so, i made it through a two-day....bender?.....in detroit. where did i go?

i was late leaving, so i started at small's instead of outer limits. and, understand that i'm transiting via bicycle, so there's a lot of bicycle riding worked into this.

1) voyag3r. small's. 23:30-1:00 (on friday night).
2) solstice party. marble. 1:30-10:00.

there were some bernie sanders organizers in the eastern market on saturday morning. there's a lot of talk of foreign interference in elections, right? i was there as an observer, which is an important role for a foreign citizen to play in the democratic process. but, i wasn't intending to flyer, and i didn't want to waste the organizers' time - i can't help them at all. what i was hoping was to observe an organizing meeting, but there wasn't actually one there, it was just some people doing shifted outreach. so, i got eggs instead.

3) breakfast. bert's. i had bert's breakfast, at bert's. *ernie laugh*. 11:00-12:30.
4) helen lambrix & matthew smith. dequindre cut. the first part was a singer-songwriter set, and the second was a very appropriate drone set in the park. he even had the trumpet out, miles style. i kept punning in my head: "he sounds miles away, but he's right there". i was hoping for jazz in the afternoon, but i'll take drone, too. that worked out well, actually. 13:30-16:00.
5) i guess i would have gone to try the jazz thing in hamtramck, but i actually had to briefly go back to canada to get some more cash. 16:30-18:00.
6) helms alee & earth. el club. she's really savage on that kit - just viciously efficient. & earth were actually a lot more structured and written than i expected. i was expecting a doomy, girgy, swirly kind of thing, but it was actually kind of major-key and proggy; less like you're working through the consequences of realizing you're lost in a swamp surrounded by forests in a distant and faraway land, and more like you're playing zelda in your basement. it was an early show so the kids could come in and dance to bad "indie rock". we're going to rehabilitate this space rather than boycott it, right? 19:00-22:00.
7) cyperpunk dance party. pj's. i think the earlier sets were more along the lines of what i was looking for, but i missed them. the middle acts i saw were silly 80s pop bands, even if the second sounded like trent reznor trying to jam with tony banks, and almost worked in the juxtaposition (if they would have strained the contradiction hard enough). i thought the closing act was hip-hop, but it was actually a kraftwerky throwback and worked the better of the three. there were a lot of middle shows on saturday (a jazz show at northern lights, a noise show at the crow, a well known dj at tv and a hip-hop/punk outreach at the trumbull) and i ended up here thinking i'd get the most interesting sets. the jazz show was too far given the progression into the ordeal, and i wanted something other than dancing earlyish, but i left wondering how the show was at the crow. 22:30-1:30.
8) asher perkins. i can't remember where this was actually, msg me if you remember where it was, and i'll update it. the fact that this place is known for debauchery notwithstanding, i guess i must have been a hot mess by the end of this, because i got molested all night here by members of both genders, although it was mostly harmless: girls claiming we'd met before and trying to kiss me (and maybe we did, even if i wasn't in the best ability to recall memories right just then), guys saddling their arms around my waist, etc. asher has become kind of a trance dj, working a lot on the transitions, and it serves his style well - it's a good mix of danceability and introspection, allowing for both social and individual types of dancing. 2:00-7:00.

i got home around 9:00.