Scrambling around. Time is always a few drops from depletion. Making it work, somehow.

Tuesday night I went to see Von play at Saint Vitus in Greenpoint. The show was excellent. Reputed to be the first black metal band in the US, they actually disbanded in 1992 and I wasn’t sure what to expect at all. They’re not on tour or anything– it was a one time, one night only, seemingly random show. After watching an utterly bizarre opening “band” that consisted of a chick playing with a voice synth and two half-naked chicks throwing eggs and food on each other for 45 minutes, I was tempted to call it a night. The video of that performance is up already:

But then Von came out and all was good.

The band emerged covered in blood and when they reached their comfort zone, it was fairly mesmerizing. Their video from that night is up already too.

I didn’t make it all the way to the end of the performance because it was going on too late, but the dose of pure black metal is still with me. I crashed in Chinatown and came in slightly late to 10a meeting yesterday morning.

Today is chaos. Early meeting straight to another meeting. I have a document to send off and need to be on the East Side for a meeting at a private school about taking students on a trip to Nepal. That’s at 3p and it’s with the headmaster, which means I need to wear a suit, which means going home to get that sorted out. When that’s done I need to race back to the office and make sure the document is sent. Tonight I need to prepare for a huge meeting tomorrow morning, 10:30-11:30, and I’m expecting that one to be a little contentious.

Out for now, more stories soon. Sorry for the rush and sloppiness– I’ll clean up my posting soon. It’s a perfect storm of activity these days so bare with.