Dear Readers,

As of today I am on Vacation!  If you have been reading you probably already know that I will be on my way to XX Merge shortly (read my going to xx merge series).  I plan on getting a couple posts up at the beginning of next week  (stay tuned… one will be a very special XX post, and all will be Merge related), but other than that you only get what I feel like doing while I’m on vacation…maybe some picture posts or something.

As for Weekend Recs…I’m not doing it this week (or next week for that matter)…I don’t want an outdated post to be at the top of the page until the beginning of August (more realistically the end of July).

So I only have one for you…if you aren’t going to see Paul McCartney tonight, you should be going to see SUPERCHUNK! They are playing for free at South Street Sea Port, and if you are still standing after that maybe hit up Kurt Vile at Bruar Falls (I have a funny feeling that members of Superchunk might be doing the same thing…well that is my guess because Kurt Vile has been a constant recommendation the Portastatic blog).

For our trip, klk and I will first head to Charleston, SC then Chapel Hill/Carborro, NC and then we will be drunk at the Orange County Social Club in no time!

I’m looking forward to hitting up two of my favorite record shops on my trip too: Fifty Two Point Five (in Charleston), and CD Alley (in Chapel Hill)!

I’m so excited…I’ve had Superchunk in my head for days!  XX here we Come!

I love you all very much, and you will get a full report once I get back home.

Cheers,

Tom