right on bro!

Last night, I went with Hinojosa to see dEUS perform at the Troubadour. They’re a band from Belgium that Steve turned me on to when I visited him in North Carolina back in 2004. He gave me a copy of In a Bar Under the Sea and said it was a great album, but the band had broken up. But last year, they got back together last year, recorded a new album, and are now touring.

The show was pretty rad - they started off a bit slow, but started rocking out after the 2nd or 3rd song. The audience was full of Euro fools, I think - it seemed like me and Matt were the only Americans in the joint. At one point, the singer asked, “So….are there any Americans in the audience?” and the response was quiet.

Once in awhile, I hear a lyric that sticks with me. From dEUS, it’s the opening of Fell Off The Floor Man:

“You gotta be your own dog…don’t let nobody put a leash on you.”

And speaking of being your own dog…I’ve got some pretty big changes in my life coming. Will blog about it at some point soon.