INFRASTRUCTURE on Johnny D's iconic handwritten calendar

5/21; 9:15pm set.

SEVERE, THIS WEEKEND!

The annual DM/RB trip to Revere Beach is set for this weekend. Fried clams, buffalo chicken, and crackwhores!

Plus, even more stories, photos, and knowledge of America.

PHOTOS OF INFRASTRUCTURE @ CONNOLLY'S

CHECK THIS OUT!

http://junenoire.dphoto.com/#/album/0c0dck/

Photos by Junenoire Photography.

Today on the Acela "high speed train"

First, there have been at least half a dozen construction delays. Second, my Gmail account was hacked while using the painfully slow onboard wifi, sending viagra and online gaming ads to hundreds of people I hoped never to speak to again.

Now, the train has sat at New Rochelle for a HALF HOUR because, in the words of the conductor, the train operations office "forgot about us."

This is the third time I've taken the train to NY this year, and the third time it's been late. At the time of each trip, there has been only one track open between New Rochelle and New York.

We are now on pace to arrive over an hour late. I've already missed one of the meetings I was trying to attend.

The $126 price tag on this one way trip does not warrant such consistently shitty service or wifi service inferior to that provided by the Lucky Star Chinatown bus, which costs $15 on the same route.

FIRST STUDIO INFRASTRUCTURE SONGS RELEASED!!!

http://www.myspace.com/infrastructuremusic

"Climber," Cul-de-Sac," and "Old World" are up!

INFRASTRUCTURE TAKES MANHATTAN, ROUND III

I really dig this poster, made from Night Job in Nashville (DH10).

You can tell it's a holiday

just by looking outside. It looks and sounds like a Sunday.

I'm working, though.

Art consumption: for a larger, more functional brain.

Tonight I read Dubus's "Miranda over the Valley" and watched the series premiere of "Justified."

I will go on a hunt for more Sherwood Anderson soon.

The last 48 hours:

• Facebook invites for NY show sent out
• Four straight hours of full band rehearsal
• Sorting through PA, mixer, and active speaker combos at giant chain music store
• Searching the internet for better deals on said equipment
  
• Took in some real music at the Plough and the Cantab
  
• Final backing vocal track selection and mixing of "Climber," "Cul-de-Sac," and "The Old World" for internet release
• Band decision to throw out the current live take of "Misery" and wait for a future recording session
• Confirmed first merch order (5 dozen shirts and 300 stickers)
• Ordered 400 more INFRACARDS featuring RB photos of North America
• Ordered new practice amp and a turntable for the apt
  
• Discussed mastering of mp3s
• Discussed potential DIY gig in CT and beach gigs on the Cape this summer
  
• Contacted some DC acts about sharing a bill with us on 6/18
• have a great new soul-pop song in my head that's not going away, so it has to be written