unexpected pleasure - my friend andy, aka vertebrae, played a show in youngstown at the only decent club, the nyabinghi. of course, only like eight people were in the audience to hear his autechre meets the notwist, one man with an accordian, a laptop and a dream show but hey, what can ya do? i'm a sucker for children's toys bumped up next to harsh, skeletal sounds and man, he's really good and teasing beautiful, mature little melodies out of them. i guess he's changing the name of his project, tho, since some ridiculous band from seattle sent him a cease and desist on it even tho they've never put anything out and he's already got an album. alas, the tangled web of music law.

speaking of which, i was sad but not surprised to see that the FCC relaxed even further the cross-ownership of media in American markets. Now charmers like Rupert Murdoch can own newspapers, local television stations, radio stations, and cable channels in one market. Fun! the vote was split 3-2 with all the Rep. voting yay, the demos voting ney. Tis a sad world we're living in.