Shows!
We’ve been in Philly about 3 years now (…actually, exactly 3 years – we arrived in early June 2003), and in all that time I’ve been to only one show – Bob Mould, a couple of years ago. I used to be obsessed with music, so that’s quite a decline for me. Getting up at 5:30 for work every day, having 2 kids to take care of, not being up on who’s worth seeing these days, etc. – those are all factors. But I opened a Philly Weekly yesterday, and in the next two weeks there are shows by Cat Power (female vocalist with piano, or sometimes acoustic guitar), Mike Doughty (singer/songwriter with acoustic guitar, and brilliant lyrics), and the elder statesmen of Industrial/Dance/Electronica, Frontline Assembly. All are worth staying up late for!
