Et moi, et moi, et moi

1. Last weekend, I cornered some gussied-up anime kids with the help of co-Bostonist Rick (and the saintly patience of Courtney and Ryan). This made for some decent photographs and a swell post; I've just been informed that my shot of one Kingdom Hearts posse made it onto Gothamist proper.

2. Ken Ueno—minimum security composer, throat-singer, current Umass Dartmouth faculty, and sometime Jon Whitney collaborator—wreaked some choice havoc at the Boston Modern Orchestra Project show last night. My review will soon appear is up on the Boston Herald's web site, of all unlikely places.

3. Of interest to Hampshire College alumni (if anyone): I got a call on Saturday for what used to be a routine occurrence: Omen layout had commenced and I had missed the submission deadline and didn't I want to just write some drivel on the spot?

Gabe was at Omen alumni reunion issue layout, in Brooklyn rather than a dorm-basement pub lab; I was doing last-minute research on Ken Ueno and ready to take off for Jordan Hall and everyone's busy so that's no excuse.

"My son is here," Gabe said, "and you're making him cry."
"Why don't you take a picture of that and run it with my byline?"
"We do have a camera here."
"Do it."
"Fine, I will."

This will be better than any sage post-college advice essay I might've written.

4. My actual real day job is pretty hectic, too, but we need not discuss that here.

Pictured: FLCL goes to the mall.