When the guy from Xiu Xiu sang, "Je t'aime the valley, je t'aime the valley, OHH!" I tried to scream the "OH!" part at the same time, but instead, he screamed it so loud that it shocked me and my sound came out as more of a growl than a scream. I think I frightened some of the hipsters standing next to me.

I want to start listing HOB/Parish shows on the NOLADIY site, but I think I will meet strong resistance from my partner, who is 100 times more DIY than myself. I'm not kidding myself. I have to clarify the central focus of the site:

A) To unite New Orleans as a DIY community
B) To provide a listing of local punk/metal/indie concerts, and any other DIY events

"A" is a righteous goal, but it struggles, and it will always be strugglin'. I think that we do a good job of "B" under the conditions, but it is not a unique goal. I think that the site needs a major redesign and people should be able to get the information effortlessly. I need to finish the code that allows promoters to update their own shows. We need to get a better message board/forum. NOLADIY radio?

There is nothing more annoying that these people that send me their shows with EVERYTHING TYPED IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Fuck em. I'm just going to start making everything lowercase no matter what. Emo.

On my flight from San Francisco yesterday, I watched as 90% of the seats on the plane were occupied by a seemingly endless stream of little old Chinese ladies. Some tour group I suppose. They packed and crowded around me in a way that was simultaneously irritating and adorable. When I stood up from my exit row seat to retrieve a book from the overhead bin, reaching my full height of of 6'8", they gasped in wonder (or horror!). When I fell asleep on my foldable tray table, they chatted unrelentlessly as a puddle of drool formed under my right cheek.

For the next few days, it's going to be easy. I'm not going to worry about it. Sometimes the most you can do is just hold your liquor and try not to develop too big of a crush on your bartender.