Connor Oberst on His Own

I saw Connor Oberst without his Bright Eyes moniker. He played a little over an hour with what might have been his tightest band to date. Great show at the Blue Note.

Free White Rabbits

Answering a call for entries on Twitter, I registered for free tickets to the Columbia White Rabbits show.

I won.

Kevin and I attended the show. He introduced me to Matt Magin of Cursive. Nice guy.

The show was packed like I've never seen Mojo's packed before. The patio was filled, but the interior was wall-to-wall hipster.

The band played an inspired, blistering set with a quick encore.

I saw the last Pavement show...

...in North America.

Pavement played Bogart's in Cincinnati at the end of the Terror Twilight tour. Archer Prewitt opened (and probably someone else I'm forgetting).

My sister, stone-cold sober, bugged a few of the band members about not choosing her rather excellent poem in a contest. They claimed it was the label's fault.

I saw them play "Conduit 4 Sale" for the first time despite seeing the band play four times prior.

It was sort of disheartening that they played a few UK gigs afterward, but who really wants to end their career in Cincinnati?