LA

So, I really need to go to LA. I need to go to LA and network, make contacts, and do everything that I've been doing out here. The Passionistas were in LA this past weekend, and while I wasn't along for the ride on this one, I plan to be there for a subsequent visit. I've been doing a lot of LA research - clubs, club nights, art galleries, record stores (whichever ones are left) - so I am excited to go down and spring into action.

The Passionistas' recent trip sounds as if it were rather successful, aside from the car accident that occurred on the way home. Thankfully, no one is seriously injured and the gear is intact. One of my best friends, Filiberto, attended all three weekend shows and filed various reports with me via text messaging. "Nobody here, but they are rockin it," he texted me during their Buffalo Records in-store, the first stop on the mini-tour. The show later that night at Club Good Hurt was a bit better attended, and I'm told the band was accompanied by the club's smoke machine. Saturday's show at Mr. T's Bowl sounded ultra punk rock with five bands on the bill. "Much better crowd," Fili texted me. "A bit older." It sounds as though people hung around, too, for the band's 1:30 start time ... and a CD was sold. Yay!
***I have to admit that I am feeling pretty shitty today. Why is it that filling ill also just kills your personal drive. Basically, it makes you not care about much. I was on such a roll there of making connections and starting to put things into action, so I really don't want anything to kill my momentum. Plus, I hate being sick even in the slightest.

Thankfully, there's a Passionistas show tomorrow to look forward to - and it's with Pansy Division. It feels like it's been a while since I saw the band live - November was probably the last time.
***Still waiting on South by Southwest, but an answer should be coming very, very soon.