Showz
Within the first two weeks of my move to the Gorge, I'll have the chance to see:
Loudon Wainwright III
Matt Pond PA
and
THE WEAKERTHANS
And that's just the ones I've happened across by chance. I wonder how many shows I'll be able to afford. How many for which I'll be willing to make the hour's drive. I didn't make it to nearly as many Boise shows as I planned this year... it's harder to motivate when you've got to drive an hour alone on a weeknight to sit or stand in a dark, smoky, loud space alone. But sometimes it's worth it if it's music you love. Also, you meet cool people.
(There's a bomber new track from the upcoming new MPPA album on their myspace; check it.)
UPDATE: ADD JENS LEKMAN TO THAT LIST! WOO!