Been home all weekend. It was actually a good time. I had been pretty stressed about it, just with family relationships and all, but it was really good. It was my mom's 60th birthday, so my sister and her whole family and I all came home. My mom loved it. My sister's kids are sooo cute -- and good birth control.
Oh gosh -- this Saturday I'm off to my mom's 60th. Your post really inspired me to get my act together for it. Seriously.
The new Sunn 0))) is good. Its all black metal where they take all cool elements of the genre and make their atomospheres from it.
There's a great interview with them in Thrasher were they say that a lot of the tracks on it were almost 100% improvised. They also said there is truth to that a lot of the vocals were recorded in a mic-ed coffin to add to the eeriness.
When I haven't been listening to either Nick Cave or Black Sabbath lately, I've been totally addicted to Tammy Wynette's first album, Stand By Your Man. Obviously we all know the title track. But goddamn, that whole album absolutely incredible. If you don't own it, do yourself a favor and pick it up.
OK, feeling better about it. Now I'm just worried about being healthy enough to do it Thursday. I've been sick the last few days... damn. Time to get healthy.