another year of bluth family fun, me


A quick post before I bust ass to get to work...



Despite its unfortunate failure to defend last year's Emmy victory Sunday (fans are venting / comiserating over at The O.P.; more on the Emmys later), TV's best comedy Arrested Development returns for a third season tonite on Fox (8pm ET). Watch it, y'all. C'mon, you know you wanna.



MP3 Sufjan Stevens - "Come on! Feel The Illinoise!"
After dinner at Mouk's on Sunday nite, JRDN & I headed downtown to a suprisingly packed Sufjan Stevens show at First Avenue (blame The Current, who apparently has been playing him nonstop). Sufjan & the Illinoise-makers were solid and a lot of fun (cheerleading antics & all), though there was kind of a lull midway through the set. I only have two other minor complaints: they ran out of normal-sized (not small) t-shirts when I went to get one after the show, and they failed to play this song, the triumphant title track from the acclaimed Illinois LP. I very nearly posted this song back when the album leaked in April, but Keith TTIKTDA beat me to the punch by a matter of hours (I posted Sunday's encore "Chicago" the next day, after a rewrite). Now I get my chance.


Kyle F (w/gal Anna) at the Sufjan show. Kyle says I give good blog. Thanks, Kyle.

That's all I have time for this morning. BTW: Today I turn 27. Weird.

This entry was posted by mr gilbert at 9/19/2005 06:20:00 AM.

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Blogger ghost robot @ 9/19/2005 07:55:00 AM:

happy birthday dude. you do, in fact, give great blog.    


Blogger James H. @ 9/19/2005 07:57:00 AM:

Happy birthday!    


Anonymous Anonymous @ 9/19/2005 10:49:00 AM:

happy birthday jonny!    


Anonymous Anonymous @ 9/19/2005 01:51:00 PM:

Woah, jus realized it was your b-day!

Cheers again,
Chris    


Blogger mr gilbert @ 9/19/2005 02:31:00 PM:

solace, this was my first sufjan show, so i had no prior frame of reference.

i liked most of the illinois arrangements, but i agree that for a big stretch in the middle of the show it wasn't much fun. one somber song followed another, the set-up between songs slowed things down, and there wasn't any banter (or cheerleading) to keep the mood lively. the band came back strong at the end w/decatur & metropolis, but the big lull that preceded it did try my patience a little. still, i had a very good time, though i can see how you might have been underwhelmed.

it's kinda like june's malkmus show (though sufjan was better IMO), where other people were disappointed because they had seen him play MUCH better shows, but i was happy enough to just finally make it to a malkmus show that i still enjoyed myself quite a bit.

i assume you're gonna be at arcade fire next week, right? i really want to get up close this time (unlike at the 400) to snap some decent pix (see my recent ted leo set for what i'm aiming for). i hope to see you there.

cp,sorry again i missed your jaunt down to mpls. i hope the drive (or flight?) went smoothly & our cities treated you kindly.    


Blogger mr gilbert @ 9/19/2005 04:25:00 PM:

i forgot to mention solace that i too was MASSIVELY disappointed with katrina kerns' absence. i had been looking forward to staring at her all night.

that didn't sound quite right...

anyway, yeah, that sucked too. urgh.    


Anonymous Anonymous @ 9/20/2005 07:54:00 AM:

Hey Jon! Thanks for the publicity shot. Hope you had a great birthday!    


Blogger "We will do and then we will obey" @ 9/20/2005 11:24:00 AM:

some funny shit on AD last night!    


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