Live Music

Gentlemen,

Molly and I went to see Ha Ha Tonka last night at Subterranean (small venue in Wicker Park). It's the first concert that I've been since The National in Milwaukee last year. I've never been much of a concert goer, preferring to avoid hipsters in their skinny jeans drinking PBR full of irony; however, as part of my desire to get into more new music I decided it was worth a shot (and it was cheap).

About Ha Ha Tonka - I heard them on a SXSW sampler, liked them and then Amazon had a deal on their new album a couple weeks ago. I've been playing it like crazy and decided that it made sense to see them when they came through Chicago. As I've said before, I suck at describing music, but they are kind of like Kings of Leon meets Uncle Tupelo. They are from the Ozarks and it comes through in their music. You can download three free songs from Amazon, and check them out on Facebook.

The opening band, The Spring Standards, were a lot of fun as well - a lot of three part harmonies and energy.

Ha Ha Tonka is coming to a town near you:

April 21 @ The Mill in Iowa City, IA

April 22 @ Off Broadway in St Louis, MO

Keep on rockin'
Chris

I may have overstated the resemblance but still...

Thanks Chris, a short update and AV fun.

Thanks Chris! We had a great time too. You guys are awesome.

Pat, your post was a happy one, but I have a series of follow up questions regarding your lifestyle changes. Ill wait til the wedding.

So, a brief Iowa update: Amy and I are doing well. Amy is finishing up her second year of medschool, will be taking the boards this summer. After the summer, she begins the PHD portion of her MD-PHD program, which should take 3 years to complete. Then, 1 more year of med school. Then, 3 years of residency. Then...wait for it....DONE. Unless she gets a post doc. Or specializes. !

Im finishing up my first year of law school. Not a big fan of this semester's coursework, but im liking law school generally. This summer I will spend one month in Pittsburgh interning with a federal district court judge (and ND grad). Then, ill spend two months in Phoenix completing an antitrust fellowship for the ABA. Busy busy, but good.

Music: well, Chris had some good new suggestions. I will add to that Menomena - saw them a month ago in IC, they were really good live. Kind of like TV on the Radio. I LOVE their video Evil Bee, watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXr_4g0o9M.

One more AV contribution: ive been saving this one for a while. Took a picture of Jonathan at Chris and Molly's wedding with my phone. When I found it a couple months later (somehow I dont recall taking the photo) it scared the hell out of me. You look just like Vigo!!! Proof:

Iowa

While it might not be heaven, Iowa was a blast this past weekend. If you are ever in the area (I don't know why you would be), Sam, Amy and Lua are truly great hosts. Molly fell in love with Lua (I liked her too). If you don't know Lua, she's a black boxer (very rare).

My only regret was not seeing Skye Carrasco while she was performing in Iowa City:

Glee

For the last couple of years, I have been able to avoid Glee. Molly has always seemed interested in watching it, and we actually saw 1 episode on vacation last summer (so bad it was funny or I was drunk). Molly has occasionally brought up the subject of getting the first season on Netflix, but I've been able to keep that at bay.

Everything changed last night. After a wonderful trip to Iowa, we were looking to veg-out on the couch to some streaming Netflix. When searching through the available TV shows, Molly found "Glee: Season 1." I cursed Netflix (for the first time) as I was put through 1.5 hours of musical television torture.

Have any of your spouses subjected you to this show? How do you get through it? How has this show not been canceled?