Fri 29 May – Kevin Devine, Miniature Tigers, Wild Light

here's the set list;
1. You'll Only End Up Joining Them
2. Cotton Crush
3. Carnival
4. Another Bag of Bones
5. No Time Flat
6. The Shift Change Splits the Streets
7. -I can't figure out what I scribbled down here- Trywth is what it looks like.
8. Hand of God
9. Murphy's Song
10. Longer that I'm Out Here
11. Me & My Friends
12. Buried by the Buzz
13. I Could be With Anyone
14. Yr Husband
15. Tomorrow's Just Too Late
16. Happiness (Elliott Smith Cover)…

Thu 19 Mar – Ben Folds, Jukebox the Ghost

Now, it's no secret Ben Folds (Five) is my favorite band. Not a secret at all. Look at the username, or you know, if you know me in real life. Ha. Or even via the internet for that matter.

March 19, 2009. - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI.

The Rave is a general admission place. And being rather spoiled I'm used to standing just behind Ben so I can see his hands on the piano keys throughout the concert. Got to the Rave a little after 1 PM to start the long…

Thu 26 Jun – Summerfest 2008, June 26th

Doctor Worm
Alphabet Of Nations
Damn Good Times
Why Does The Sun Shine?
Birdhouse In Your Soul
The Guitar
The Future Of Sound
The Mesopotamians
Clap Your Hands
Don't Let's Start
Older
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Drink!
Cyclops Rock
Withered Hope
Take Out The Trash
Seven
Fingertips
James K. Polk

Encore:
Maybe I Know
Particle Man
Love To Sing interlude
The Famous Polka
New York City

Tue 14 Oct – Ben Kweller

1. Things I Like To Do
2. Fight
3. Rules
4. Walk On Me
5. Sawdust Man
6. Hurtin' You
7. Family Tree
8. On Her Own
9. Make It Up
10. Thirteen
11. Homeward Bound
12. Falling
13. Gypsy Rose
14. On My Way
15. Wantin' Her Again
16. Sundress
17. This is War
Encore:
18. Penny on the Train Track

Wed 18 Feb – Ben Kweller, The Watson Twins

This was my fourth Kweller show.
And this is how the day went down.

I went to pick up Melissa from Parkside at like noon so we could be back in time to get Rachel from East, and so I could log on and buy Folds Indianapolis tickets that were supposed to go on sale at 2 PM. Then saw that they postponed it to 4 PM. Siiigh. Some point Mel texts me that Kweller is eating out somewhere in Milwaukee according to his twitter. Sad that I missed that. ALSO…

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28 Feb 2009, 02:58
What are the four tracks recently added to your library?

1. I'll Bring You Home - Jennifer O'Connor
2. I Was So Wrong - Jennifer O'Connor
3. Grey Seal - Ben Folds (cover of Elton John)
4. Never Gonna Be Rich - The Alternate Routes

What four artists is Last.fm currently recommending to you?
White Rabbits
The Boy Least Likely To
John Vanderslice
The Fiery Furnaces

Have you listened/heard of any of them before?
The Boy Least Likely To

Last loved track?
Hold it In by Jukebox the Ghost which I was really surprised…

Tue 20 Jan – Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama

pphh. the life i lead. it's ridiculous. meaning all the excitement comes in bursts. siiigh. no complaints, i suppose

anyway. trip-erroo! play by play? why not? best remembered that way.

On the evening of the 17th Nikko came up here to stay the night, we got very little sleep. i still feel kind of bad about the fact he had to sleep in my little sister's room (rachel's) which is obviously a juvenille room - but far more comfortable than sleeping on the couch. except. that that couch out there is…

Now, each year I write one of these. Each year it gets more and more developed.

This past year, I was concerned about 'missing' an essential album, and in November wrote up a list of all 80 records I had on my hard drive that came out in 2008, and posted lists here on lj, on fb, on theburbs, on last.fm, on myspace even to get input from people on what I was missing. Cause last year I had a "why isn't this on your list" "cause i've never heard of that band" "good reason!" conversation a few too many…

Wed 3 Dec – Amanda Palmer

Was phenomenal, as always.

Set list

Astronaut
Ampersand
Blake Says
Bad Habit
I want you, But I don't need you (Momus cover)
Oasis
Strength Through Music
Guitar Hero
I Google You
Coin-Operated Boy
Runs in the Family
Have to Drive
Half Jack
Umbrella (cover)

ENCORE:
Livin' on a Prayer (cover)
Leeds United

Each show I see that Amanda's part of has been better than the last….. though, I'm not sure if that's just because my fandom has increased over the time in between. Heh.

The traffic totally succccccccccccked on the drive out there from…

In order to try to prepare myself for what will be my inevitable, and absolutely necessary, 2008 albums list. I'm trying to not avoid something I should've been listening to all along, and just no one said anything.

So list away all the albums that you've heard that came out this year (skip the nonsense like the new Jonas Brothers album. I could give a flying fuck about them.)

In alpha order:
Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Lama?
Alice Russell - Pot of Gold
Amanda Palmer- Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
Aqualung - Words and Music
Ashley Robinson…