Satruday was pretty fun too. I skipped the usual band stuff (there wasn't anything that was must see--unlike this coming Friday) and headed to Karma (East Ave. near Alexander) around 9. My friend Jan's girlfriend Shannon's friend Michelle is getting married and this was her wedding shower party and he said they'd be at Karma over lunch. I figured I'd stop in and say hi. Unfortunately I got there too early and the bartender was just talking on the phone in front and there was nobody there so I decided to go to Mex (295 Alexander St.)

Did I mention it was raining? No, eh. Well, it was raining. I had even waited in my car for the rain to slow from undriveable downpour to heavy rain before getting out ... but anyway, on the way over to Mex, the "undriveable downpour" started again. Right next door there was a miniature cascade coming from the parking lot--white water and all. I think there were some wee people rafting too. By the time I got to Mex I was soaked. Well, my shirt was anyway ... my pants were merely wet. Some guy at the bar said he thought I was wearing a silk shirt but then realized I was soaking wet. Anyway, I sat really still doing some people watching and having a glass of wine. Around 10 I headed back to Karma and joined Jan and the four women. I'm sure he was much relieved.

So we all chatted and stuff and headed to Monty's Korner (363 East Ave.) next door (where Jan bid us farewell) then to The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.) for some late night munchies. Now, I want to mention their friend Dana which is the name Jan, Shannon, and Michelle have been so dilligently reading along to see. I'll try to be as ambiguous and vague as I can so I'll just say I thought she was pretty cool. Ha -- no, just kidding. I ended up talking with her the most although generally in a group setting, but I liked her enough to look forward to seeing her again and think she's pretty cute, but I didn't get an impression of a "spark" so I'll just have to let things play out as they will. Now, note how little information that previous sentence contains ... so ha--I did end up sticking with the ambiguous.

Ok, coming up this weekend is a really cool time over in the St. Paul Quarter on Friday. Mercury Star Lounge (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) has the Garage Pop show with bands like The Grinders whom I haven't seen in a while and Isotopes whom I've never seen, and The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) and Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) have Eddie Nebula and the Plague with their new members (they got a new drummer some months ago and presumably have replaced their guitarist) Astronomical Unit and Burning Snella. Everything should be just so much fun, and it friggin' better be because my expectations are really high.

Later, on Tuesday, Jonathan Richman will be at the horrid little venue, Milestones (170 East Ave.) The last time he was here he played his quirky folk-styled rock-styled music and played no encores. Now, as I understand it, he always does encores. I blame Milestones. That can suck the fun out of anything.

Oh yeah, if anybody out there has any sort of a clue, let me know if the Adrenokrome links are right. They'll be at Acme Bar & Pizza (495 Monroe Ave.) on Saturday and I couldn't figure out if they're the right ones ... I suspect there's only one Adrenokrome, but hey, you never know.

Oh, and I shaved my head again. I decided to try a new style ... I think it'll catch on with us balding guys. Ok, ok ... so I ended up shaving it all off. What, do you think I'm crazy?

• Juanna Mann - Finally: a movie about transvestites for people who love basketball ... but when will Hollywood make a movie for me --a movie about World War I for people who love cats.
• Lilo and Stitch - It gets kinda weird when Lilo has [Stitch] on [his] knees, begging "darling please, won't you ease [his] worried mind."
• Minority Report - The government determines that Tom Cruise's character is about to borrow his fathers Porsche while his parents are on vacation and they step in to stop him before he even gets started.