oh baby and the new now nation

FROM May 25, 2004

Was the name of an ex-boyfriend's Sonic Death-loving noize band ca. 2000. Oh Baby was only a side project; his main project was the band "Fuck Yes." They had better posters than music.

In case you are not keeping track of such things, last weekend was the six-month anniversary of Thanksgiving. (Not the band, the holiday.) In our house, where we do things differently, Sat May 22 was "Mayflower." My housemate Connie Wohn (a tour de force marquee lady who doesn't sit right without the rhythm of her surname) is Thanksgiving-rabid, and coordinated a 15-person meal complete with THXGV/MAYFL spread: turkey-bird, tofurkey, cranberries, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. To celebrate further, Chantelle held a gianormous four-person birthday BBQ where we were compelled to A. play truth or dare (NO one picked dare) B. watch a home video of her housemates Emil and Alex play drums and guitar in a Led Zeppelin cover band at the Blackbird Halloween party ca. 2003. They were actually convincing, except the Robert Plant's wig was too 16th century/ shirley temple. (Don't matter. Bass parts were rippin.)

Saturday DJ'd briefly at Aesthetics Records storefront for super low-key mini-party: Eternals listening session, Monika Records DVD screening. Stats:
audience fave nostalgia track, which still bangs: 808 State "Cubik"
single that label head and the record-store owner flock to decks like I was spinning liquid honey: M Sayyid "Outside the Box"
track that makes Paul Dickow twitchy-dance: Sticky/ Viper "I'm on the Mic"
amount of Monika Records tracks played: 0
amount of B-Pitch Control-related tracks played: 3
times a listener became openly nostalgic for hardcore, spurred on by the above audience-fave nostalgia track: 1
percentage of party attendees who are DJs: 84%
amount of attendees who are in some way employed or released by Aesthetics, including Ken Dyber: 4
amount of women in attendance, including myself: 3

On the rest: more and constant effusing RE: my fave live band of all time, why the Scott Bakula character in the US Maple movie can only be played by Scott Bakula or Paul Ruebens (Scott DRACula vs. Buffy, and huge news on the JShep life iCal.