Pianos

Well… Friday was fun. The Non-Commissioned Officers sounded good. It was cool to hear (some of) the movie soundtrack tunes performed. A lot of Lehnings were there… Jordan and Eric on stage, their mom (who guested on vocals on the band’s last song, a Joy Division cover), and Jason who mixed our album. I was impressed with Eric’s vocals… I had met him in Nashville when we were down there for mixing and didn’t take him to be the lead singer type, but he proved me wrong. You just wait… those Lehnings will take over the world someday.

The band they opened for, though, blew me away. “Detachment Kit.” They rocked so hard, and unexpectedly so. The band’s myspace claims they are a “jam band” and I’ll call that quite a misnomer. “That was the hardest I’ve rocked with a turtleneck on.” –Rob. Exactly. The music was “smart,” too, not just rockin’… I don’t really want to try and describe it, but it was pretty innovative. And they really looked the part (I’m sorry but that did add to the show). They had a guy who I would have said was the keyboardist, except he played tambourine for 95% of the show with the keyboard laying untouched in front of him. And by “played tambourine” I mean “totally freaked out on tambourine.” Yeah. Again, adding to the show.

There was also a brief visit with Sabrina outside the club pre-show and some crepes at a hole-in-the-wall joint up the road from Pianos post-show. The music there was way too danceable for a hole-in-the-wall crepe place.

Saturday night I made hot mulled cider that came out a little too sweet… then some of us went out, first to Bruxelle’s and then to the Old Village Inn for a bunch of appetizers and a bunch of discussion about life, jobs, and music… Sunday Rob and I hit Hook Mountain for some picnicking and Philsbeeing (our beloved paper plate frisbee). We watched The Squid and the Whale at night, which Rob built up to be “the lighter side of divorce.” Jeff Daniels was great in it… overall I liked the acting but the subject matter was, maybe needless to say, uncomfortable. …overall it was a pretty low-key weekend, the first in a while, and mostly consisted of apartment-ing and playing with the kitties.

And here I am, back at work on Monday. Exit without looking: PEACE!