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mistressofmuses) wrote2022-08-08 09:56 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2022-08-08 09:56 pm
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Voicecoil Album Release Party!
Saturday night we went to our friend Mark's album release party for his band Voicecoil and their album Strange Days. Patrick played with him, and our friend Jake opened with his project Faces Under the Mirror.
I know that Saturday night is an ideal night for most people, but I had work both that day and the next, sobcry.
Still, it was really nice to get to go out and see people. Mark said he thought it's been close to 5 years since we saw each other, though I didn't think it had been that long. Then again... it might have been. Three years to Covid, definitely, but it may have been a year or two before that where we weren't going out all that much. (Ah, introversion and also a real job.) I think we ran into each other in passing at Tracks or Milk a couple times, but it probably has been at least 5 years since we hung out for more than a quick convo.
And I guess it's not too bad if the headliner still spent almost an hour talking to us pre-show, and Patrick spent another hour talking to me between Jake's and Mark's sets and after. <3 (Genuinely, it's kind of nice to feel like we haven't been forgotten even though we haven't been out and social for so damn long, including pre-Covid.)
Sounds like both Mark and Patrick have had a rough time of the whole Covid times... Mark lost someone super important to him several months ago (though not to Covid), and it really, really hurt him. Patrick is just isolated as hell living in fucking ALMA, CO, and he lost his job at the start of the pandemic, too. So I wish that everyone was having a better time all around. BUT STILL THE SHOW WAS FUN.
Mark and Patrick!
And Jake!
We got a pretty dramatic sunset and thunderclouds. It rained really hard for a little bit, too.
Another picture of Jake's opening set.
Voicecoil in green!
Voicecoil in red!
Voicecoil with easier to see white light!
And I am kind of a fan of how the many, many pictures I snapped looked together, haha. How modern or something.
It was very nice to get to see people and have a night out. I was also quite relieved that I did not wind up hungover after my fairly piddly three drinks (but I was pleasantly buzzed.) I deeply wish Covid wasn't Still A Thing, because it reminded me that I DO like going out (if only occasionally), but sadly it IS, so we've gotta stay careful about what we choose to go do.
I know that Saturday night is an ideal night for most people, but I had work both that day and the next, sobcry.
Still, it was really nice to get to go out and see people. Mark said he thought it's been close to 5 years since we saw each other, though I didn't think it had been that long. Then again... it might have been. Three years to Covid, definitely, but it may have been a year or two before that where we weren't going out all that much. (Ah, introversion and also a real job.) I think we ran into each other in passing at Tracks or Milk a couple times, but it probably has been at least 5 years since we hung out for more than a quick convo.
And I guess it's not too bad if the headliner still spent almost an hour talking to us pre-show, and Patrick spent another hour talking to me between Jake's and Mark's sets and after. <3 (Genuinely, it's kind of nice to feel like we haven't been forgotten even though we haven't been out and social for so damn long, including pre-Covid.)
Sounds like both Mark and Patrick have had a rough time of the whole Covid times... Mark lost someone super important to him several months ago (though not to Covid), and it really, really hurt him. Patrick is just isolated as hell living in fucking ALMA, CO, and he lost his job at the start of the pandemic, too. So I wish that everyone was having a better time all around. BUT STILL THE SHOW WAS FUN.
Mark and Patrick!
And Jake!
We got a pretty dramatic sunset and thunderclouds. It rained really hard for a little bit, too.
Another picture of Jake's opening set.
Voicecoil in green!
Voicecoil in red!
Voicecoil with easier to see white light!
And I am kind of a fan of how the many, many pictures I snapped looked together, haha. How modern or something.
It was very nice to get to see people and have a night out. I was also quite relieved that I did not wind up hungover after my fairly piddly three drinks (but I was pleasantly buzzed.) I deeply wish Covid wasn't Still A Thing, because it reminded me that I DO like going out (if only occasionally), but sadly it IS, so we've gotta stay careful about what we choose to go do.
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Covid still being a thing is insane. It's super dumb.
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I so wish Covid wasn't still a thing. I am deeply resentful that the things that would have kept it from still being a problem were not doable. Maybe stricter adherence to prevention protocols still wouldn't have gotten rid of it entirely, but we'll never know at this point.
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I've gone past being resentful about covid to full-on just thinking less of humanity as a whole, not to mention all the theories about humanity's strength being pro-social behavior.
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Oh yeah. Every time I see a feel-good post about how humanity's best trait is caring for each other and building bonds, it feels more and more frustrating. Like... what world have you been living in for the last three years?
It's like that joke about retiring the phrase "to avoid like the plague" because turns out, we don't actually do that!
I'd love to believe in a marvelous solarpunk future for us all, but...
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And speaking of horror I need to do some journaling on how that would probably be the basis of any horror I write. I just finished watching Spree, which is not technically a horror film but effected me the way horror films are supposed to effect me, but rarely do.
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I'll have to give Spree a watch!
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That colorboard (moodboard, pictureboard?) does look very cool!
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Right? It's just a screenshot of my google photos, but I liked the way all the different colored stage lights looked all together like that.