I know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends

Oh, I know better than that
I know better
You'll play the victim and I'll be the bad guy
-- Boys with Girlfriends, by Meiko

Firstly: AMEN, Meiko. Most of you know what I mean. So there's that.

Now, I owe you pictures from the Meiko concert that Mush and I attended last week.

(Click here for larger images)

It was a fairly awesome night, and there were a few firsts for me:

- First time I ever stood for a concert. I don't think my lower back has forgiven me yet.
- First time I've ever been thisclose to the stage. We were literally at the front; I could only have gotten closer if I were the camera guy who showed up in the middle of the set, stepped all over us and spilled alcohol everywhere.
- First time I ever heard Mush say anything so sentimental as, "I felt him in my heart." That will make me laugh for the rest of my life.
- First time I ever heard of someone being schocked by a Shirley Temple. Mush was at the bar ordering us out Temples, and the guy next to her looks over and says, astounded, "What's that?!" Such a concoction, that deliciously red substance! What ever could that be, and how quickly will it make me intoxicated beyond legal and logical limits?
- NOT the first time I've wanted to punch someone in the nose for getting their enthusiasm all over me. To the chick who felt it was acceptable to touch me for an extended period of time: I understand being "moved" by the music. Just ... be moved in your own personal space and leave mine alone. Kthxbye.

And just think, Mush and I get to do it all over again next week. Rock on!

Come with me if you want to live.

-- The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Or, you know, listen to pretty great music for a decent price.

Some of my favorite new artists are playing locally over the next several weeks, and I have one question for you: Do you want to live hear good music?

Jay Nash / Joe Purdy / Meiko
Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Fri, Aug 29, 2008
8:00p
$20

Brooke Fraser
El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Fri, Sep 12, 2008
8:00p
$22

Mandi Perkins
Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
7:30p
$17