lizard people

i had pretty much given up on this blog, but i decided i should update once a year in the unlikely chance that anyone ever sees it. here's a few shows i've been to in the past 13 months:
nada surf at metro. rjd2 at abbey pub. hot chip at the vic. iron & wine at the vic. ghostland observatory at metro (so awesome live). m.i.a. at aragon. m83 at empty bottle. ladytron at the vic. mike doughty at martyrs', great intimate show.
lollapalooza 2008: highlights: ting tings, NIN, rage against the machine, chromeo, mark ronson, sharon jones & the dap-kings. also saw radiohead again, bloc party again, brazilian girls again, the go! team again, iron and wine again, blues traveler again, devotchka, grizzly bear, and the rest.
we are scientists at abbey pub. the rest of these are not in order:
yann tiersen at logan square auditorium (not great), ratatat at metro, ting tings at metro, adele at park west (excellent), nada surf at metro again, m83 at bottom lounge, girl talk at congress theater (great music, but i think i hate his fans), ghostland observatory at metro again (awesome again), beck at aragon, juno reactor at metro (never thought i'd get to say that), thievery corporation at aragon. and this isn't music but the stub was with all the other tickets: a show at second city. i didn't expect it to be half that good. damn that was funny!
a few more: chairlift at schubas. dent may, who was pretty much awesome, at schubas. juana molina at the morse theatre was pretty great. miss kittin & the hacker at abbey pub. isis at subterranean.
damn is that alot? muchly looking forward to the prodigy, menomena, the crystal method!, phish, and of course lolla (vampire weekend! fleet foxes!)

btw, did you get the new phoenix album? why not?