October 12 2006: Calvin Johnson, Mount Eerie, Karl Blau, Wolev, D+ – Red Barn, Hampshire College, Amherst MA

Went to a little five-dollar college show with Adam, and it was probably worth the five dollars. Despite the fact that we sat through five acts over five hours on a hard wooden floor, we got to see Phil play “We Squirm” and Calvin play “Your Asterisk,” and I think those two tunes alone were worth my money. Even just “Your Asterisk” would have been worth it. Nothing like watching Calvin Johnson dance while singing about trash vampires and doing the “hey ya hee ya hey ya hee ya” part.

And on top of those two (the only ones I knew all night), we got the bonus value of the rest of the Mt. Eerie and Johnson sets, one good tune from Wolev, and a few from D+.

And I bought one of those Calvin Johnson mix tapes that I used to look at in Jackpot Records but could never work up the courage to ask for from under the glass. It’s called “New Wave Underground U.S. 1980-83” and I’ve never heard of any of the bands and I can’t fucking wait to listen to it.

Also, they had some really really really really great sounding Mirah remixes playing in between sets and so I asked Calvin what the story on them was and he handed me a double LP. A double LP of the greatest remixes ever made.