meet mike and colin

continue to chill at the bar. there's 4 bands playing tonite. and i found out wolf parade is playing here on oct. 12th if i happen to stick around long enough. might lessen the sting from the canadian misadventure. the first two acts are pretty ridiculous hardcore screamo bands. the people working the bar are even cracking jokes about them. i get up and wander around; squeezing between all these goth-punk kids. it amazes me that goth has spread like an infection to even the most remote parts of the world. just like fake boobs... i go outside to the porch area. sit down on some steps. just staring around at everybody. this guy comes up; asks me if i'm from here - fargo. no. just travelling thru. oh really me too. i'm mike, why don't you come sit down with us? ok. sit down at his table; introduces me to colin and gordon and maybe another person. start chatting. turns out these guys are in the next two bands about to go up. hmm... ?? do i want to be talking to them? colin is the colin of colin spring. and mike is the mike of at the spine; and he plays guitar for colin too. don't know about gordon? but these guys are damn cool. turns out they're on tour from seattle. been on the road just over 2 weeks. "strange? that's how long i've been on the road; and we're all meeting pretty close to the middle of the country." i went back and sat at the bar when colin went on. ordered another drink. he starts strumming his guitar and singing a folk-rock kind of number. i think i saw 4 heads explode. no one knew what to make of it. this... this... music? i don't hear screaming... or... or... loud guitar riffs.... what is this? i liked it. especially with the contrast of the previous shitty bands. at the spine is loud and energetic; in a good way. had a sonic youth kind of vibe to it. i might just have sonic youth on the brain. good guys. good music. check em out...