this one was more recent than califone so i'll have a better idea.

the format played at water street and this time we got there before they started playing unlike when they opened for guster. there were actually 3 opening acts, which was kind of annoying because i hate sitting through opening bands, but they were all pretty decent so i can't complain. the only band's name i remember is limbeck. if i wanted i could just look up the others but i don't think anyone even bothers to read these so it doesn't really matter.

in any case,…

this was over 3 months ago but i feel like i should still keep this concert journal updated, at least for my sake.

so i saw califone at the beginning of june and it was pretty cool. the only thing is that they didn't go on until around 11:30 pm, and i went with nich and jason and we both (jason and i, nich felt sick and actually stayed in the car the whole time) had to work the next morning so i only got to hear a few songs. which was okay, but i only really got to hear…

the second of two concerts in one week, this was the one i was more looking forward to because duh, modest mouse is my favorite band. not that the one before wasn't fun or anything. anyways.

i went with breanne and a bunch of other people. love as laughter opened but we left late so we didn't even see them. i heard mixed reviews from people. we came in halfway through the set of man man. I had already "experienced" them at pitchfork, and while they put on an entertaining show with fun antics, it gets kind of, well,…

yes I realize this and the next entry are almost 2 months late but no one reads these and they're mainly here as a personal concert log so oh well.

so I saw guster and the format at water street music hall with david. we left at a decent time, and got there about 15 minutes after doors were supposed to open, but there was still a huge line when we got there. we waited, and by the time we got in the format had already started playing. this was really pretty annoying because 1) i came more to see…

last night I went to UB with breanne and justin (and two freshman we gave a ride too, one who happens to be in my religion class) to see the decemberists. nich and jason came as well, but in a separate car.

we stopped for food at ted's (hot dog and burger place) beforehand, and got to the venue right around 8. breanne and justin wanted to buy some merchandise so as soon as we found our seats the opener (my brightest diamond) left. I could sort of here her from outside and she/they sounded pretty decent.…

last night I went with a bunch of friends to the a/v space to see harry and the potters and ju-jajuba.

the a/v space is a small art gallery that doubles as a musical venue for obscure artists it seems. i saw dufus and gaybot there earlier in the year, but this time it was a bit more packed. Although there weren't piles of fold-up chairs and birthday cake, it was still a great time.

the first opener was a wonderful and it was a pretty typical set. I didn't really pay that much attention because I was socializing…

Last night was an amazing concert.

Geneseo is actually not very far from Rochester at all, only about 40 minutes, which is nice. We left around 6:00 and got to Geneseo around 6:30. Only had to wait outside in the cold rain for 30 minutes where they threw dumb t-shirts at us. But apparently had one "you win a free Meet and Great with Ben Folds" written on the back so if you got that one I guess it wasn't a shitty t-shirt.

They let us in around 7, and we were surrounded by some interesting people. But that made…

last night i was offered a free ticket to see ted leo and the pharmacists and death cab for cutie at the auditorium in rochester, so of course i took them up on it. i saw ted leo at pitchfork and that was a lot of fun. as for death cab for cutie, i don't really know much of their music, and i must say i like the postal service more, but they're essentially the same band. at least content-wise. regardless, i like death cab.

the auditorium was really cool. it was pretty small for being an auditorium, and even…

So I went to the AV Space with Breanne the other night to see Dufus. There were some other people from U of R and that was cool. The AV Space is a really nice little niche located in the Public Market Space. It doubles as an art gallery and is a very small and homely place. The place where we saw the music was basically a large room that looked like it could double as an office seeing as there was a desk with a computer on it in the back. but it was really kind of neat…

back to school, and i finally get to experience the bug jar. i really enjoy this venue because of its size. i wish i had been around when jens lekman played there! oh well.

anyways, the decor inside of the bug jar is really cool, especially the "upside down" room where the bands play. basically it has appliances like an oven, dining room table (completely set for dinner), refridgerator, etc. on the ceiling. picture the room doing a complete 180 on you and now you're standing on the ceiling while the floor is above you. it was pretty sweet.

so…