Scarey

After a long drought, during which it seemed that all of the interersting shows either got sold out or were held on Monday nights, the redoubtable Earl is back on a streak of great bookings, starting tonight with S Carey, drummer for Bon Iver, opening for David Bazan.  Georgia's Washed Out plays there Saturday night, and Puro Instinct opens for John Maus next Wednesday.  Along with some shows at The Goat Farm, this may be a very busy week.

Here's sort of a half video/half advertisement for tonight's headliner, David Bazan. Oh look, he played at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival last year (oh look, he played The Earl last September 28).

The video at the top of this post is from opener S Carey, who I guess is getting some solo gigs in before Bon Iver's tour starts later next month (they'll be playing out in suburban Cobb County on July 28).

Speaking of urban sprawl, our friends over at 32 Feet/Second remind us that the United States currently imprisons 2.3 million of its own citizens (one out of every 100 Americans), a number which, were they all counted together as one group, would be the fourth largest urban area in the United States, larger than Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, and Las Vegas combined. "Jailopolis" is one city where I don't imagine the so-called creative class interact in rich, unexpected and productive ways.