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Oh Halloween v2.0

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I want to be with you Halloween. I do. Every year you come by and I never dressed up*. I'm just not that into you. *ok maybe once back when I smoked, wore glasses, and stuck a child's costume from IKEA on my head with a tie. Last October sucked btw; It started off sucky , it ended sucky , but this month has ended on a definite up note. Nothing feels better than the joy which held me after an evening of moving furniture into a livable condition and to sit among my boxes staring at the Los Angeles skyline at night. Afterwards I walked over to the Echo to see the Softlightes with their perfectly timed background video and the perfectly wonderful sounds they made. Not sure how to associate this with the performance , but word 'purposefully' popped into my head as I watched them play. Not much for a review, but I was barely awake and dutifully left after their last song and went straight to bed. Do I feel bad for missing Van She, the Australian answer to Mister Mister I...

this is not a post about moving

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Yeah maybe a little about moving but I swear to (insert deity of choice) that this is it. I'm in pain, I have so much to unpack, and I don't want to think about it anymore. Stuff is piled four feet high with a narrow zig zag path from the kitchen to the bathroom and since my bed wasn't set up I ended up sleeping on the love seat. Not the most comfortable placed to sleep but it was that or the bathtub. Tonight I need to go through the boxes and find the one with my cat in it. So thanks Corey, Ashley and Flaco for the help and support yesterday. Suckers. Tonight's Show Pick - Free! Mere minutes waking distance from me at the Echo (vs. driving 30 miles), the band I've wanted to catch for a while now The Softlightes (formerly know as the Incredible Moses Leroy aka Ron Fountenberry)will be playing. They will be opening for the Australian band Van She. ( youtube link ) Ok if you sound like an 80s synth band do you really have to look like one and make a video highl...