sleepy....

I am tired.

This has been a long and weird week - the kind where by Monday I already felt as if I'd worked a full week and it was just uphill from there.

And who woulda guessed I would've liked the Mariah show more than the Strokes show? Perhaps there's something to be said for lowered expectations.

And on that note, here are some upcoming shows I'm excited about:

• The Pogues (Fillmore, 10/9)
• Barbara Manning (Old I, 10/13)
  
• Yo La Tengo (Empire, 10/17)
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Raley Field, 10/20)
• Be Your Own Pet (The Library, 10/23)
• Matt Pond, PA (Empire 10/24)
• New York Dolls (The Independent, 11/8)
  
• The Damned (Harlow's, 11/15)
• Peaches (Empire, 12/15)

I'd also like to maybe see OK Go on Nov. 3 but I may be out of town and also Tara Jane O'Neil on Nov. 6 at Fools Foundation if I'm not too dead-tired...

This weekend it's Baby Grand (tonight at the Fox & Goose) and the Haints (Saturday night - either at the Fox & Goose or Luna's - I don't know as there's been some confusion over this one).

More than anything I really need to get in some sleep; back-to-back concert reviews really mess with a girl's sleep routine...