Future Insomniac
(The Acorn – Do You Not Yearn At All?)

If you’re looking to paint the town red and piss the rest of the night away walking aimlessly, you’ve come to the right place.

I had a great time in Montreal over the weekend at an intimate little Indie rock concert. Live music always kicks ass. I believe the venue was Casa Del Popolo and the following bands played : Carrigan, As the Poets Affirm, The Acorn and Kiss Me Deadly (which I missed).

Carrigan was a two person band. Very unorganized but they had talent. Their drummer kicked ass and I couldn’t help but wonder how coordinated you’d have to be to play the drums. I have trouble riding a bike, let alone using all four of my limbs to make music.

As the Poets Affirm was a 7 person band with the average age of the band members being in their late teens. Extremely talented and very well organized. I just couldn’t get into their music. I found the music composition to be a little too complex and they lacked a lead singer with stage presence.

I was most impressed with The Acorn. They’ve got excellent stage presence and their music was simple and easy to listen to. I could’ve sat there all night listening to them, enjoying the leftover steak stuck between my teeth and a sipping on a nice cold beer. If you’re interested in listening to some of their songs, check out Kelp Records and go to the download section. "Darcy" is a nice catchy tune and "Do You Not Yearn At All?" is a great instrumental. The space guitar sounds amazing in this song!
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I don’t have any problems falling asleep at night. I sleep well. All my friends will tell you that. No matter how poor the circumstance and no matter how tormenting the day has been, I can always fall asleep. I think the reason most people can’t sleep is because their mind races at night. They replay the events of the day; their worries and other stresses in their lives. I don’t bother with the thinking. I put the drudgery in my life aside and I find a place to store them until I can deal with them later. However, my problem is, I only deal with a small percentage of the things I store away. The rest just sit there unaccounted for. I think somewhere down the road, in the aftermath of all that’s happened in my life, I will probably find myself with chronic insomnia – finally having to deal with things I so easily avoided in the past and lamenting about how it was so great to be young and carefree. It will be irony at its best.