5/1/26 at Dead Birds
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a belated birthday for Kelly TongueRelaxer. my camera died halfway through so i used my phone. lot of people guesting in each others sets. Fibbing ended their set with a cover of Warren Zevon's Lawyers, Guns, & Money featuring Claire of the DOJD and Remi of both DOJD and Tongue Relaxer. both Tongue Relaxer and The DOJD featured the same rhythm section as a consequence of Emerson drumming for DOJD for an evening. and The DOJD's set featured both Ely Lilac (also in Tongue Relaxer) on additional lead vocals, and Emma from Fibbing on piano for a rendition of Will The Circle Be Unbroken. also Claire invited my parents for some reason.
performers, in order:
bloodshed
Fibbing
Tongue Relaxer
The DOJD
5/2/26 at The Silver Age HQ
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occasionally, i go where my roommates take me, and on this occasion that was Silver Age to see April 1830. also caught Sludge Inc. doing a set of acapella supervillain themed hip hop (?) and went home early so i could get some proper rest.
performers, in order:
Sludge Inc.
April 1830
GORF (not pictured)
Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes (not pictured)
5/3/26 at Mini Mart
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i got drafted to play no input mixer and scroll instagram reels in Mila Culpa, and caught some photos in the process.
performers, in order:
Mila Culpa (not pictured)
Hooky
Operelly
5/9/26 at Dead Birds
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night two of a fundraiser to open some sort of ill-understood home studio creative space. to paraphrase the Phantom AD, i go where The DOJD takes me. this one was a prime slice of them fucking with college students, performing an extremely unrehearsed Queen cover set with six minutes of prank calls in the middle. also i missed the large scale rap spotlight at the end, i wish i had caught it.
performers, in order:
DrumKit (no idea where to find their music)
Scared Of Girls
The DOJD
Kawaiibipper (not pictured)
valentinesday (not pictured)
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ILYCHROME (not pictured)
sooth (not pictured)
iluvern (not pictured)
b1urry (not pictured)
5/14/26 at PhilaMOCA
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benefit show for Camp of Hope, administering first aid in Gaza.
performers, in order:
ruth in the bardo
doused
Hooky
A Country Western
5/19/26 at Nikki Lopez
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tried to make plans with my friend Ariel, and she parried by telling me to come to this gig she was running sound for. first Total Wife set i've caught in its entiriety in a minute. the 20 minute noise wall they closed with was extremely emotionally affecting, like knowing something horrible has happened but no one realizes yet.
performers, in order:
Cigarettes for Breakfast
Starling
total wife