making lovers out of haters

my good friend jeremy was in town with his band cutter this weekend. we'd been hyping up his visit for months and what felt like years away a few months ago, finally happened and happened well.

i saw cutter play at people's project in chicago on saturday and was completely blown away. not only is jeremy one of the best drummers i've ever seen (dude was playing with sam mcpheeters when he was like 18!) but cutter is one of the best bands i've ever seen play. for the first time in a long time i was filled with a most humbling feeling, like i was witnessing something spectacular and recalled why i had been so turned on by punk and hardcore music in the first place. while i'm too young to have seen amazing bands like black flag or born against, seeing cutter made me feel like it didnt matter cause i'm around now.

we set up a last minute show for them at the borg ward in milwaukee but a zillion other touring bands showed up so they played franks powerplant instead. unfortunately, they only played to about 10 people (everyone i knew was at bob's bday or in la). their third song in they were asked to either 'turn it down' or stop playing. in appropriate fuck you attitude, they said fuck you, packed up their equipment and left.

the remaining part of the night was spent celebrating bob's big 2-6 and with another usual night in milwaukee, i made a believer out of a skeptical brooklynite hater. one night out with our wonderful milwaukee friends, free bacon and good vibes for days, and she quickly realized how great of a city milwaukee is.

happy birthday bob! (bob is not actually pictured here, rather, travis is)