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tonight's concert was $10 very well spent. damn good thing i happened to check the middle east page yesterday.

after work today i took a quasi nap to the sounds of sigur ros, and then hit presto's and then cambridge. the first act, michael brian ruff, was a 4 piece, kind of country rock n' roll sound. Very midwest/central US. all pretty slow and midwesty, they had a film projecter running somebody's old old home movies during the show. i enjoyed the ancient footage of disneyland. nothing was bad, and one song was extremely extremely good. it's not on record yet though.

next up, was the pee wee fist. worst band name ever. first of all, let me explain the middle east upstairs. downstairs ain't big, and upstairs is tiny. the standing room in front of the stage is literally the size of a high school classroom. so, the stage isn't that big either. well, the pee wee fist had 8-10 people on stage at all times. the main lineup was, guitar, guitar/banjo, trumpet, random perc guy, two drum sets, bass, and accordion. the music was, very hard to pin down. some times, bluesy country, sometimes easy pop, some times power pop, some times almost post-punk, and some times just balls out rock. all tied together by, strangely enough, the accordion. it was an eclectic set, but quite good. and for the last song, they brought on eef of clem snide and played cortez the killer, further reinforcing how damn good that song is.

then came clem snide. the head of pee wee fist played with them, guitar/banjo/euphonium. eef played guitar, and then the guy who played the tiny drumset in pee wee fist played drums and there was a standup bass. the set was fucking great. the played pretty much all of ghost of fashion, chinese baby, ancient chinese secret blues and the curse of great beauty were left off, as well as the song that's not a song. highlights were ice cube, moment in the sun, weird, and unknown. eef was awesome, the band had huge energy, the bassist was piss drunk, and i had a blast.

got the setlist, bought your favorite music and the pee wee fist disc, and kicked it on home.

i cannot wait. cannot wait until saturday when i just get to sleep.

also, i need to buy bjork tickets tomorrow. and it's cd day. and i want to buy shoes. and i need cash. bye bye paycheck and then some. and god damn the middle east. too many fucking shows coming up i want to see. just looking at posters they had: firewater, the owls, ted leo, gbv, clinic, starlight mints, apples in stereo, the walkmen, and i think there was another. all this before october. and i can't even use bostonians tuesday and thursday as an excuse as the main bands don't hit up till midnight. what i can use as an excuse though is NO CAR. fuck you bc for not providing any parking. and fuck you boston for not running public transportation to normal hours. shit. seriously, if no one has a car for me to borrow i will not be able to see a single goddam show. that is so uncool.