A month ago today I was kicked out of my own house on my birthday. It was 3:30 am, and my roommate was in labor. She’d planned all along to have a home birth, so while we knew the baby was coming soon, none of us expected it to be in the middle of the [...]
Perhaps the most appropriate way to start this post would be to address how I’ve spent my last year, as it’s been nearly that long since the previous update. That post may come someday, but for now: how I spent my last week. Baby steps, right? Early Monday morning I loaded up a car with [...]
Ra Ra Riot’s The Rhumb Line is one of my I’m-in-a-good-mood-so-I’ll-listen-to-this albums. And while I hadn’t seen them perform, I’d heard nothing but good things about their live show. So when I heard that they’d been booked to perform at this year’s Palousafest in Moscow, ID, I made it a point be there with my [...]
This past weekend the University of Idaho hosted their annual Palousafest to welcome yet another class of incoming freshman. As is their practice, they booked a band to perform the festival… actually two. This year they boasted We Are Scientists and Ra Ra Riot. Here are some shots from We Are Scientists‘ set. Ra Ra [...]
You know when people demand that you try something? “You simply must try that new burger place”; “You haven’t seen such-and-such movie? You have to see it!”; “You’ve got to listen to so-and-so’s new album!” That more or less happened to me last week when I told a lady I’d met only moments earlier of [...]