Up in Schoolhouse Park, near our cabin in Wyoming.

Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice

In all of its cluttered glory.

Good luck on the move across the country to Oregon.

Walking the dog near our cabin in Wyoming.

I'm back!
Flights taken: 4
Flights delayed: 1
Flights canceled: 1
Travel time to get from the Bighorn Mountains back to VA: 13 hours, approximately
Deer seen: 7
Dead deer seen on the highway between Buffalo, WY and Billings, MT: 5, approximately
Other roadkill: Numerous
Moose seen: 0
Squirrels: Many!
Perseid meteors seen against the backdrop of the Milky Way: 20, after which I stopped keeping count
Moonrises witnessed: 1
Books read: 6.3¹
Stupid questions from seat neighbors on flights: 1²
Nights spent in a tent: 6
Nights spent in a bed: 2
Number of times using a solar shower: 6
Number of times using a real shower: 0
Number of days where the temperature did not exceed 60 degrees: 2
Elevation of family cabin: 7,500 feet, approximately

¹: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, The Keep, Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Soccer Tactics, Breakfast of Champions, Stitches, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, and some of Kafka On The Shore.
²: "Is that a Hokie?" in reference to my Baltimore Orioles hat.

Be back in a little bit!

My friend Amanda--who some of you may know from her years as the DCist Music Editor--started a new music blog this week called Pinna Storm. I kicked off a series of posts at her site called Picture Book, where folks will post a photo of a band and write a little bit about that particular musical moment. For the inaugural post, I wrote up a little something about Fugazi, Fort Reno and post-graduation malaise. Keep checking back, since I will most likely be contributing to that series in the future, and chip in if you think you have something worth sharing.

Watch: Enon playing Conjugate The Verbs in Hamburg.

Eric had a pie party this weekend, wherein everyone attending was supposed to bring a pie. We didn't quite get to that level of participation, but 8 pies proved to be more than plenty. Too much pie, in fact, since I still have a bit of my lemon meringue pie to finish off this evening.

Also, it's David Yow's 50th birthday today, which is kind of crazy. Go listen to some Jesus Lizard to celebrate:
JL playing Then Comes Dudley and Nub in DC, back in 1991.

Hey, it's Geddy Lee's birthday, which calls for one song: Stereo by Pavement.

While they were in Chicago recently, Superchunk stopped by the offices of The Onion's AV Club and recorded a great cover of The Cure's In Between Days. The AV Club's Undercover series is winding down, so there weren't a ton of choices left, including Superchunk's own Detroit Has A Skyline, which they passed on playing for the series. Not many songs left, I'm kind of curious who will end up doing The Mats' I Will Dare.

If you haven't seen me out and about in a bit, it's because I've been at home, popping Mucinex DM and playing Civilization.

Unrest - So Sick

While I'll be looking forward to seeing the reunited Guided By Voices at the Matador at 21 show, I'm pretty excited about the fact that Come will be getting together to play in Vegas as well.

Come - Cimarron

Big Boys - Red/Green