i mean, if you're from out of town, you might not realize it...

....but you're paying $40 for dj sets you can see on any detroit night for $5-10, or you're paying airfare for german djs to come in. hey, if you have the cash, you don't care. cool. whatever.

but, you're consequently going to end up with these bars full of very wealthy tourists that are being herded to where they'll spend cash; the real detroit techno parties, with the local detroit techno personalities, are going to be happening in parks or warehouses for less than $20. the bars are going to fill up with what are basically yuppies.

those expensive parties mostly really aren't the ones you want to be at at all.

there's one expensive show i think i want to hit. it's the one by the best local promoter. but, if i do that, then i'm skipping a noise show. i dunno. i'll see how i feel.

i'm not going to all of the things, but i've listed all of the things i might go to.

most of the nights have a rock concert before midnight; i'm only intending to get to the dance clubs late, and most of them are free. there's one exception...

i'm still awake.

it's a nice change...

i'm working down my movement....movements....and i've got a pretty wacky weekend lined up, but the key thing about it is that it's mostly low cover.

i didn't have a bicycle last year, so what i wanted was to just find the place open all night and park myself there. so, i showed up to the after hour party at like 9:00. and, while i deny that i was too drunk, i don't deny that i was in fact pretty drunk, sure. and, i'm not ashamed of that.

but, for example, i skipped the trip metal festival because it made more sense to me to just go to the works. this is going to be different this year...i'm going to get out to a number of noise acts...and to a number of actually free parties....

the local bar parties seem to be a bit better, though, too - less booty shaking and more atmospheric. in fact, i'm not having the difficulties this year that i usually do.

it's a swell path.

but i'm not publishing it.

i'll tell you about it after.

if you believe that a majority of ontarians want funding cuts, you'll believe the ndp are at 35%.

it's not a poll.

so, i got a start on it - sent some emails, left some messages. i don't expect to hear back from anybody until tuesday.

the market is sort of what i expected - it's not awful, but it seems like it's thin. i think it should open up next week.

i have not technically given notice, but i've asked for the lease to be broken on august 1st. so, i can play this both ways.

how's the air? well, i have the windows wide open. i can smell it, but it's not affecting me. i can't always have the windows open...

i've actually had a long day, which is nice, although i've spent a lot of it blaring merzbow at the neighbour sitting outside, to get her to smoke somewhere else.

it's a shitty situation. if i close the windows, i get overwhelmed by the pot (& the a/c). if i keep them open, i have to deal with the neighbour smoking - literally right underneath the window. there's no reason she has to smoke right there, and i've asked her not to, but she's just a worthless, selfish piece of shit that doesn't care - so i can't care about her, if she won't care about me. so, i'm just blaring merzbow out the window whenever she goes out to get her to fuck off - and it's definitely getting to her. like, i think i saw her crying. good.

i'll be happy to get the fuck out of here.

for right now, the day is over and i'm still awake, so i'm going to get to rebuilding, i guess. i don't want to eat again until the morning. and i have no idea how long i'll stay awake for.

i was as excited about el club as everybody else, but the programming has really taken a nose dive, hasn't it? it's become magic stick 2.0.

there were a few nights that i was there last year when the place was just dead. but, it just closes too early. and it's in a bad neighbourhood....

this is going to be the summer of hamtramck, methinks. so long as that bicycle holds out, anyways.

when i eventually replace it, i'll start bringing the replacement back to canada with me. but i just don't want that much rust in the house, and it's as safe where it is as it would be anywhere else.

i'll be lucky if it lasts the year. and, if it does, i'll just take the lock back with me and leave it somewhere for parts.

on the one hand, i witnessed 30 people exit the bar at the same time, indicating that whatever was happening was indeed over.

on the other hand, there was clearly still something going on inside.

i didn't ask clearly; i was too shy, i should have asked.

well, i didn't get any work done, but i got a handle on what's going on this weekend...

all the after hours spots seem to have stopped updating around november. i don't know if the weather hit them or what, but i'm kind of blinded. how many are just quiet, and how many are defunct? there's a few that i'm pretty sure are still running, but none seem to be running this weekend...

*shrug*

- i don't remember the last time i went out, which was a saturday. so, i don't know if my goto spot was still there or not. i think they're only there on saturdays.
 - i remember the friday previous, but...it was weird. i'm outside a bar with a 4:00 am license a little after 3:00 or so. it was late, legit. i asked somebody if they're done, and he said he was, but, in hindsight, i think it was the sound guy - i actually think i've talked to this guy a bunch of times because he's the sound guy. brain freeze. then, i sat around and hung out with people waiting for cabs ("ubers") for like an hour. but, it seemed like the place was still open. i'm too shy in these situations - i should have asked point blank. it was just weird. i thought i was told no, and didn't want to be pushy, but i'm not sure that this was true. you have to understand that i'm really neurotic about not appearing aggressive when i'm drinking. i'm the most passive drunk in the world, and i exaggerate it because i hate violence - i'm paranoid i'm going to get into a fight. the flip side is that they can't charge me cover at 3:30, right. so, i dunno. the intent was to hang out there until around 4:30. and i was in fact there until a little after 4:00, it's just that i was just hanging around outside....and i would have probably been out on the patio had i gone in. but, either way that's not the late night i was looking for, and i knew it wasn't going to be. but i'm going to blame myself for being too shy, rather than give up on the path. i might do this again some other friday night....

- i actually made it home on the night of the screaming females concert. i'd had plenty to drink. that was the right choice. but, like... i made it. i knew it was time to go home.

- the sunsquabi show was also a friday, and i can confirm that my goto spot was closed. friday. but also april.

so, i dunno. i guess i might have to ask around a bit more. on a friday, finding somewhere open until 4:30 is largely good enough, as the bus comes at 6:00. but, on a saturday, the bus doesn't come until 8:30. i need to find the spots open until 7:00...