entertainment

This past weekend was light on housework/renovations and heavy on entertainment. On Friday, I had a girls' night. The wife of one of Evan's coworkers was dying to see "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" on its opening night. So he (Jesse) brought over baby Owen and another coworker, Chris, came by with his daughter, Emily. This was the first time I had left Iris for such a long time since she stopped taking a bottle. I was worried she wouldn't go down easily for Evan but turns out all the babies had a great time together. And the movie was fantastic -- I didn't want it to be over after the 2 1/2 hours.

Iris, Emily, and Owen with their daddies

Laurel came over on Sunday to watch Iris for a bit so Evan and I could go out. We had no plans but we ended up finding a New Mexican taco place called Socorro's Street Tacos. The decor was all about New Mexico, which I liked and the food was really good.

As if that wasn't enough entertainment for one weekend, we also went out on Monday night. Carmella came over to watch Iris and we went to see Bill Callahan at the Oriental Theater. Evan introduced me to Bill Callahan when we started dating. Evan's friend Jackson had introduced Evan to Bill. Jackson introduced Evan to most of the music he is familiar with. We enjoyed ourselves immensely despite my forgetting to bring earplugs. Concerts are almost always too loud for me. Below are some of my (our) favorite songs of his. I include the lyrics mostly for my mother who has a sweet way of always asking, "What are the lyrics to that song?" And then, "What does it mean?"

"Rock Bottom Riser"

I love my mother

I love my father
I love my sisters, too.
I bought this guitar
To pledge my love
To pledge my love to you.

I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you
I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you

I saw a gold ring
At the bottom of the river
Glinting at my foolish heart
So my foolish heart
Had to go diving
Diving, diving, diving
Into the murk

And from the bottom of the river
I looked up for the sun
Which had shattered in the water
And pieces were raining down
Like gold rings
That passed through my hands
As I thrashed and I grabbed
I started rising, rising, rising

I left my mother
I left my father
I left my sisters, too
I left them standing on the banks
And they pulled me out
Of this mighty, mighty, mighty river

I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you
I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you

I love my mother
I love my father
I love my sisters, too.
I bought this guitar
To pledge my love
To pledge my love to you

"Say Valley Maker"

With the grace of a corpse

In a riptide
I let go
And I slide slide slide
Downriver
With an empty case by my side
An empty case
That’s my crime

And I sing (Say Valley Maker)
To keep from cursing
Yes I sing (Say Valley Maker)
To keep from cursing

River Oh
River End
River Oh
River End
River Go
River Bend

Take me through the sweet valley
Where your heart blooms
Take me through the sweet valley
Where your heart is covered in dew

And when the river dries
Will you bury me in wood
Where the river dries
Will you bury me in stone

Oh I never really realized
Death is what it meant
To make it on my own

Because there is no love
Where there is no obstacle
And there is no love
Where there is no bramble
There is no love
On the hacked away plateau
And there is no love
In the unerring
And there is no love
On the one true path

Oh I cantered out here
Now I’m galloping back

So bury me in wood
And I will splinter
Bury me in stone
And I will quake
Bury me in water
And I will geyser
Bury me in fire
And I’m gonna phoenix

I’m gonna phoenix

And here's Tiny Desk concert he did for NPR Music. If that's not enough, here's the NPR Live Concert of his current tour.