Tusker Cat

Mittens sure knows a good beer when he sees one.

Brooklyn

Ah So Becky and her friend matt came up from virginia to visit, They stayed in brooklyn for a day or two at her friend Britt's house. Me and natalie went in Saturday to say hello. This was a fun day full of eating and drinking. The weather was beautiful so we took a walk to this little spot on the water where we could sit and catch a glimpse of the city on the other side. After this we ended up strolling into this awesome spanish bar/restaurant called Papacitos Brooklyn. We all got a few tecates and I got 2 tacos. A Anjito pork taco which was delicious and then a Chorizo taco which was also very good. reasonably priced and super tasty. On the way to ournext stop we passed a polish bakery and just by looking in the window I said, holy shit we need to go here. I got a Cream crumb donut ( for me ) a Powder cream donut ( for nat ) and a bottle of water for friggin 2.90. These donuts were the best Ive had. After this we hit up this real neatbar called The Levee where they have 1$ black labels and free cheese balls. They also have goodbeer too if you want to spend the money. I got a delerium tremens and a dog fish head.Anyways this place also has free board games for everyone to use and a awesome little backyard with a giant connect four game to play. After this we went to Britt's place which was a real nice apartment with awesome roof access. We hung on the roof for a bit drank a tecate and smoked some greens while the sun went down. One last taco at truck on the way back to the island and this sums up a pretty perfect day.

PORCUPINE TREE

So the day is September 24th, 1 year exactly since I saw porcupine tree last. I get off of work early and head in to meet up with Sean. Its about an hour before the show so we head to the heartland brewery so some beers and pre show snacks. Anyways, Porcupine tree put on a AWESOME set, beautiful light show with some beautiful videos going on in the background, great sounds, and a WIDE array of songs. They come out playing all OLD school stuff and saying thanks for listening the main act porcupine tree will be out next while they take a break for a couple of minutes. After they head back they still play all early album material, with some breaks for a few songs off the Incident and a few others. A 3 hour set but its amazing how Time Flies ;) . They finished up with arriving somewhere but not here which was awesome. I picked up a pretty neat shirt with the incident album art on it with a picture of radio city in the background.

1. First Set (Semi-Acoustic "Opening Act" Set)
1. Stranger By The Minute
2. Small Fish
3. Pure Narcotic
4. Black Dahlia
5. Futile
6. Second Set
6. Even Less
7. Open Car
8. Lazarus
9. Tinto Brass
10. The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)
11. I Drive the Hearse
12. Bonnie the Cat
13. Third Set
13. Occam's Razor
14. The Blind House
15. Great Expectations
16. Kneel and Disconnect
17. Drawing the Line
18. Dislocated Day
19. Time Flies
20. Anesthetize
21. Up the Downstair
22. Sleep Together
23. Encore:
23. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

Vampire Weekend

Another great show at Radio City, This trip started off with me taking off of work which is always a good thing. I drove to Natalie's then we took the train into the city where we met up with rob. We were starving so we ate the first thing we saw that looked pretty good. Brother jimmys bbq, decent food and decent prices. Me and rob got the brisket sandwich and biscuits and gravy. Natalie got a bbq chicken sandwich which was pretty dry and gross, ah well. Anyways we then proceeded to go to radio city. The opening band, Dum Dum girls, were entertaining. Reminded me of a pretty punk girl band. Then Beach House came on, they had these white pyramids that lit up which were real neat looking. This was a good set to sit down and relax and watch. Vampire Weekend put on a awesome sounding set, it was basically CD quality. I really would have liked to see them at a smaller venue with more energy and a closer feel, but the sound quality made up for that. All in all a good time. Vampire weekend setlist below,

• 1. Holiday
  2. White Sky
  3. Cape Cod Kwazza Kwazza
  4. I Stand Corrected
  5. M79
  6. Bryn
  7. California English
  8. Cousins
  9. Taxi Cab
  10. Run
  11. A punk
  12. One (Blakes got a new face)
  13. Going down (Bruce)
  14. Diplomats son
  15. I think ur a contra
  16. Giving up the gun
  17. Campus
  18. Oxford Comma
  19. Encore:
  19. Horchata
  20. Mansard Roof
  21. Walcott

Faire thee well!

Good times with good people this past weekend. Me, Natalie, Matt, and Steph hit up the NY renn faire up in sterling forest, A favorite past time of mine. This place is great again and again. Roast meat, ale, mead, beautiful weather, shops, and shows. Il get some pictures up as soon as their uploaded on the comp. After the faire we went back to spend the night in Brooklyn, which is where Steph lives. Some rooftop pizza at Graziella's which was a fun time and a couple of dogfish head 90 mins down at the Brooklyn public house (both were delicious I might add) and its about time to hit the hay. Wake up some Brooklyn bagels and head home. A successful weekend it was.

Shun

Ah bought myself the shun classic starter set the other day, what a beautiful set of knives. These things are handcrafted japanese blades razor sharp. 8" chefs 6" utility and 4" paring. Now its time to cook.

On a side note, rotten apples in my yard!