too bad 'cause i'm fond of janelle
oh yeah i'm makin' a fool of myself
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
oh yeah she's so swell
janelle janelle janelle janelle

why the hell did i ever sell my jawbreaker lp's?� "chesterfield king" was such a great song, and 24 hour revenge therapy was such a great album.� what the hell ever happened to janelle?� i had some things she made, and they were called tales from blarg.� who the hell is minding the shop?� certainly not i.

niki and leon were going to the party for the closing of bmg's san francisco branch, so they asked if i cared to tag along and have dinner with them.� but niki was car sick, so they decided to skip the party and just go to dinner.� they chose a pizza parlor in albany, of all towns.� then niki said she wanted to go to a bar called the hotsy totsy.� it turned out to be just a block away from albany bowl.� jared had his going-away bowling party there, but i couldn't go because of my damned wisdom teeth.� the totsy bartender was this drunk old lady who danced around to rod stewart and got all the measurements way wrong.� she must have served a lot of drinks with ash in them, too, since she never ever ever put her cigarette down.� maybe instead of floor mats, cars should have trays of kitty litter on the floor, just in case. niki and leon went home, and it was still early.

i decided to go over to the edinburgh castle and see the cave-ins. jaime from #sign was there and told me he had a copy of wax museum at his house and that he liked it.� i was horrified and wanted to turn on my heels and run.� you could cut this insecurity with a butter knife. the cave-ins turned out to be ok.� omnibus usually picks good bands, and the shins last weekend were rad, too.

niki and leon played in a talulah gosh tribute band as part of the loft's halloween show in sacramento.� it was delayed for about a month, but it was worth the wait and i was eagerly looking forward to it.� they played talulah, my boy says, i can't get no satisfaction (thank god), and steaming train.� i think they picked the songs with the simplest lyrics because most of talulah gosh's lyrics were damned inscrutable.� anyway, they were great!!� it was a lot of fun, they said a few things between songs in british accents, and i took a lot of pictures.� some other bands did tributes to love & rockets, ESG, the angry samoans... and i thought the redd kross and van halen tributes were especially good.� denise was at the show, and i asked her to show me the knife.� and i had alan show me the fingers.� denise didn't want to show me the knife, but i begged and begged and promised that i only wanted to look and not touch, just to see if the story was true.� as soon as she pulled it out, i grabbed it.� but she wouldn't let go.� so we just stood there having a tug-of-war over a little red swiss army knife.� then we headed over to the capitol garage cafe for the rock*a*teens + cave-ins + ski instructors show, which was alright.� mostly we just sat around talking, being sleepy, trying to relax, and watching matty rob get totally trashed and crazy.� i think i saw eleven or twelve bands in one night, altogether.� i'm glad that i got to hang out with niki and leon this weekend.