I'm attempting to pull a coherent review of last night's Mt St Helen's Vietnam Band/Say Hi show out of my early afternoon hangover (thanks, Frank), but for now, let me just say that the recent confluence of local ice cream and indie rock has my full support. There's Full Tilt, of course, the White Center ice cream parlour that hosts regular all-ages shows (Smile Brigade is playing there tonight), and then there's Molly Moon's, which doesn't host rock shows at their ice creamery but last night brought their ice cream to the rock show, distributing cups of their MSHVB-branded flavor, a "coconut ice cream wtih chocolate chunks and huckleberry sauce." I suppose ice cream vendors have to hustle a little extra hard to move their goods this time of year, which is fine by me if it means free ice cream. (Confidential to Lindy West: sorry I ate all the chocolate chunks before handing the ice cream off to you; that was thoughtless of me.) In any case, breaking news, folks: ice cream is delicious, Molly's Moons' especially so. Also, can I just say how much more excited I am by the recent wave of hip/indie ice creameries (see also: Penny Licks in Williamsburg) than I was about artisinal doughnuts or cup cakes? It goes like this: ice cream > cup cakes > doughnuts (full disclosure: I once had job working graveyard shifts frying said artisanal doughnuts, so I may be too harsh a judge on that trend.)

Regarding the music, I'm afraid Say Hi might fall into the category Christopher mentioned of bands that are at their best on record rather than live (and I do really dig their new record)—of course, given how many permutations Say Hi's live band has been through, who knows how they'll sound next time you see them. Finally, they seem like a nice bunch, but I just don't understand the fuss about MSHVB (also, I maintain that viral videos need to get off my lawn)—sure, their drummer is prodigiously talented, and the band clearly know how to play, but I just feel like those songs never really get anywhere. And I fully intend to further explore and explain why I feel that way just as soon as this Canadian headache powder gets to work (thanks, Trent).