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We're Moved.

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  It's last week. Everything is here. There's little room to move around because of all the boxes that are yet unpacked. But we're all here and I'm on vacation. For the moment at least it feels a lot more like we're on a trip and staying at somebody's really crowded Airbnb except that we didn't leave the city and brought all of our stuff and the cat with us. We're adjusting to a new neighborhood. Having a neighbor across the hall. (We went from a duplex to a fourplex) Having to find a different Chinese place. A new pizza place. The general quiet of the new digs. (Old place was on a major bus line and under a main flight path to the airport. There were times you couldn't hear the TV from six feet away.) And having my sleep schedule be all kinds of fucked up. We got movers for the big stuff, but I moved a bunch in the car. There was a huge heatwave so doing that late at night was the only comfortable time of day.  Then with everything else my sleeping ...

Just Missed These Guys

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  It's not even Halloween right now as I type this approximately a month ago and it's snowing. Supposed to get around 6 inches. This does not make me a happy camper.     2008 - the Small Cities I know diddly fucking squat about this band. They would have started up around the time that my last band was winding down and I wasn't going out a lot anymore. I have no memory of even hearing the name. I just picked it up on a .95 whim. I'm glad I did. They do have a small internet presence though I found a video of them playing live in the studio for MN Public TV that I didn't previously know about. The Wonder Years  So at least you can get an idea what they looked like.   There's also a seemingly abandoned  Bandcamp for them that shows there's a full length to be had. I'm going to have to track that down now. It will also give you the opportunity to sample what's on this here Elongated Player. It's totally worth it for "Trust Me, I'm Not a Sta...