Hey fellow music supporters. You may have noticed some serious inactivity on my Myspace page for the past few months. There's many reasons/excuses for this. Most importantly, health and technological. My back has been bothering me for years, but it's been terrible for the past two months or so. The main problem is sitting. I'm okay with standing or lying down, but I can't sit comfortably, which makes doing the work I do on Myspace difficult and painful. Also, our main computer crashed a while back, so while we wait for a new hard drive to be installed, I'm using Jessica's MAC Laptop, which is highly ineffecient and annoying. Lack of a mouse makes playing on Myspace very tedious, which slows it down, which means I have to sit here longer to accomplish things, which means my back hurts more.
I'm still going to shows. I haven't been writing reviews because I haven't had any reason to. I've mostly been seeing bands that I've already seen, and it doesn't really accomplish anything to review the same band twice. I will be trying to get out and see more bands that I haven't seen this summer, hopefully I'll get to check out quite a few bands at Summerfest. I'm definitely going on the 4th for Tool, other than that it depends on my work schedule.
Here is a run-down of the shows I've been to since my last posting on Feb 17th:
Feb 24th - Mike Brumm @ Wicked Hop
Mar 2nd- Sunday Flood & 1956 & Sleep Comes Down @ Stonefly
Mar 9th- SpaceQuakers @ Linneman's
Mar 16th- Spiral Trance @ Dr's Office AND Downrazor & Strangeland @ Main Stage
Mar 24th- Hired Geeks & Test Pilot @ Main Stage
Apr 6th- Boxing Day @ Riverwest Commons (also heard an incredible out of town band called Witch's Hat)
Apr 7th- Spiral Trance & Shattered Red @ Vnuk's
Apr 14th- Way to Fall & Gruesome Inches @ Strikerz
Apr 25th- Sunday Flood @ Points East
Apr 27th- Lockjaw & Trick Pretty @ The Rave
Apr 28th- Marcella & Spiral Trance @ BBC
May 11th- Marcella & Dark Horse Project @ Cactus Club
May 12th- Spiral Trance @ Main Stage

I've been pretty out of it after that because of my back and bands cancelling shows. If you want to know about any of these shows, just let me know.
I'm still looking for my own band as well. I've had several audition offers, some from very prominent local bands, but I haven't found the right one yet. It's pretty disheartening, especially after what happened with Szuta, but I'm trying not to get to down about it. Seeing all of these locals shows is both good and bad. Good because it makes me want to get back on stage, and bad because I'm sad about not being on stage.
Thank you to everyone who views my page and reads my stupid blogs and reviews. If you're a band, keep in mind that it makes my job MUCH easier if you send me a message about your upcoming shows; this way i don't have to go through my entire friends list (now over 600) to find you and and your upcoming shows. My back thanks you.
Also, I'm switching jobs starting next week. No more Starbucks, no more waking up at 3:30 in the morning. This makes staying up late on weekends much easier.
Later
AZ