loooooooong weekend

I spent much of this weekend by myself. By myself, meaning I spent a lot of time in the cave, surrounded by my own thoughts.

There weren't many phone calls.

There were a couple rock shows. Hot Snakes were amazing. Even better than I could have imagined. John Reis and Rick Froberg were amazing. As Reis and his rockabilly 'do shook it up on stage with some crazy, slithering guitar parts, Froberg commanded the attention of the audience with his guttural vocals and sweat popping performance. The kids were jumping and bumping for Hot Snakes. It was so animalistic.

They were so overwhelming. So much so that I left the show before they played my two favorites: "Why Does It Hurt" and "Plenty For All". I kinda regret that now, but sometimes after I see something like that, I get in a daze and wander home like a zombie.

Morrissey last night at Radio City caused a different kind of hysteria. He opened with "How Soon Is Now?" His name flashed behind him in huge red lights. We couldn't see the "M" so we kept shouting "Orrissey!" He got tackled by a crazy fan and didn't miss a beat, just kept singing. He sang, "The more you abhor me, the closer I get." He gave a shout out to Nancy Sinatra. He changed his shirt four times: purple, blue, white, dark blue. He would also say things like, "Why are you all staring at me? Not fair!" Then during the middle of the encore, "There is a light," he stopped and said, "shit, double shit, security sucks" or something like that and then said "that's it, goodbye." I think security was being rough with some fans who were attempting to rush the stage. He did not play "Suedehead" but he did play a lot of other hits. He played "bigmouth" at like twice the speed. That shit was lightning fast!

A lot of muted IM conversations. Much smoking. 10 mosquito bites.

I got inspired by the female character Lenia in John Cassavetes' improv'd movie Shadows.

I skimmed through Plato's Symposium and started reading Plato's Lysis. All of this Socratic reading has me thinking a lot about the relationship between friendship and love. What is friendship and what is love? And what happens when they overlap or morph from one to another?