
14.Better Version of Me
15.Get Gone
16.Fast as you can
Encore
17.Extraordinary Machine
18.Criminal

MRI/Graduate Studies

My MRI came back normal which is a good and bad thing. I'm not dying but I don't know why I get headaches. Frustration seems to be the Olympus, of my life right now. My health is queerer then a 3 holed binocular and my graduate teacher is failing me because I can't make sense of her babbling. My car died on the way home this weekend and it looks like the bank won't give me a loan because I have too many student loans!!!!!! It is times like this that make me want to take a quick shot to the head from any firearm and then learn to play my harp.

Where is My Mind?

where is my mind... sit on your head and spin it right watch as the little fish keep swim n swim n the moment I give in I give up and I keep asking the water to lower and the man at the facet keeps turning it higher and higher. have I done something to deserve your hatred painted red like Santa’s hat but not the one you'd find on a bobcat, no no no not that one my love you have said it and I have replied and now again and a again I am one and only the statement hurts as it burns down the stub of my throat causeing a train wreck of emotions to teeter off the bridge in my chest hairs, damn I’m hot is it because I’m fat and hairy or the hell the personal hell rising up inside me I don't believe in that anymore I’m good that is to say I haven't slipped today. Shiny new plastic toys sing your mantras and jingles. I will buy whatever you are selling if only you'd stay stay don't go but then again I need this alone time this feeling of abandonment it's an issue to bring up to my care-bear heart support group clinic trial that doesn't at this time support my network system but I’m not a system I am a man that sits alone in the dark wishing for time to play with my toys and read my comic books damn the pain in my head and that reoccurring neck spasm. if it weren't for that constant ringing in my head I’d fall asleep right now but the frequency keeps changing and I can't turn it into white noise the kind of noise the dead use to talk back at us and let us know the coupon I’ve been holding on to get into heaven has expired or required at time of purchase instead of my pocket the one little tinny pocket above the right pocket the one that can only hold a quarter and that isn't much not enough for a phone call or rain coat damn the man as one and forever.