oh, pinback, how i love thee

pinback t shirt
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so i went to the pinback show last night and i am seriously considering going to the show at the black cat tonight.... they were fantastic. such a good mix of old and new material. it was the first time that i had ventured into the area known at "power plant live" in baltimore to check out the rams head live. the rams head was ok, it was a bit strange, they had a bar area off to the side that had flat screens so you could sit over there and watch like it was a tv show, very strange. got there as the first band was wrapping up and watched the second band from a stool closer to the bar. between the second band and (finally!) pinback i got the courage to walk up to the front with the other pinback fanatics. i want to decsribe the mish-mash which was the crowd, but i am afraid i can't even come to an understanding of it myself. there were all these random people there that i cannot wrap my head around, not at all what i expected, how do these people know pinback? anyway. the sound was ok, not as great as i would have wanted for this great modern space. what else, oh, i met this girl stephanie and her boyfriend, jason (who it turns out is from butler or something...) and they were super cool, super into pinback. stephanie noticed my shoes (the flowered skimmers) and was (as she admitted) enamoured with them, later in the show she leaned over and said i can't stop looking at your shoes!!! they invited me out afterwards, but as i was not going to be drinking i felt awkward going. it was funny b/c neither of us could get a grasp on the crowd and i had to ask if this was what shows in baltimore were like, yes they are. talked to rob from the band before heading how, baltimore has been the least attended show thus far, which was good news b/c i felt so bad about the fact that there were probably less than 200 people there... he said dc would be better... so now the terrible debate about whether to venture into dc tonight to see them again.... urgh.