The Cavern, Los Campesinos!, Jon Binder

I think I'm finally on the better side of this cold, which make me ecstatic. As soon as the medicine I ordered from an online Canadian pharmacy arrives, I'll be totally in the clear.

On Thursday night, Brock and I tagged along with our friends Victor, Molly and her roommates to the Cavern. It's a club made famous by the Beatles, which Wikipedia told me all about. It is this great little bar a couple floors underground, made completely of brick archways. Obviously, a Beatles cover band was playing to a crowd of tourists whom all ate it up. It was a whole bunch of fun, even though one of the Band members wore a wig.

After the Cavern Club we headed to punk rock night. Brock was in his most comfortable environment as Rise Against and Operation Ivy played over the stereo, but I left him there to catch some sleep. Apparently he started dancing by himself and made a bunch of friends. He even got the DJ's phone number. He must have some killer dance moves.

Friday night was awesome. We went to see Los Campesinos! with our friend Naomi at Barfly. They were so much fun to watch, and played a fairly different set than the last time I saw them. After the show we hung around for Catfight, an indie music night at the bar. An extremely intoxicated guy sat down at our table and asked me if I was his friend named Jared. I told him no, but he wouldn't believe me. He enjoyed spitting as he spoke, which made the conversation that much more wonderful. Even after we established that I was American, and Jared wasn't, he wasn't convinced. After drinking all of the half-empty glasses on our table (which had been sitting there since before we arrived), he made his way back to the dance floor.

Later in the evening, I saw the lead singer of Los Campesinos! walking through the bar, and talked with him for a little bit. He was extremely nice, and told me I was the first person he had met that saw him at Lollapalooza and in Europe. We even got to talk about how amazing Broken Social Scene is.

After Barfly, we followed tradition and stopped for some always fantastic Liverpudlian pizza, and stayed up way past our bedtimes. Definitely one of the most fun times I've had so far in England.

Allow me to go on a tangent. Jon Binder is one of my all-time favorite person and has an internship with the Chicago Tribune this semester. It looks like he's getting to do some awesome work, and I wanted to share it with all of you. I think it's so cool, and the Trib' must love Jon if they are letting him put together pieces this early in his internship. Just wait until this kid is famous.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0710cosplay-story,0,2541383.story

In the words of my legendary friend: "This is a story about the interesting culture of CosPlay. I shot and edited the video to accompany the story written by Chicago Tribune reporter Glen Jeffers. Check it out!". Well said, Jon.