I love three day weekends. And it snowed! We called up Liz on Saturday and took some more engagement pictures in the snow (see my photography section, or flickr page). The we went out for a fancy dinner to celebrate our engagement anniversary.
On Sunday we went down to Newnan for Brent’s birthday and played Scene it – Music Trivia. Also, Eric and Kelly brought over their new dog. Which proved to me that not all Dachshunds are loud and yappy (sorry mom).
Then on Monday we sat around and did absolutely nothing. We played some video games, and I worked on my website. I did some more work to my photography section by adding some sweet AJAX and using the flickr API to make a filter of tags. So, check it out.
A mix between a Q&A and a very loosely defined set list, this was a completely different experience from the last time I saw Yo La Tengo five or six years ago. It was very stripped down and mellow as opposed to more orchestrated, and mellow. And this time, they only played one song that had been released in the last ten years, a track from “I am not afraid of you…,” and only one song that Kathleen knew, Sugarcube. But that’s not surprising seeing as though they’ve been a band for basically as long as I’ve been alive. So it was a very interesting set, featuring a lot of b-sides, covers, and other rarities. The following clip was taken by kathleen:
The audience interaction wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Last time they hardly talked between songs, but this time they answered questions and told a lot of stories, which were both enlightening and hilarious.
Kurt Wagner opened for them, and for another veteran group, I’m only familiar with a handful of Lambchop songs, but I really enjoyed his set as well.
I’m currently learning Ajax, and I finally re-wrote my calendar in it so now you can look ahead to see what’s coming up in the next few months (or years… although I don’t plan to update it that far in advance) or you can look back at previous events. Let me know if you find any bugs with it, or how you like it. It is a little slow at first right now. I will be fixing that, as well as a few other back-end things that won’t be noticeable.
It’s the first Monday of the first full week of the year. I just hope I’m doing something I love by the end of the year. Maybe that will be my new year’s resolution.
I started the year out on a good note. Kathy and I went down to Newnan Saturday and played Music trivia (that “good note” line wasn’t an intended pun) at one of my old favorite local pizza places with Brent, Alexis, Eric, and Kelly. We got first place of course, as well as a $40 gift card.
