Windows in Dutch

I'm in the Netherlands (Lisse?), just back from a sweet battle of the bands (championship round!) in Haarlem. We were supporting a friend-of-a-friend's band, Jurango. Good guitar rock that made me smile and move, a lot more fun than the two metal bands and the funk band and the big band. I'm glad I don't have pictures or sounds, because they wouldn't translate. It was a reaffirming live music experience: the building of atmosphere and tension, and a million little releases. It was a good show.

I look forward to writing about Regina Spektor's "Samson" for Heather. Why do I feel more pressure to write well now than I do when I write for the newspaper? "Eeep."