The Subway is a Porno

Today I'm headed to New York City for the CMJ Music Marathon—the annual college radio-fueled orgy of concerts, swag and free booze. It was somewhat of a last minute decision, but I managed to find a friend of a friend (and fellow OU grad) to stay with, and the rest of my plans just fell into place from there. As a music director, it's a great opportunity to meet face-to-face with some of the folks I talk to on a weekly basis. As a fan of music, it's a chance to see a ton of bands in a very short span of time. I'm going without a badge because from what I understand the CMJ badge doesn't really mean very much anymore—everything I'm going to is either free or by invitation, no badge required. In fact, I think the majority of the shows happening this week are unaffiliated with CMJ—Pitchfork is even throwing their own mini-festival, essentially capitalizing off the fact that there are both a ton of bands and music fans in town.

I'm really looking forward to catching sets from the likes of Pomegranates, the Mynabirds, Ty Segall, Cotton Jones and Devotchka, as well as taking in some of the sights that I didn't quite get around to on my last trip to the city. I'll be doing my best to document as much of my week as I can and post some photos and impressions on here in a timely fashion. No promises, but I think it would be nice to share. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd actually like to get some sleep before Brooklyn.