greetings from the great white....east?

Mo-dudes and Mo-chicks,
Everyone's favorite (perhaps least favorite?) impromptu party haver and 123 show booker, Jarrod Curry, here with a message from the city of brotherly love. Brian and Jeremy were kind enough to let me in on this little forum of Morgantown music despite the fact I'm no longer living in WV. The reason I asked to be a part of this thing was because I heard some people were "bent outta shape" (as my mom would say) regarding the $6 cover at certain local-style shows now. I thought I'd come in and make my little comment about seeing both sides (since I'm usually the middleman) and probably some sarcastic remarks that I think are funny but are probably in poor taste.
But I think for right now, I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and see what others have to say and how the show goes on Saturday. I'll be in attendance at said show and even though it will be the first show I've been to since I've moved where I won't hang out with celebrities or rock stars, I'll be hanging out with my friends and drinking some black label. So I'm excited. Feel free to discuss raising the cover at local shows, how awesome I am, how I suck, or whatever. See you dudes this weekend.

P.S.
Where the party at?!

Your mouth and hands they look exactly the same

Children of the fierytown,

Lo and behold I examined the online edition of the 123 Gazette to discover that The Planet The are Morganbound this month. Who on Earth are The Planet The? I'm honestly not quite sure, but I do know that their "High School Hands" is one of the weirdest, trippiest pieces of nonsensical vocoder-funk slow jams I have ever heard, and in my list of 3,500+ MP3s it ranks oh so close to the very top on my play count. That's the 00's version of desert island discs, for the luddites out there. It's like slowdancing with a cracked computer in a psych ward.

The show is on October 24th, and also gracing the stage will be the Red Oranges, Xylen Robertson and wunderkind Dave "David" Bello. Does anyone know anything about anybody who's playing that night? I'm thinking I'll be finding a way to rearrange my work schedule and come to this show. I just can't imagine what The Planet The must be like live, especially remembering how Pitschforke described them as proggy. Proggy! That was back in '03 and now they appear to be aping Braniac and Devo. Evidently they signed the Xiu Xiu's label since I've heard from them. Sign me up.

Oh and I think the weekend's shows went off pretty swimmingly. Mayday! was well-attended despite various cancellations, Crothers reports the Emergency show was reasonably stocked with folks and although I missed both openers Saturday, the Walkmen were surprisingly excellent. Not that they're bad per se, I just remember seeing them back in ought ought with Interpol and My Favorite (who were my personal favorite and actually headlined) and being nonplussed.