"msucial mayhem"

this weekend, a wonderful rush of musical mayhem comes and goes. saturday, i find myself at an api multimedia bash in oakland that features the skyflakes and dealership, a bunch of cool comic zines, and some beautiful films including our humble little "regret." recognition comes strange when i get called out as "hey, theatre rice guy" by a stranger. i meet dude named dino who made a great 3d animation music video for the skyflakes. cool cool event. i'm in awe in inspiration that renews my aspirations. and, plus, andinh and i get paid for it. woohaa. we're getting new shoes.

surprise tickets from good ronnie allowed sara and i to see beck at the greek. beck's set tantalizes, heartbreaks, and makes you wet your pants as he slides the electric. his party songs pump you and his breakup songs dump you. he graces us two encores. i think that i'm going to blow up. he renders the flaming lips' "do you realize??" beautifully. his "it's gettin' hot in here" is swank too. beck, i applaud you, sir.

sunday night sees us not just headbobbin', not just finger-snappin', but straight-up happy-go-crazy jumpin', dancin'. jammin', screamin' along to "taaaaaaaake me to another place, taaaaaaaaake me to another land, make me forget all that hurts me! let me understand your plan!" arrested development!!!!! damn! now if i get to see the digable planets grace the stage, i may die a happy music enthusiast.

top 3 concerts i've ever been to: sigur ros, spearhead, arrested development.

good bye, i'm late for lunch.

a song: arrested development's mr. wendel