SHIT DAMMIT MOTHERFUCKER@!

Pitchfork just posted the Flaming Lips fall tour, much to my initial excitement. "Finally," I thought, "the Flaming Lips are going to have a KC area non-festival headlining show, the first since 2000's Soft Bulletin-era show at the Granada." What happened next was a kick in the balls. The Flaming Lips' long awaited headlining show is scheduled the same day as Blonde Redhead's long awaited midwest appearance at the Blue Note in Columbia. Fuck, damn, motherfucker! What is a blogger to do? Both shows have their high points and drawbacks: The Lips shows are usually nothing short of a serious mindfuck adventure in how to entertain an audience, but Wayne's voice is often so off-key live that you often only remember what you saw, not what you heard, while Blonde Redhead usually sound incredible live but don't do a damn thing worth watching. Also, the Lips show is going to be outrageously expensive, but the Blonde Redhead show means I'll have to drive 3+ hours there and back. What really kicks me in the pants is both shows are on my mother's 50th birthday, which means that there's a chance I won't be able to go to either one of them.

SHIT.

DAMMIT.

MOTHERFUCKER!