for the 7 shows in august, looks like we’ll be seeing a band called “deerhunter” open on 3 of them, and a band called “does it offend you, yeah?” open for 4 shows. deerhunter sounds very boring, does it offend you, yeah? sounds very 80s and more interesting. all and all neither are surprising based on openers trent has had over the last 3 years. fits in the same “mold”. there are 3 other bands on the tour on dates we’re not going to. wonder what happened to saul tho, since an interview the other day had saul stating he’d be opening for trent this summer…and related, i put in for vacation, and ended up taking a full week to cover cleveland/detroit and nj/philly despite there being 4 days between the 2 stints….hoping for an additional show so i’m not wasting my vacation days. we don’t need 4 days to drive from detroit to nj.
and for anyone using the nin.com system for presales. i registered my email yesterday as instructed, but when i was asked to create an account, i tried my usual “elegant” username…and it was taken. i created a new one, but i suspected that our previous music today/spiral accounts did transfer, so for shits and giggles i tried just now to buy tickets for the KY show logging on with elegant and password and yep, it worked. and with tickets on sale for and hour and a half now, they are still available (and $45), so i’m less stressed about the “extremely limited quantity” and demand.
finally went to the falafel bar on elmwood, yum yum. i also went to the mall just to go to the new tea store, and they convinced me to buy the “perfect tea maker” thing…off to try it.