Oh man, has Caperin' ever been so slack. It's kind of dumb to talk about unenthusiasm, so for the most part I'll skip it. My life's been consumed by the preparation of three art shows in the next month, one in NY at One Mile Gallery, one in Boston and one here at the Crocodile on 4/20. Otherwise, my best friend from Chicago came to visit and I took her to Astoria and Cannon Beach, Oregon as well as the Seattle Underground Tour (a 3 out of 10) & Tat's Delicatessen, which is carrying the best sandwiches in the entire city by far. For some reason seeing my life through her eyes made me realize that I've gone absolutely dour and the only thing I can do now is lay in bed and watch Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman while eating string cheese. I'm fairly certain that I'll be working at Arby's after I find out what I owe in taxes. Arby's is great! 50 percent off for employees!

• Kathy Mcginty + civil rights lawyer = Julia Rickert.

Hey goof, more after the jump!

Holy whoa, on Saturday we all went to see Tit Pig at the HER Magma Fest after reading Trent Moorman's wonderful story last week. Julia & I met singer Sean Evoy the night before in a TacocaT bedroom where he declared that Julia must have felt "really out of place" and that she looked like she was "from the TV show CSI." The Magma Fest totally ruled, by the time we got there hot dogs were 50 percent off and Lacey Swain remarked that the girl selling them looked uncannily like my mother. We informed said girl of this and she seemed none too pleased. I walked to 7-11 to buy a bottle of wine. Not having a corkscrew, I attempted to jam all sorts of things found on the street into the bottle to push the cork down: sticks, metal rods, long rocks. None of these things worked, but I eventually discovered that I could bore a hole through the cork with my car key. This made it really difficult to drink the wine as you had to suck really hard to get it through. I offered the bottle to at least 6 people and everybody agreed that it was a bad way to drink $8 wine, but it was good for portion control. At one point a guy appeared out of nowhere with a cork and explained that he had just drunk an entire $100 bottle of wine in the "mosh pit" and took pictures to "tweet it" to his friends. There certainly was a "mosh pit" for Tit Pig, who was a perfect blend of GISM, MDC & 1982 Meatmen. I haven't been to a show that exciting in at least three years and tall dudes kept smashing their heads on a low hung ceiling beam. It was heightist hardcore that older people could enjoy. I was delighted.

TacocaT has hit the road on the Pizza Odyessy Duh, Winning Meow Meow Fantasy Revolution Part II: The Send Off tour. I was informed that I would be able to interview guitar player Eric after they all finished a "delightful Italian meal" but instead the call was answered by singer Emily and is transcribed in full below for your "enjoyment":

TacocaT: Hello?
CaperinirepaC: Hi, I need to talk to Eric.
Hold on a second!
Hi, I need to talk to Eric.
Eric is not able to come to the phone now because the music already started.
Is this Emily?
Yeah!
How are things going so far?
Great!
Um, where was last night?
What?
Where was last night?
Oh, it was in Missoula.
Uh, how was it last night?
It was fun! We got flaming shots and they came on to the stage.
Where did you sleep last night?
We slept on the floor of this guy Alex's house.
What was for dinner tonight?
(coughs) Olive Garden. Wait are you asking me these questions? No. No.
What did you eat?
What did I eat? Bree & I split some cheese noodle things.
Where is tonight?
Tonight is in Boise, Idaho at the Red Room, where people smoke indoors.
How is Boise so far?
It's...good.
Have there been any debates between band members?
No way, we're having the best time ever!
Debates is just a hotel in the movie Psycho.
If you say so.
How have the other bands that you played with been?
They have been really punk.
Um, please rate each member of the band on a scale of 1 - 10. Emily?
10.
Lelah?
10.
Eric?
10.
Bree?
10.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Nope. Do you want to talk to Eric when we're done?

• Thursday nights are traditionally Ladies' Nights - CM Ruiz 2011

NOTICE! This Thursday is Lacey Swain's official birthday rage at the Pony from 9 pm until 2 am. Lacey has been described as a "social building block" and is also very fun and smart, so you are very welcome to come while Derek Erdman & Ruben Mendez play records and other wonderful things happen. If you haven't met Lacey, you should make her a card and come and bring it to her. Some birthday invitations say things like "no gifts necessary", but this isn't one of them.

Derek Erdman's Free Psychic Hotline gets well over 75 calls a day, 95% of which I never answer. Here's the best message from the last week:

• Somebody sent me this t-shirt in the mail. THANKS, SOMEBODY!