Saturday Night/Sunday Afternoon

I did manage to get to John Tejada's live PA at Luna Lounge last night. It was my first time to Williamsburg--I've only been through on the bus before--and I liked what I saw, though I'd need to spend more time and wander farther to form more of an opinion. A good lesson to remember for the future is that I really can only bear to stand around for about 2.5 hours at a time before I'm tempted to head home. That is to say, if I'd arrived around 1:30 instead of midnight, I probably could have stuck around until closing time. I didn't care all that much for what the opening DJ was spinning, but really enjoyed (as I expected) Tejada's performance. Next up, except for maybe Ted Leo or, if I get really lucky, LCD Soundsystem, will be Dub War on the early morning of May 20 featuring Kode 9 and Shackleton. I've only heard dubstep played out once, after a set by DJ/rupture, and it sounded good, but I'm guessing this will be a lot more massive.

Just finished Bill McKibben's The End of Nature, which I'd been meaning to read for a while and wish I'd actually read last year, since it provides a good conceptual grasp on the ongoing environmental destruction, particularly climate change, which can feel all-encomapssing and rather overwhelming for those who spend much time on the subject, as I did last year at Grist. It's also really well-written and, even at eighteen years old, a good introduction to climate change and the incredibly broad array of issues that may result.