Recent Stuff

So, I finished Harry Potter. I enjoyed it, suffice it to say. No spoilers here, I'm not going to be a dick. I won't write a full review (I'm sure you can find plenty), but I'll say it follows the path of the previous books, including the darker mood and the increased density of crazy history.

I finished my first revision of my AQ space setting, and have sent it out to my players. My second revision will be a more detailed look at certain areas and events. My third and hopefully final revision will have the entire setting written out in full. I wouldn't be surprised if the third revision is either not finished, or only finished after a long period of time. I'm writing the setting with a strange combination of bottom-up and top-down methods, and I'm now stuck in the middle, knowing both the small area in which the players will start, and the large overall picture. My plan is to bulk up the middle and bottom with parts my players add. All in all, it will be very, very interesting.

WHY???

http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/car/377268225.html

No hoist, no stand, no tow vehicle. But it's free...aagh...

...WTF???

This is a picture of Lindsey and I at Frankie's on Saturday. Thanks in part to Technorati (I was searching for other pictures of the concert), i found this picture on the Livejournal of someone I don't know.
I know who took the picture...as in, some random person took a picture of us. But still, weird...

Tub Ring, or, I drove four hours to Toledo and all I got was my face rocked off

So, using a scheme of logic I am still uncertain of, Lindsey and I borrowed a car yesterday to drive a car out to Toledo, Ohio to see Tub Ring. This was an odd endeavour, and having only heard anything by the band some two weeks ago, I was unsure of what to expect.

It was psychotic.
The first band was a couple of Toledo guys who, frankly, sucked. They just played loud and had a drunk entourage making fools of themselves in the front of the club.
Notable quote: "Play some Barry Manilow, you pussy!"
- Drunk Asshole

After that, it got better, though.


Foxy Shazam was weird. They were a good type of weird though, and rocked pretty hard. That is, when the lead singer wasn't strutting around being a pompous frontman. The bassist looked a lot like Buzz Osborne. The keyboardist had the most terrifying sideburns I have ever witnessed on a human being. They finished a pretty sick set, and then Tub Ring took the stage.



Oh man. They were sick.



Playing some songs I knew, some I didn't, the whole time everyone was jumping around, being crazy. Also, it was a small club, so there were probably no more than 100 people there. All in all, very cool.
After the show, I got a chance to talk to Kevin Gibson, the lead singer, who is a cool guy, and was a little surprised that we came out from Pittsburgh for the show. Well, after hearing that, Let's hope that maybe they consider swinging by the Burgh on their next tour...
After I get The Great Filter, which may take a few weeks (I accidentally had it shipped back home to MA), I am definitely going to look into getting their other two albums.