Shows and Stuff

I know, I know. It's been 15 days since my last post, but that's not really that long if you think in geologic time. But anyways, here's what I've been doin' lately.

Last week was crazy midterms week, I had three papers and two tests due, but I survived. I'm doing pretty well in all of my classes, I think, but we haven't gotten our midterm grades yet so I could be failing I suppose. But I don't think I am.

I've been going to a lot of music lately, which has been cool. I've hit up Frenchman Street four or five times since getting down here, and that's always an adventure and tons of fun. Last weekend I saw a couple hard rock bands at the House of Blues, and it was okay. The crowd was really weird and consisted of groups of annoying bros (backwards caps, popped collars, drunken yelling), middle aged barflys, and camo hat wearin' redneck kids. Not exactly my crowd, but oh well it was a decent show. Tomorrow I'm going to a show that's a little more my style: four punk bands playing an old warehouse in Mid-City, so I'll let you know how that goes.

Let's see, on Sunday my homie Bryan and I went to mass at the Most Holy Name of Jesus Church at Loyola University, right next door to Tulane. It's a crazy beautiful building, so that was pretty cool.

I just got Justin Townes Earle's new album Harlem River Blues on vinyl today, and it totally rocks. Justin is Steve Earle's kid, and he's named after Townes Van Zandt, and this dude can write the hell out of a country song. Y'all should check it out.

Hasta luego,

Ross