Thankfully most of my days fall on the former end of the spectrum. Consider this, in less than 36 hours I'll board a flight with Rob and Christie in the direction of Chicago where we'll meet up with the Vice kids for the Intonation Festival. I'm also looking forward to snagging drinks with my main lady in Chicago, the always awesome Hilary Rawk, the terribly autistic Mustachimo, the guru Ed, Mr. Selman and many other Loose kids. By the time a proper level of intoxication sets in, the NYC kids will be made four strong with the late inclusion of Cara Rawsome. Seriously, I can't wait. Sure, there will be some rad music (Ghostface, Bloc Party, The Stills, Bob Pollard, Blue Cheer, etc), but I just can't wait to catch up and bring the destruction to another part of the country. I'm giddy with anticipation.

In the mean time I have to stay occupied. Thankfully my home town is New York. Tonight has a ridiculous amount of options. In a perfect world I could fit all three of these into the works, but it isn't looking good. First on the block is White Rabbits who are opening an evening at Mercury Lounge that features Pas/Cal and Asobi Seksu, (the latter is playing Part 2 of their celebration for the release of their LP Citrus). Back in early May I caught the White Rabbits for the first time at the suggestion of my friend Christy. They are a medolic indie pop band on the rise... bloggers take note. If you have plans to hit the Merc, get there early. You'll dig it - I promise.

If it was a perfect world, I'd be able to run over to Annex to catch the Tigercity show, but it isn't looking too good. There is a small chance this will happen, but if not, I'll roll over to Sin-e to catch LEVY who is opening for The Big Sleep. If you are in the loop, than you know Danny, Sonya and Gabe just signed a deal with Frenchkiss Records who is home to Les Savy Fav, Rahim, Thunderbirds are Now and the first home of The Hold Steady. As a friend I couldn't be prouder of these cats. As a lover of the rock, I couldn't be more psyched. They found a great home with great people steering that ship. Come out and celebrate with us. Don't forget - Danny got a new guitar and he'd like you all to bare witness to his new face melting tactics.

In other festival news, the Siren Music Festival schedule has been posted, (image taken from Brooklyn Vegan). This is always such a good party. Why oh why did my mom decide to come to town this Saturday?