Annamarie

I have been running into you more and more often lately, and I can't say that it's been a pleasure. You come in many different sizes, shapes, colors and age groups, but I've been seeing you most often at the shows I like to go to. I'm not entirely certain if you are singling me out for some unknown reason, or if you are merely working your way through all the girls in the room and it just happens to be my turn (lucky me), but you're really beginning to annoy me, and...

This last weekend I drove down to the Bay area yet again to feed my lust for great music. I went to Budget Rock at the Stork Club on Friday (Rock and Roll Adventure Kids as well as many other kick ass bands, yay!), and HelL3 at Kimball's Carnival(though I missed my beloved Maldroid's set, how embarrassing!)and the annual Zombie Party at the Command Center on Saturday (Phenomenauts and Epoxies, whoo hoo!). At one point during the Rock and Roll Adventure Kids set on Friday, I became...

So the last time I was in the Bay Area visiting my family, I was talking to my older brother and I told him about my genius idea for the Big Balls compilation album (yes, I still think it's funny!). He thought it was pretty amusing as well, and then he mentioned that had the Dirty Deeds album when it first came out in the U.S. and he used to play that record all the time when I was really little. Well, I was Thunderstruck! No pun intended, of course, heh heh. Perhaps that explains my...