bands on the run

i'm trying to post more often. it's not working too well so far, but i'm resolved to try at least once a day. because, you know, it's really important that my thoughts get out there. what the hell else are people going to read on the internets?

so i'm currently playing in two bands in portland. both are pretty casual at this point, although both recently reached an important milestone: they both now appear to have names. one is called "knife and son" (my idea; i saw a business called "L. Knife and Son" when i was back visiting in massachusetts recently), and the other is tentatively called "the cigarettes". as a rule, i'm generally opposed to naming bands "the somethings", since it seems about as creative as calling your dog "fido". but "the cigarettes" is pretty cool. hell, cigarettes are cool. if only the companies that made them weren't so skeevy. maybe that's why people seem to like american spirits so much; who doesn't love indians?