Drink coffee, read paper, check email, clean kitchen, do dishes, let chickens out of coop
Shower, clean kitty vomit from upstairs rug, sand wood-filler on new stair railing, dust bedrooms, vacuum upstairs, general cleaning, clean catbox
Begin modifying gutters to enable use of rain barrels, warn wife to listen for chicken commotion since neighbor cat has been seen stalking in back yard, go to hardware store to pick up downspout piece, lunch at West 5, browse records at Easy Street.
Arrive home, to find wife working on laptop on back deck wearing fuzzy coat and floppy hat. Informs me that yes, the chickens began freaking out, and she saw cat running after them. Wife rescued chickens, chased cat away. I put the two chickens (Kung Pao and Henny Penny) back in coop. Let injured chicken (Nuggets) out to run around as we are there to keep an eye out for kitty predator.
Cut and adjust downspouts and rain barrel project is done...except forgot to buy hose for overflow....will do today.
Dig out stain and brushes to finish painting fence. Finish the yard side, then go out to finish the street side. Major chicken commotion ensues. I run back in yard with paint bucket and brush in hand to find cat chasing Nuggets around. Wife had gone inside. I chase kitty predator out, rescue chicken, put her in cage, make note of where cat is exiting...need to block that off today. Finish fence project, clean brushes, find old brushes I soaked in paint thinner two weeks ago, ruined of course....sigh.
Come back inside, check email, crack a beer, print out tickets for Nick Cave concert tonight at Showbox.
Drive down to Showbox Sodo with wife, stop at taco truck for dinner, go across street to Hooverville bar for pre-show refreshments. Run into next door neighbor and friends, a girl from the grunge band days that I haven't seen in twenty years, and MV, who might just give me a job...cool!
Went across street to Showbox Sodo, a cavernous place with bad sound, just in time to see opening band Earth start. Not quite sure what so many people like about them - very slow, atmospheric, drones, all in the same key, all songs sounding the same. Is it the mystique of Dylan Carlson, who used to be Cobain's best friend and dope buddy? I dunno, but I just don't get it. Ran into musician BF and his wife S, who passed along some exciting news of an upcoming show, as well as the boys from Gravelroad, and my old friend TH. Nick Cave took the stage and all memory of previous events of the day vanished as he overwhelmed the room. Yes, the sound was bad, but Cave gave all he could give, and offered up a ferociously rocking show. His late 90s show at the Fifth Avenue Theatre was one of the best I have ever seen; there, he sat at the piano most of the set and made everyone uncomfortable with his brooding musical nightmares. This show was completely different, as he stalked around the stage, mike in hand, sometimes employing a guitar around his neck. The crap sound diminished the effect, but it was still a tremendous show. Bravo.
Guitar Men will resume in a bit, but meantime, here's a random bit of tuneage to keep your day busy.
Get Ready For Love - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
By the Time I Get to Arizona - Public Enemy
Entertainment - Really Red
Evolucion - Nahuatl
Buy Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Buy Public Enemy
Buy Really Red
Buy Nahuatl
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