Where the hell did October go? I mean, it seems like just yesterday I wrote the end of the month piece for September. I wrote a bunch of other stuff since then that is never going to see print, so I will just kiss October 05 goodbye. I even slept through Halloween, my favorite day of the year. What the fuck was that. Well it is hard to get excited about things here when it is just total shit going on and I keep waiting for the Bushbots of this country to get their heads out of their ass, but I am not holding my breath. You think with all the shit the Republicans are trying to pull off they would be outraged. But of course they have been trained to have two sets of scrutiny, one for republicants and one for everyone else they don't like, primarily; gays, liberals, Democrats, green, foreigners and people like me with funny haircuts (or lack thereof).

My wife Kelly and I actually got out and saw one of our favorite bands form way back, the Adicts. They were fucking great, but the show was running real late and they had like fifty bands on the bill, so by 11:30 pm when the Adicts were still going, we had had enough. Father time here has never left a show in my 25 years plus of seeing bands, so it was real tuff for me to leave but I had no steam left in the tank. The show was out in Wheaton, Illinois, for those not familiar to the Chicago area, it is the far west suburbs. I hate the fucking suburbs. My wife and I call them "Mallburg". Hate is a strong word and I try not to use it often, but I really despise the suburbs. The best thing about this show was that it was a no smoking show. Fucking great! For once I did not come home smelling like an ash tray. My two favorite words in a row, separate they suck, but together they are sweet music to my ears.

The show was great and what I do like about seeing some big bill shows is that I may be surprised to discover a new band that I had never heard of before. This show had a great little punk outfit from San Antonio, TX called So Unloved. They were fucking rippin it up. They are a four piece made up of three little tiny girls and a guy drummer. They were real young but they tore it up. And on top of it they were so fucking cute. My wife and I wanted to bring them home with us. Go see them, and buy their new record coming out on SOS records. If it is anything like their live show, I am sure it will be great.

The Adicts are great band. Last time we saw them was at the now long gone Fox Theater that was in the Bucktown section of Chicago. It was 1994 and Kelly and I had just relocated to the Chicago area. We partied with the band late after the show until we closed the the bar Estelles that is still there down the block from the Fox Theater. Kid Dee the drummer kept calling my wife "Julia" like Julia Roberts, they were a fun bunch and really cool guys. I will be doing a little profile of the Adicts with the pictures I took at both shows. So check for it soon. I added one shot to the Picture of the Moment section here at MSIG. More later....

Sorry for the delay. Time flies when you are old.