It's a Mitch Cohen kind of day.

[oneirophrenia]

Funny how just the mention of someone's name, completely out of context, and in such a way that ensures I'll never have to lay eyes on her again, is still sufficient to smear my day with a greasy gray pall. The weather doesn't help, either. I like temperatures low...but lately, the world hasn't been comfortable, just cold. Yay fuckin' yay.

At least I have work to distract me--I'm just about to sit down and read 26 papers. Then I'm going to finish a new Nyarlathotep track, "Mother Hydra," that will be on the next Cait Kiernan soundtrack EP, and probably post it to the IUMA site tonight or something. And then I'm going to play with Christy until she starts biting me or her own tail, and then just go to bed.

Oh, BTW: The new Front Line Assembly album, Civilization, is extremely good. Like Jim said, it's quite mellow, but...man, FLA really suffered without Rhys Fulber in the group, and now that he's back the new album has a great almost-Delerium-esque sound again, what with the strings, and lavish ambience, the surprisingly-creative use of arpeggiated strings every now and again, the big-ass bass, and the occasional female vocals--which give this album a sort of Karma-gone-insane sound that I'm really diggin' tha most. Bill Leeb still hasn't learned to write lyrics, though.

And eolh, I picked up the Starsailor album at the Record Exchange the other day. It is muy bien, too. Good counterpoint to FLA.

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[eolh.livejournal.com]

Which Starsailor album, the old one or the new one that's coming out in two weeks? (I've gotten advance copies of things out of the bins at Record Excange before, so I figure it's worth asking) . . . If it's the new one, I'm going to get incredibly jealous and then demand you rip mp3s and send them to me! :)

They're playing here next Saturday, I'm trying to decide if it's worth going or not. The show itself is $15, which isn't too bad, but it's at the 9:30 Club, where you *have* to pay $7 for parking (if you want your car to still be there when you leave) . . . *sigh*

[oneirophrenia.livejournal.com]

Alas, I only managed to pick up the first one--finally. It was $1 and I totally flipped out when I came across it in the racks, considering I've been *wanting* to get it for gods-only-know how long, but ALWAYS kept forgetting to look for it.

I didn't know they were putting out a new album, but I will *definitely* be on the lookout for that one over the next few weeks! And as to the 9:30 Club: I'm always a little leery about going to places that demand big fat parking fees just to ensure your vehicle isn't hifed....

[eolh.livejournal.com]

Well, they don't demand it, they don't care where you park. But you'd be insane to leave your car on the street in that neighborhood. Their lot has a big fence around it and people guarding the entrance -- makes perfect sense to me that they'd charge for that (hell, not like you don't pay for parking most places that have private lots in the city), but it is an additional cost to factor in when deciding if a show there is worth it. And while $7 is a bit steep, it's not as bad as some other places (the lot at Nation is $10).

Yup, have I said lately how much I hate this city?

[oneirophrenia.livejournal.com]

Damn. What a scam. It sure as hell pays to be in security, though, doesn't it? I will say one thing about Pittsburgh: I've never really had to fear for my car in most sections of it....Hell, I know that's because it's a shitty hooptie that no one in their right *mind* would wanna hife, but still....