I missed out on the “share your favorite love song” thing earlier on because I didn’t wake up until well into the afternoon, thanks to an intense binge of the Wire that kept me awake until 6am. That’s good television right there. I don’t care much for valentines day this year, or most years really. It’s my general inclination to want to sit around and listen to metal songs about heartache, regardless if whether mine is broken or not. I tried to find a video of “the Broken Vow” by Converge as an example, since they are playing both Saturday and Sunday night at Neumos with Neurosis, but if that news excites you then you already know that live footage of Converge almost universally sounds like crap. There is something despondently lovely about a crowd of people screaming, “I’ll take my love to the grave!” in unison, jumping over each other’s backs to get to the microphone. If you haven’t seen Converge before you’ve got a whole weekend to make it happen.

A show that was not listed earlier but is where I will find myself this evening is at the Sunset Tavern. It’s a Valentines Metal show with Bacchus, Evangelist, and Bellingham prog -thrash troubadors Cicadas. If you have not seen Cicadas, which I can almost guarantee you have not, you should do so when given the chance. Much like the insect from which they are named, they do not emerge with great frequency, but when they do it is a swarm.

Lastly I give my favorite love song, my favorite positive one at least, set to a sensuous softcore soap opera montage.