who are you seeing?

[Chankgeez]

No way! It's casecandy!

Lankum are awesome.

[EggSaladKing]

I'm going to Levitation 2025 with my kiddos and we're gonna see Mastodon and The Sword on that Friday. Thinking about taking them to The Melvins in San Antonio and some other local shows around Central Texas this summer

[dubkitty]

nice!

[dubkitty]

just added: Bob Mould solo 9/26 here in Charlottesville, and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones also here on my birthday 12/16 which my wheelchair driver partner is coming to. i’m really surprised they’re having two shows here that i want to see.

[dubkitty]

also just added: Wisp, a woman shoegaze artist i saw open for Slowdive in Richmond, 8/22 in DC. Slowdive have consistently had excellent openers recently.

[sutarappa]

How do yall keep pourin the poison? I was sposed to see Melvins/Weedeater in April. Even bought electrotickets. Didn't go. Because, night of, I would have paid $50 not to go. I'm an old fuckin ape. Goddamn.

[dubkitty]

i’ll tell you, it’s not easy at 68. the Mekons show left me toasted all day yesterday. medication for my back made me able to stand for most of the show, but it was the most of a mile walk back to the car after that did me in. honestly i think that it’s that i want it so bad that i push through the shit. i don’t know anyone else my age online or IRL that does anything near this. people at work are stunned.

i’m worried about September, though,..i have 5 shows in 15 days, with one in Manhattan, one in Asheville, two in DC, and one here. by the 26th i’m going to be a walking corpse.

i don’t know how long i can keep this up, but i’ll bloody well go down trying.

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

i’ll tell you, it’s not easy at 68. the Mekons show left me toasted all day yesterday. medication for my back made me able to stand for most of the show, but it was the most of a mile walk back to the car after that did me in. honestly i think that it’s that i want it so bad that i push through the shit. i don’t know anyone else my age online or IRL that does anything near this. people at work are stunned.

You and Bob Christgau, hauling it out to see the Mekons! (https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/ ... the-mekons)

However much trouble it is to gather the band to play in the states, it's generally too much additional hassle to come over to Canada. I've seen Jon Langford in various guises here several times, but the Mekons assembled only once. (Though one as well by chance when we were both in Cleveland on the same night!)

[dubkitty]

LOL.