Falling behind on the blog again: A few things I did in the past week or so

• Last Saturday, I saw Lohio at the Brillobox. I somehow had never heard them before, and I had a decent time. I enjoyed their last song with the dude from The Harlan Twins, who I once had a class with. Jason and I did not really feel like being there, and I’m not sure exactly why we went. We even missed Mariage Blanc because we weren’t planning on going out. The opener Karate Coyote was surprisingly okay, only because of the low expectations set by their name…that is one serious case of Terrible Band Name. While we had fun afterwords, I think we both would have preferred to stay at my apartment watching funny videos on the internet.

• I really enjoyed the CP Remixed last Thursday, featuring Joy Ike, Meeting of Important People and Donora. I know they all have a lot of local success, but I found myself asking, “Why aren’t they famous?” out loud and to myself. Joy Ike has a mainstream but not boring appeal.

It was nice to see Meeting of Important People again, even if they suffer from a mild case of Terrible Band Name.

I had never heard Donora, but I understood what the hubbub was about. Here is a video of their cover of MIA’s “Paper Planes.”

More (and better) videos are on the City Paper’s website.

• My friend Julie from home mailed me these paintings of I commissioned of me and my friend Pete, inspired by La Planète Sauvage. I am endlessly jealous of how effortlessly she created them.

• Pete and I visited my family over the weekend. The trip largely consisted of us eating a lot of junk. We continued this on our way back by stopping at a magical place called Biscuit World (not to be confused with Biscuitville).

I think we were in West Virginia. We were anxious because it appeared not to be open. The woman inside said, “Did you think we were closed? I wish we were!” with a slight Southern accent. She botched up our order but was so pleasant. We shared these five amazing biscuit sandwiches.

Also on the way back, we admired this weird looking structure that made us feel like we were on LOST.

• I went to Karmic Yogurt yesterday just because. I ended up spending over $4 for a small, plain yogurt with granola and strawberries. I felt very stupid about this the entire time. The tiny shop is kind of weird and could probably benefit from like, one decoration of some kind. Two nice young girls were working and seemed to still be figuring stuff out. I guess I say go once to satiate your curiosity if you’ve never had it, but if you have any willpower and are smarter than me you will not spend nearly five dollars on a bowl of nothing.

• I recently watched Slap Shot and Breaking Away. I had written these movies off as “guy movies,” which was just plain dumb because I really liked them and had just let my prejudice against sports get in the way. Speaking of which, I have watched more hockey in the past week than I ever have in my life (which now only about three times). I shriek a lot and find it too nerve wracking. May God bless Fleury.