so, i've got the weekend roughly planned out (the occasion is the solstice) and it really is a wild one.

i'm not going to get to ann arbor for the fuzz fest, which is a shame. but, i'd be looking at far too much traveling time, which means far less drinking and dancing time. it would be better if there were known after hours spots in ann arbor, but the late night parties are all in detroit. so, if i go to ann arbor, the night ends at 2:00 and i'm stuck trying to get home; if i stay in detroit, the night will go until dawn, and potentially into the afternoon. as it is, there are good rock shows in detroit this weekend.

there are arguably better rock shows in pontiac, but it's more or less the same problem. at least there are buses, but do i want to spend all night on them?

thursday is pelican, and i can bike to ferndale (i'll be stopping around grand for electronic sets both ways), but understand that it's less than half the distance to pontiac. google says it's a three+ hour bicycle ride to pontiac from the tunnel; it's a nearly two hour bus ride. so, i'd probably rather go to touche amore on saturday night, but it means i'll have to sit on the bus from after eleven until around one or two. again: there's no late nights in pontiac. as it is, there's an earth & helms alee show in southwest, so it makes more sense to go to that. likewise, i'd like to catch astronoid on sunday, but it means throwing away the whole afternoon, and potentially getting stuck overnight. there are interesting shows at cliff's bells and ufo, instead.

but, if those shows were at least south of ferndale, i'd probably go to both of them, instead. i've got a roughly 15 mile radius to work with on my bike - you don't have to put the show 30+ miles out of town.

there are overnights on both friday and saturday, and there's enough happening that i could actually leave on friday night and come home on sunday night. i have a few different possible paths, too, so i'm not entirely sure. it's going to depend. as previously, there are dead spots on saturday and sunday morning, but i'm closer to filling them in than usual. we'll see how that works.

as for next week, i might not have time to push forward too much further. we'll see.