Cleaning up

The last few days have been huge. We got moved out, forgetting very little. We finished packing in just enough time. We got the kids and Lisa to Houston, barely

Now it's just me and the detritus here. And 10 bags of trash.


I'm finishing packing odds and ends (so far packed another 2 boxes).

In honor of it, let's do some music. I saw Man Man and Gogol Bordello on Thursday night, much to the consternation of everyone as we were still in the frenzied packing stage.

But it was a good show, even though my inner ear paid a bit of a price. I have had some tinnitus for the past two days. People were moshing and crowd surfing to Gogol Bordello, which says something as their instrumentation is an acoustic guitar, an accordion, a violin, bass, and drums. Even Mr 1979-Punk-Mohawk guy and his 300 lb friend were into it and crowd surfing.

I have had Man Man's "The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face" for a while now, and I enjoyed it but I thought it a bit too Tom Waits-ey, mostly due to the dude's voice. But their show was out of control, and the crowd got very into it.

Here's a taste: