Rad Bad Madison

Spent most of yesterday around the house... the weather was really cold and rainy in Milwaukee so I just caught up on my Gossip Girl and 90210 and watched the awesome video for Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold" like 10,000 times... I know I'm a little late to the party, but I can't even tell you how obsessed with Katy Perry I am right now.
But we had big plans for the night... we were headed to Chopper Fest 3 in Madison. Claire and I drove to pick up two of her friends, Addie and Jordan, and then we rode to Madison, where we picked up Missy, a friend and TermBroad, who was in town from Oakland to see her family. Girrrrlz night.


The show was at this bar called Mickey's Tavern in Madison, and it was very cool looking. The front room is pretty tiny, but if you walk around the corner you enter this weird room that looks like the lounge in a mansion from the 60s, really cool.


The show was good, kind of intense, 6 bands played in the tiny front room. A couple of them, The Off-Days, The Hussy and Chris Perennial, had played at the show I went to on Friday, but they were all good again. I also got to see The Midwest Beat, who I recently booked a show for at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn. They're a really stellar band, jingle jangle and twang and just great rockpop, really fantastic. Here are some pictures of some people drinking beer and some bands playing music:







Other noteworthy things of the night: There was a cop just hanging out at the show, just chilling. Also, I had a Spotted Cow, a local beer that you can't get out of Wisconsin. I really liked it, it was light and kind of sweet.

Milwaukee Walkie Talkie

By the time we drove into Milwaukee it was about 7, it was dark and the skyline was pretty. Claire took me first to The Cactus Club where her friend was bartending. We got some beers and a shot.

Claire and I bought a bottle of champers and went to her house to drop off my stuff. I met her two adorable cats Rocker and Lola.

After that we went over to Todd Trikknee's house to chill and drink some beers with Gus, who I met at Silent Barn when he played there with Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones a couple of years ago.

Next stop was Frank's Power Plant for the showwww... everyone there kept saying the show was weird but I didn't really think so. I met a lot of cool people, including Kevin Mistreater (who I had e-mailed with a lot but never met) and saw some bands... The Hussy, Pure Country Gold, The Off-Days... and drank too many beers.









I also was given some of Chuck Norris's energy drink Liquid Ice, which, as the bartender pointed out to me, can also just be called "water."
Claire's friend Davey (pictured above with the 'stache) took us over to his house to chill on his roof... I couldn't go up onto the roof because I have a strict policy of never going onto roofs that are only accessible via ladder.... it gives me a panic attack and is very embarrassing. So I just chilled with Davey's adorable pit bull Frenchie.

This morning I slept in, blogged a little, and then got a real treat... Claire and I went to eat papusas with Kevin Mistreater and his wife and two adorable kids. That baby was so into me.





Tonight we're driving to Madison for a mini-fest!